Taylor Swift has addressed her 72-month (6-year) relationship with Joe Alwyn. She placed 72 mailboxes of The Tortured Poets Deparment right in the heart of downtown Chicago.

Among them, 6 mailboxes contained 6 wedding invitations that had not been sent. So it can be seen that Taylor implicitly confirmed that they were almost getting married but in the end the ending was not consummated

The pop star may talk about her breakup with Joe Alwyn on The Tortured Poets Department. She frequently pulls inspiration for her songs from her personal life.

The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift’s eleventh studio album, is soon here (Swifties, rejoice!). The album, which is scheduled for release on Friday, is said to focus on her split from British actor and ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn. Although Swift and NFL player Travis Kelce have since moved on, fans are eager to learn everything there is to know about the pop superstar’s past romance.

Swift and Alwyn were originally connected in October 2016. After dating for over six years, the two even started creating songs together. Before splitting up by April 2023, they virtually never disclosed any information to the public about their relationship. Everything you need to know about Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn’s romance, from start to finish, is provided here.

Swift and Alwyn kept it low-key from the start

Swift was romantically involved with actor Tom Hiddleston, a fellow Brit, prior to her engagement with Alwyn. They had a brief relationship before splitting up in September 2016.Although the precise moment Swift and Alwyn met is unknown, it’s thought that they were introduced at the May 2016 Met Gala. Swift may have mentioned their encounter in the line, “Flashback to when you met me / Your buzz cut / And my hair bleached,” from her 2017 album, Reputation.In October, not long after her split from Hiddleston, Swift and Alwyn were pictured together at a Kings of Leon performance in New York City. She saw a showing of Alwyn’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk the next month.In a diary entry from January 2017, early in their relationship, Swift hinted at their affair. The entry was published in the deluxe edition of her 2019 album Lover. “I’m basically based in London, hiding out and attempting to shield us from the evil world that seeks to destroy everything,” the woman wrote. “It has been three months since we started dating, and nobody has found out.”Rumors of their romance went public in 2017In May 2017, an essay about the couple’s then-secret relationship in The Sun sparked widespread rumors that they were dating. The couple was photographed by paparazzi in Nashville in June and again in New York City in October. The pair was seen holding hands and dancing at an Ed Sheeran concert in December 2017.Swift reportedly revealed to a select group of her followers in October 2017 that Alwyn was the subject of her song “Gorgeous.” At a private listening event for her album Reputation, she is said to have revealed to her followers.But it wasn’t until May 2018, when they made their relationship Instagram official, that the couple openly acknowledged one another. Before Swift embarked on her Reputation Tour, Alwyn and Swift each uploaded identical pictures of themselves standing in front of the same cactus.

The couple were serious but didn’t share details of their relationship

The pair kept their relationship a secret even after it became apparent to the public that they were dating. In August 2019, Swift gave The Guardian an explanation for her lack of public disclosures regarding her partner. She remarked, “I’ve discovered that if I do, people assume it’s talkable, and our relationship isn’t talkable.”In October 2019, Joe Alwyn and Taylor Swift visited New York City.In her Netflix documentary Miss Americana, which was published in January 2020, Swift did, however, mention Alwyn in passing, albeit without mentioning him by name. She made reference to her relationship with Alwyn when she remarked, “I was falling in love with someone who had a wonderfully normal, balanced life.” Together, we made the decision to keep our relationship private.