Swift previously admitted that she received a range of responses from her ex-boyfriends about her music, including Jake Gyllenhaal. “He was like, ‘I just listened to the album, and that was a really bittersweet experience for me. It was like going through a photo album.’ That was nice,” she told New York magazine of his reaction to the song “All Too Well” off her 2012 album Red.
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Chris Hemsworth, Rita Ora, Matt Damon Bring Their Dates to the Met Gala 2024Not all her hits are breakup anthems, however. After sparking her romance with Joe Alwyn in 2017, the songwriter found herself connecting with the actor on a musical level.
Back to December (2010)
Who: Taylor Lautner
Lyric: “I miss your tanned skin, your sweet smile / So good to me, so right / And how you held me in your arms that September night / The first time you ever saw me cry.”
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Dear John (2010)
Who: John Mayer
Lyric: “Dear John, I see it all now it was wrong / Don’t you think 19’s too young to be played by your dark, twisted games? / When I loved you so, I should’ve known.”
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Innocent (2010)
Who: Kanye West
Lyric: “It’s okay, life is a tough crowd / 32, and still growin’ up now / Who you are is not what you did. / You’re still an innocent.”
The songstress confirmed to Vulture that the song was, in fact, written about the Yeezus rapper. “It was at an awards show, and there had been this falling-out between me and this guy,” Swift recalled. “But, for me, it was important to write a song to him.”
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Mean (2010)
Who: A music critic
Lyric: “Someday, I’ll be living in a big old city / And all you’re ever gonna be is mean.”
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We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (2012)
Who: Jake Gyllenhaal
Lyric: “I’m really gonna miss you picking fights / And me falling for it screaming that I’m right / And you would hide away and find your peace of mind / With some indie record that’s much cooler than mine.”
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Red (2012)
Who: Jake Gyllenhaal
Lyric: “Like the colors in autumn, so bright just before they lose it all”
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All Too Well (2012)
Who: Jake Gyllenhaal
Lyric: “Left my scarf there at your sister’s house”
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Begin Again (2012)
Who: Conor Kennedy
Lyric: “And you throw your head back laughing like a little kid / I think it’s strange that you think I’m funny ’cause he never did.”
Swift explained to Ryan Seacrest that her single was about coming out of a relationship and starting over, describing it as: “When you’ve gotten through a really bad relationship and you finally dust yourself off.”
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Bad Blood (2014)
Who: Katy Perry
Lyric: “Band-Aids don’t fix bullet holes / You say sorry just for show / You live like that, you live with ghosts”
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Out of the Woods (2014)
Who: Harry Styles
Lyric: “Your necklace hanging from my neck / Two paper airplanes flying, flying.”
“I wrote that about a time in my life where I was in a relationship that just kind of… I was always kind of wondering, ‘Where do we stand? Where do we stand?'” Swift told Access Hollywood. “It’s the anxiety… that frantic anxiety of wondering if you’re on solid ground yet.”
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Style (2014)
Who: Harry Styles
Lyric: “You got that long hair, slicked back, white T-shirt.”
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Look What You Made Me Do (2017)
Who: Kanye West
Lyric: “I don’t like your little games / Don’t like your tilted stage / The role you made me play / Of the fool / No, I don’t like you.”
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…Ready for It? (2017)
Who: Joe Alwyn
Lyric: “Younger than my exes / But he act like such a man … Burton to his Taylor / Every love I’ve known in comparison is a failure.”
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Gorgeous (2017)
Who: Joe Alwyn
Lyric: “You should take it as a compliment / That I got drunk and made fun of the way you talk … Ocean blue eyes, looking in mine / I feel like I might sink and drown and die / You’re so gorgeous / I can’t say anything to your face / ‘Cause look at your face / And I’m so furious / At you for making me feel this way / But what can I say? / You’re gorgeous.”
I Did Something Bad (2017)
Who: Kanye West
Lyric: “If a man talks s—t, then I owe him nothing. I don’t regret it one bit, ‘cause you had it coming.”
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (2017)
Who: Kanye West
Lyric: “Friends don’t try to trick you / Get you on the phone and mind-twist you / And so I took an axe to a mended fence”
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I Did Something Bad (2017)
Who: Kim Kardashian
Lyric: “They got their pitchforks and proof, their receipts and reasons / They’re burning all the witches, even if you aren’t one / So light me up (light me up)”
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Don’t Blame Me (2017)
Who: Calvin Harris / Tom Hiddleston / Jake Gyllenhaal
Lyric: “I’ve been breakin’ hearts a long time / And toyin’ with them older guys.”
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Getaway Car (2017)
Who: Tom Hiddleston
Lyric: “But you weren’t thinkin’/ And I was just drinkin’/ Well, he was runnin’ after us, I was screamin’, “go, go, go!” / But with three of us, honey, it’s a sideshow / And a circus ain’t a love story /And now we’re both sorry.”
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Call It What You Want (2017)
Who: Joe Alwyn
Lyric: “I’m laughin’ with my lover, makin’ forts under covers/ Trust him like a brother / Yeah, you know I did one thing right”
Call It What You Want (2017)
Who: Katy Perry
Lyric: “All the drama queens taking swings / All the jokers dressing up as kings”
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Lover (2019)
Who: Joe Alwyn
Lyric: “Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand? / With every guitar string scar on my hand / I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover / My heart’s been borrowed and yours has been blue / All’s well that ends well to end up with you.”
The Man (2019)
Who: Leonardo DiCaprio
Lyric: “They would toast to me, ‘Let the players play’ / I’d be just like Leo in St-Tropez.”
