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Lovers no more.\u00a0<\/span>Taylor Swift<\/b><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Joe Alwyn<\/b><\/a>\u00a0have split after six years together, multiple outlets reported on Saturday, April 8.<\/p>\n The shocking breakup news comes as the songstress, 33, is taking the stage nearly every night during her sold out\u00a0Eras Tour<\/em>.\u00a0People<\/em><\/a> confirmed the split after\u00a0Entertainment Tonight<\/i><\/a> was first to report the news.<\/p>\n The \u201cThis Is Why We Can\u2019t Have Nice Things\u201d singer and\u00a0The\u00a0Favourite<\/i> actor started their low-key relationship<\/a> in 2016. Throughout their time together, Taylor and Joe have kept things out of the public eye, only making rare appearances together. Years after they started dating, multiple sources confirmed to Life & Style<\/i><\/a> in February 2022 that they were officially engaged. While they never confirmed the proposal, Joe spoke candidly about giving updates<\/a> on his love life with the Grammy Award winning artist.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I had a pound for every time I think I\u2019ve been told I\u2019ve been engaged, then I\u2019d have a lot of pound coins,\u201d he told WSJ Magazine<\/i><\/a>\u00a0in April 2022. \u201cI mean, the truth is, if the answer was yes, I wouldn\u2019t say<\/a>, and if the answer was no, I wouldn\u2019t say.\u201d<\/p>\n Joe Alwyn and Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n The British star went on to say that fans expect too much<\/a>\u00a0from their favorite stars\u2019 personal lives, so he keeps quiet so it doesn\u2019t \u201copen the door\u201d for more details. \u201cWe live in a culture that people expect so much to be given,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Taylor, for her part, was a little more open about their love ahead of their split.<\/p>\n \u201cJoe, who is the first person that I sing every single song that I write, and I had the best time writing songs with you in quarantine,\u201d she gushed while winning Album of the Year for\u00a0Folklore<\/em> at the 2021 Grammy Awards<\/a>. The former flames wrote multiple songs together for the album. However, Joe was named as the anonymous collaborator, William Bowery<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI came in and I was like, \u2018Hey, this could be really weird, and we could hate this, [but] because we\u2019re in quarantine and there\u2019s nothing else going on, could we just try to see what it\u2019s like if we write this song together<\/a>?\u2019\u201d Taylor recalled during her Disney+ <\/span>Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions<\/span><\/em>\u00a0documentary in November 2020, noting that Joe had been singing \u201cthe entire fully formed chorus of \u2018Betty\u2019 in another room.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Ahead of the release of her\u00a0Midnights<\/em> album in October 2022, Taylor also got real about her relationship being in the public eye while teasing the song \u201cLavender Haze,\u201d<\/a> which is the record\u2019s first track.<\/p>\n \u201cI think a lot of people have to deal with this now, not just like \u2018public figures\u2019 because we live in the era of social media, and if the world finds out that you\u2019re in love with somebody, they\u2019re going to weigh in on it,\u201d she shared\u00a0in an Instagram video<\/a>\u00a0at the time. \u201cLike my relationship for six years, we\u2019ve had to dodge weird rumors, tabloid stuff, and we just ignore it. So, this song is about ignoring that stuff to protect the real stuff. I hope you guys like it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n