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The song’s lyrics address the scrutiny the low-key lovers have resisted since they started dating in 2016.
“I’m damned if I care what people say, the 1950s they want from me, I just want to stay in that lavender haze,” she sings.
“All they ask me is if I’m going to be your bride, the only kind of girl they see is a one night stand or a wife.”
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Discussions about the couple’s relationship status only intensified on October 22, after an unnamed source told Instagram account DeuxMoi that the couple got married in secret this year.
“I just got confirmed that Taylor and Joe are married, from someone who was at the wedding,” the source said.
So, did Alwyn put a ring on it? “If I had a pound every time I got engaged, I’d have a lot of pound coins,” Alwyn said. WSJ. magazine in April 2022.
“I mean, the truth is if the answer was yes, I wouldn’t say, and if the answer was no, I wouldn’t say.”
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Since 2016, the couple has been living an idyll as serious as it is secret.
They are rumored to have crossed paths at the Met Gala while Swift, 32, was still dating DJ Calvin Harris.
Less than a month later, Swift and Harris called it quits, and she went on to have a very public summer fling with Tom Hiddleston.
Once that ended in September, she quietly reunited with Alwyn, 31, who allegedly rented a flat in London to be near her new boyfriend and wearing fancy dress to deliberately keep their love low. .
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After years of using her lit romances with the likes of Joe Jonas, Taylor Lautner, John Mayer, Jake Gyllenhaal, Conor Kennedy and Harry Styles, Swift has tried to compartmentalize her public and personal life.
“I definitely made decisions that made my life feel more like real life and less like a tabloid commentary story,” she explained during an interview with Paul McCartney for Rolling magazine. Stone in 2020.
“Whether it’s deciding where to live, who to hang out with, when not to take a picture – the idea of privacy is so strange to try to explain, but it’s really just trying to find pieces of normalcy.”
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Alwyn, who has collaborated with Swift on several songs, said he finds it “flattering” when their love sparks creative inspiration, but has no interest in stealing the show.
With a world tour on the horizon, the couple, who usually split their time between Nashville and London, soak up Swift’s success while leaning on each other for support.
“Taylor and Joe have the best of all worlds right now,” a source tells Us Weekly. “They are extremely happy together and are excited about their future.”
