“I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover” – “Lover,” Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn have been dating for almost 5 years, making him Swift’s longest relationship yet. Due to his prominence in her life, it’s only justified we spend a whole blog taking a deep dive into Joe and their relationship.

Alwyn, 30, is an English actor known for starring in movies such as “Harriet,” “Operation Finale,” and “Mary Queen of Scots.”

The pair supposedly met each other at the 2016 Met Gala. While this hasn’t been confirmed, in the song “Dress,” Taylor sings “Flashback when you met me, your buzzcut and my hair bleached.” Despite the poster dating Calvin Harris at the time, fans speculate this is a reference to Swift’s bleached hair and Joe’s buzz cut at the time of the event.

Fast forward to January 3rd, 2017, Taylor announces that she and Joe have been dating for three months. In her promotion for album “Lover,” Swift released a journal entry she wrote after releasing the news to the public.

However, from the start of her relationship, the two have vowed to keep their relationship private. Following all the attention after Taylor’s 1989 tour and feuds with other celebrities, she has gone to lengthy extents to stay out of the public’s eye. Sources say that on visits to see Joe, “Taylor has flown in via private jets and her security has made it a military-like mission to prevent her from being seen.”

Alwyn, himself, has also spoken on preferring keeping his relationship with Swift private, in an interview stating “I think we have been successfully very private and that has now sunk in for people…but I really prefer to talk about work.”

Once their relationship took off in full swing, the two did not hesitate to be seen in public together, attending various high-profile events together, like the Jingle Ball, Joe’s movie premieres, and even the BAFTAS.

In August of 2019, Taylor dropped the album, “Lover,” in which she gushed about Alwyn, calling him her “London boy,” “lover,” and, of course, “magnetic force of a man.” The discography also included many marriage allusions, including wanting to marry Joe with “paper rings,” solidifying how serious their relationship really is.

In her next 2 albums, “folklore” and “evermore,” Joe actually is credited under the pseudonym William Bowery in songs “coney island,” “betty,” “champagne problems,” and “exile.” In fact, Taylor even thanked Joe during her Album of the Year acceptance speech at the 2021 Grammys.

Taylor Swift thanking her boyfriend Joe Alwyn, Blake Lively and more in her #grammys speech is really sweet pic.twitter.com/7mlz2D70Fi

— Alyssa Bailey (@alyssabailey) March 15, 2021

Lastly, a conversation about one of Taylor’s boyfriends would not be complete without the hits that came from her relationship. Therefore, below you can find a complete list of songs Taylor has written about Joe.

I think I speak for every one when I say, we all want our own…

London Boy.

The only good thing to come out of Taylor’s relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal is the heavenly yet heartbreaking discography we received on her Red album.

The pairs whirlwind relationship kicked off shortly after Emma Stone hosted Saturday Night Live in October 2010 and introduced the two at lunch the next day. However, some speculate mutual friend, Gwyneth Paltrow set them up prior to.

Following, Taylor, 20, dated Jake, 29, from October 2010 to December 2010, in which they were photographed numerous times partaking in fall activities, grabbing coffee, and strolling around New York City.

However, this didn’t last long because as the autumn fell down like pieces into place, so did the reality of their relationship.

The couple called it quits on Jake’s terms as he felt dating the pop-star came with an intense amount of media attention he couldn’t handle and that their 9 year age gap was becoming clear.

Gyllenhaal in an interview said “I think when you’re in a relationship, you are constantly scrutinized, your friends are scrutinized, but …” and trailed off after saying that dating Taylor Swift is equivalent to “playing with fire.”

However, at the time, Jake had seen nothing yet. A young Taylor went on to write “an album wrote about a pure, absolute, to the core heartbreak,” Red.

The songs on Red about Mr. Gyllenhaal include some of Taylor’s best work like “I Knew You Were Trouble,” “Treacherous,” “We Are Never Getting Back Together,” “State of Grace,” and, of course, “All Too Well.”

