Taylor Swift has finally released her new and eleventh studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department“, which is not only about resilience and poetry but also references various traumatic moments from the past.
As expected, one of the protagonists of the songs is Joe Alwyn, with whom she was in a relationship for six years. Despite seeming like the perfect couple, they went separate ways during 2023.
After two years of writing like a poet, the singer is ready to begin her new era after “Midnights“, and this time, she has a lot to say. Here, check out which songs are dedicated to the British actor…
Which TTPD songs are based on Joe Alwyn?
Taylor Swift has managed to turn her breakups into a therapeutic album, and one of the most prominent is her former relationship with Joe Alwyn, with whom she was together for six years until 2023 when they went separate ways.
Now, the iconic singer is ready to share the most intimate details of her past, especially her time with the actor from “Kinds of Kindness“. Check out all the songs that are based on him:
So Long, London
One of the tracks most related to Joe is “So Long, London”. In 2019, the singer released “Lover”, which included the song “London Boy”, implying that he is the reference to the city, as Taylor spent a lot of time there.
As expected now, the star is bidding farewell to London to open a new chapter in her story, which couldn’t be further from the places she visited with Alwyn.
“Thinking how much sad did you think I had, did you think I had in me? Oh, the tragedy. So long, London. You’ll find someone”, she sings during the chorus of the song.
She also referenced a house of the Heaths, and many Swifties have associated the lyrics with the home where the couple used to live, which was located near Hampstead Heath in West London.
The Tortured Poets Department
“The Tortured Poets Department” not only shares the same name as the album, making it one of the main songs of the new release, but it also holds a special significance.
Both the track and the album itself are a reference to the actor because some time ago, Joe gave an interview to GQ and mentioned being in a group chat with Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott called “The Tortured Man Club”.
Additionally, in the song, you can hear Taylor singing, “At dinner, you take my ring off my middle finger. And put it on the one people put wedding rings on. And that’s the closest I’ve come to my heart exploding“.
loml
Fans of the pop star believe that “loml” also refers to Joe, making this the third and final song about the actor. The acronym title generally means “love of my life”, but in the new version, it signifies “loss of my life”.
In other tracks, Taylor has suggested multiple times that Alwyn was the “only one”, so here she would be telling how she lost her longest relationship. The song includes lyrics like:
“And your suit and tie, in the nick of time. You low-down boy, you stand-up guy
Holy ghost, you told me I’m the love of your life. You said I’m the love of your life. About a million times”.
