Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn break up after six years of dating

The singer and actor, who have collaborated multiple times, started dating in 2016

It seems like breakup songs aren’t over for Taylor Swift yet. According to Entertainment Tonight, a source close to the couple has disclosed that Swift and actor Joe Alwyn have broken up after six years of dating.

The news of their split comes as Swift is travelling for her sold-out Eras tour, at which the actor hasn't been spotted. Neither of them has confirmed or denied the news yet.

Over the years, the famously private couple kept their relationship private with the English actor and Grammy winner deflecting engagement rumours. "If I had a pound for every time I think I've been told I've been engaged, then I'd have a lot of pound coins," quipped Alwyn previously to WSJ Magazine.

"I mean, the truth is, if the answer was yes, I wouldn't say, and if the answer was no, I wouldn't say," he added of whether he was set to walk down the aisle with Swift. 

Alwyn and Swift began dating in 2016. People magazine earlier quoted a source commenting on their relationship, who said Swift "is very happy" in their relationship. "He is her rock. Their relationship is mature and wonderful," they said. 

The duo also began collaborating on music together over the pandemic, culminating in a Grammy Awards win. 2020 sister albums Folklore and Evermore each included collaborations with Alwyn, who wrote several songs under the pseudonym William Bowery. Folklore ended up taking home the 2021 Grammy for Album of the Year and Evermore was nominated for the same award at the 2022 ceremony.

Swift even gave a shoutout to her former boyfriend in her acceptance speech. "Joe is the first person that I play every single song that I write, and I had the best time writing songs with you in quarantine," she said.

Alwyn is credited as a co-writer on Betty and Exile from Folklore and on Champagne Problems, Coney Island, and Evermore on Evermore. "Joe and I really love sad songs. We've always bonded over music," Swift told Apple Music's Zane Lowe in December 2020. "We write the saddest songs. We just really love sad songs. What can I say?"

One month after their vacation in Turks and Caicos, Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn were seen holding hands during a public outing in London in August 2018. During this time, Swift was filming the movie "Cats" and chose to attend the BAFTAs with Alwyn instead of the Grammys. They were later seen partying with friends after the Oscars in February, and Swift shared a photo of herself wearing a sparkly Ralph & Russo dress on social media that night.

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