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With The stars at noon recently released, Joe Alwyn’s fans have once again received the gift of his acting skills. They have been enjoying his work for six years now, which coincides with something else that started six years ago. As if miraculously out of nowhere, her star was born the same year from a blossoming relationship with Taylor Swift has become a reality.
It’s strange that Joe Alwyn played the role of Billy in Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk in 2016, the same year that relationship rumors began with eagle-eyed fans watching Taylor’s every move. These rumors have rock-solid facts behind them, and they would build until eventually Taylor herself had to confirm the relationship. This time though, she might have learned from experience to keep most of their relationship private. Fans would only see a glimpse of it.
What have been the previews so far?
In 2017, Taylor Swift released her album, Reputation, in which there is a song called “Dress”. Her fans are familiar with the line, “Only bought this dress so you can take it off.” Then they started realizing who it was because it also said, “Flashback when you met me/Your buzzcut and my bleached hair.”
Hmm. At the 2016 Met Gal, she actually sported a bleached style while Joe had a buzzcut. That’s enough for anyone to know that the Met was where they met and that something was going on between them. This is all in retrospect, as another piece of the puzzle happened when Swift attended the premiere of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. No one really knew Joe or Taylor’s interest in the film, not at the time. It is investigative work years after the fact that establishes the beginning of their relationship.
Where is Ed Sheeran from?
Ironically, Swift told fans during one of her “secret sessions” that her song “Gorgeous” is about “her angel boyfriend of a year.” Swifties talked about it like they knew it, but who was her angel boyfriend in 2017? It was on a British radio show that Ed Sheeran dropped the bomb.
Being good friends with her, he was aware of it, and he confirmed that ‘Gorgeous’ is about Joe Alwyn and added that the actor is a “really good guy”, meaning he’s even met the actor to put him through the rigmarole friends make when a new love interest is properly vetted.
Now the sparks are flying
While fans knew the two were dating, they had an uncontrollable appetite for every detail they could get. The thing is, Swift had been through all of that before. She was trying to keep this one low and Joe Alwyn was all for it.
Too bad that on May 7, 2018, Taylor posted about her new upcoming tour and took this great photo next to a beautiful cactus she just encountered. Then Joe posts about that same cactus the next day. Fans didn’t need to know where he was or what the cactus was up to that day, the fact that Taylor and Joe were in the same neighborhood on the same day was enough to drive them nuts. They deduced that it was the same day because of the movement of the clouds overhead and the direction of the shadows on the ground as the sun adjusted east one minute and seventeen seconds. Of course, it’s a joke. It’s the same cactus, and the fans got it.
Talk about marriage?
In 2019, the story broke American review that the couple’s friends were making bets, not sure if Joe would propose, but when. It’s a serious relationship. It seems they both feel they’ve found the one. She reportedly said he was the man of her dreams and reports indicate he feels lucky to be with her.
They live together in London and they have what can be considered for them as a normal relationship. They train together and go for walks. They’ve met each other’s parents, and when the proposal happens or when the wedding takes place, anyone can guess. Just be careful. Because after six years, this bubble may well be about to burst.