Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn Break Up After Six Years of Dating

“The relationship had just run its course.”

Taylor Swift, Joe Alwyn
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Rachel Burchfield
By Rachel Burchfield
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Yesterday was the only Saturday that Taylor Swift wasn’t performing to crowds across the country from March 17 to August 9—but she still made headlines. Seven shows into her Eras tour, news broke yesterday that Swift and her boyfriend of six years, Joe Alwyn, had called it quits. Alwyn, People reports, hasn’t been seen at any of Swift’s shows on the tour thus far.

The couple was famously private since their relationship began in 2016. Alwyn, a British actor who has also co-written or co-produced 10 songs of Swift’s during the course of their relationship, told WSJ. Magazine of engagement rumors that dogged the couple in recent years “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. I mean, the truth is, if the answer was yes, I wouldn’t say, and if the answer was no, I wouldn’t say.” In another interview, this time with British Vogue, Alwyn said “I’m aware people want to know about that side of things. I think we have been successfully very private and that has now sunk in for people…but I really prefer to talk about work.”

A source previously said that, to Swift, Alwyn was “her rock. Their relationship is mature and wonderful.”

According to Entertainment Tonight—which first broke the story—the split happened a few weeks ago and was amicable and “not dramatic.”

“The relationship had just run its course,” a source told the outlet. “It’s why [Alwyn] hasn’t been spotted at any shows.”

Swift will next perform a three-show run in Tampa on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

Rachel Burchfield
Rachel Burchfield
Senior Celebrity and Royals Editor

Rachel Burchfield is a writer, editor, and podcaster whose primary interests are fashion and beauty, society and culture, and, most especially, the British Royal Family and other royal families around the world. She serves as Marie Claire’s Senior Celebrity and Royals Editor and has also contributed to publications like Allure, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, InStyle, People, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and W, among others. Before taking on her current role with Marie Claire, Rachel served as its Weekend Editor and later Royals Editor. She is the cohost of Podcast Royal, a show that was named a top five royal podcast by The New York Times. A voracious reader and lover of books, Rachel also hosts I’d Rather Be Reading, which spotlights the best current nonfiction books hitting the market and interviews the authors of them. Rachel frequently appears as a media commentator, and she or her work has appeared on outlets like NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s Good Morning America, CNN, and more. 

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