Taylor SwiftandJoe Alwynhave broken up after six years of dating, a source close to the pair confirms to PEOPLE.
The split news comes as Swift is traveling the country for her sold-out Eras tour, at which the actor hasn’t been spotted.
Entertainment Tonightwas first to report the news.
Over the years, the famously private couple kept their cards close to the chest, with the English actor, 32, and Grammy winner, 33, deflecting about engagement rumors.
Joe Alwyn and Taylor Swift.Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images; ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images
“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 Alwynpreviously toWSJ. 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 the singer-songwriter.
Swift began dating theBoy Erasedactor in 2016. A source previously told PEOPLE that Swift"is very happy” in their relationship. “He is her rock. Their relationship is mature and wonderful,” the source added.
Taylor Swift, Joe Alwyn.Jackson Lee/GC Images
The pair also began collaborating on music together over the pandemic, culminating in aGrammy Awardswin. 2020 sister albumsFolkloreandEvermoreeach included collaborations with Alwyn, who wrote several songs under the pseudonymWilliam Bowery.Folkloreended uptaking home the 2021 Grammy for album of the yearandEvermorewas nominated for the same award at the 2022 ceremony.
During her acceptance speech, Swift gave ashout-out to the actor.
“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.
During herFolklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessionsfilm, which was released in November 2020, the singer opened up about how their collaboration came to be. “I was like, ‘Hey, this could be really weird and we could hate this [but] because we’re in quarantine and there’s nothing else going on, could we just try to write this song together?'”
Alwyn is credited as a co-writer on “Betty” and “Exile” fromFolkloreand on “Champagne Problems,” “Coney Island,” and “Evermore” onEvermore.
“Joe and I really love sad songs. We’ve always bonded over music,“Swift told Apple Music’s Zane Lowein December 2020. “We write the saddest songs. We just really love sad songs. What can I say?”
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“I’m aware people want to know about that side of things,” the rising star toldBritish Vogue. “I think we have been successfully very private and that has now sunk in for people … but I really prefer to talk about work.”
In August 2018, the stars werephotographed holding handson a rare public outing in London just one month after they retreated toTurks and Caicos for vacation. Swift — who was also filmingCatsat the time — skipped the Grammys and attended the BAFTAs instead with Alwyn.
They were also spotted partying with pals afterthe Oscarslast February, withSwift posting a photo of her sparkly Ralph & Russo dresson the night of.
source: people.com