And to conclude, as the 10 minute version of All Too Well dropped today and we all need a reason to scream-sing the song, here are 3 reasons to hate Jake Gyllenhaal:

1.He never gave her back her scarf from that very first week.

Song: All Too Well

Lyric: “Left my scarf there at your sister’s house / And you still got it in you drawer even now”

2. He left her alone on her birthday, causing Swift to lock herself in the bathroom and cry on her 21st.

Song: The Moment I Knew

Lyric: “And it was like slow motion / Standing there in my party dress / In red lipstick / With no one to impress / And they’re all laughing / As I’m looking around the room / But there was one thing missing / And that was the moment I knew.”

3. He was toxic.

Song(s): The Last Time, Treacherous, I Knew You Were Trouble

Lyric(s): “This is the last time I’m asking you this/Put my name at the top of your list/This is the last time I’m asking you why/You break my heart in the blink of an eye.”

“This slope is treacherous/ This path is reckless.”

“And he’s long gone when he’s next to me/And I realize the blame is on me”

@taylorswiftcontentEveryone after listening to the 10min version of All Too Well. ##taylorswift ##swifttok ##swiftie ##taytok ##alltoowell ##redtaylorsversion ##itsredseason

♬ original sound – Taylor Swift

Jake Gyllenhaal may be the scum of the earth, but at least Taylor has found a…

Better Man.

Taylor Swift has essentially “carried” Big Machine Records as they continue to profit off of deceiving her young, teenage self years back when they first signed her.

In our first blog, we introduced you to Taylor Swift, the fifteen year old girl with a dream who signed a record deal with Scooter Braun and Big Machine Records. However, little did young Taylor know that in this deal Scooter would take ownership of her masters while she retained the “musical composition” copyright for her songs.

What this means is that Braun owns the physical recording of the song that is put on the album and played on radio stations nationwide. Further, because she wrote the songs, Taylor owns the lyrics, the tracks, the music, and everything else but the actual recording produced by Big Machine.

Additionally, in her contract, Taylor cannot re-record her songs until after 5 years following the album’s or song’s release.

Fast forward to October 2020, Scooter Braun sold Taylor’s masters, videos, and artworks to Shamrock Holdings and created a stipulation in the deal where if the company eventually wanted to put the masters for sale, they specifically cannot sell the masters to Taylor Swift.

Obviously, Taylor Swift was livid due to her plea for years to buy her masters back from Scooter and his constant denial. Therefore, that brings us to present day: Taylor’s Version.

To get back at Scooter and reclaim her music, Swift announced she would be re-recording studio albums 1-6 starting with Fearless. Furthermore, each album and song would include the tagline (Taylor’s Version) to emphasize her ownership of the music and to distinguish it from the previous edition.

Fearless (Taylor’s Version) was released April 9th, 2021 with lead singles “Love Story” on February 11th and “Mr. Perfectly Fine” on April 7th.

In addition to re-recording old songs, Taylor has also included songs from “the vault” on the Taylor’s Versions. The vault refers to Taylor’s unreleased discography that she wrote for the album but either got cut or just didn’t end up making it on the album.

Fearless (TV) included 6 new tracks including “That’s When,” “You All Over Me,” and “Don’t You.” Additionally, Red (TV) is going to have 10 vault tracks such as “Ronan,” “Better Man,” “Nothing New,” “Babe,” and “All Too Well Ten Minute Version.”

Also, these new albums have a variety of feature artists varying from Chris Stapleton, to Ed Sheeran, to Marren Morris, and even Keith Urban.

Lastly, Taylor has so far released only one full Taylor’s Version album, Fearless. However, she has released “Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version) from 1989 but only because it was trending on the social media platform, TikTok, and she did not want Scooter to profit from the additional streams.

Most importantly, Red (Taylor’s Version) drops on Friday, November 12th.

Get ready for what fans are calling “sad girl fall” because after Friday,

Everything Has Changed.