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Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn 'split after six years'

The pair's split was reportedly 'amicable'


Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn at the Golden Globe Awards
Rebecca Lewis
Rebecca Lewis - Los Angeles
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Updated: On 22 June 2023
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Taylor Swift has reportedly split from her longtime boyfriend Joe Alwyn after six years. 

The pair's split was reportedly "amicable" and "not dramatic," and sources told ET - who first reported the story - that "the relationship had just run its course," and shared that it was "why [Alwyn] hasn't been spotted at any shows". 

HELLO! has contacted reps for Taylor for comment. 

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Joe has not made any appearances at recent Era tour shows

Taylor and British actor Joe have kept their six-and-a half-year relationship out of the spotlight, and have only publicly mentioned each other in passing.

The pair met after being introduced by mutual friends in 2016, and made their first pubic appearance at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards.

In 2022, ahead of the release of her 10th album Midnights, 33-year-old Taylor revealed her relationship with Joe served as major inspiration for the first track, "Lavender Haze", as she has had to "dodge weird rumors" and "protect the real stuff," when it came to her long-term beau.

"Lavender Haze… is a common phrase used in the 50s used to describe when they were in love, if you were in a lavender haze it meant that you were in that all-encompassing love glow and I thought that was really beautiful," she said explaining the origin of the phrase.

Addressing the camera, she continued: "I guess theoretically when you're in the lavender haze, you'll do anything to stay there and not let people bring you down off of that cloud and I think a lot of people have to deal with this now.

"Like my relationship for six years we've had to dodge weird rumors, tabloid stuff, and we just ignore it and so this song is about the act of ignoring that stuff, to protect the real stuff. I hope you guys like it."

Many of Taylor's songs from the last five years have been about Joe, including 'King of my Heart' from Reputation, 'Lover' from Lover, and 'Mastermind' from Midnghts.

The Conversations With Friends actor had also contributed seven songs to Taylor's last three albums, and he won a Grammy for his work on her 2020 album Folklore.

Among the tracks that Joe has writing credits on - under the pseudonym William Bowery - are "Exile" and "Betty" from Folklore, "Champagne Problems," "Coney Island," and "Evermore" off Evermore, and "Sweet Nothing" from her recent release Midnights.

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