Alswift

Alswift is the het ship between Joe Alwyn and Taylor Swift from the ''Taylor Swift fandom.

2016
Taylor and Joe presumably met at the 2016 Met Gala. When Taylor wrote about her first meeting with Joe in the song "Dress," she wrote the line "Flashback when you met me, your buzzcut and my hair bleached" which could be a reference to the Met Gala. The two presumably started dating on September 28. Taylor stated that the two started dating three months before January 3, 2017, and she sang the line "Do you remember / The 28th night of September?" in her cover of "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire. Later the same year, the two both attended a Kings of Leon concert as well as the after-party at the Bowery Hotel. A month later, Taylor was spotted seeing a screening of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, a film starring Joe Alwyn.

2017
On January 3, Taylor Swift wrote in her diary about how she had been hiding out in London with her boyfriend of three months. She also wrote that she didn't want people to find out about the relationship because she "[didn't] want anything about this to change or become too complicated or intruded upon." However, these entries weren't shown to the public until 2019 when Taylor released her album, Lover. On January 11, after Taylor had not been seen for several weeks, paparazzi managed to photograph her leaving the gym in Los Angeles. Paparazzi also shouted various comments at her. Taylor was overwhelmed about the situation and worried that she couldn't have a normal relationship with Joe. She then went to the recording studio and wrote the song "Dancing With Our Hands Tied" after crying. By the end of the month, Taylor and Joe were staying at Stella McCartney's farm. Joe posted a picture of him at the farm, and Taylor also has photos of herself at the farm.

In May, The Sun announced that Taylor and Joe have been dating in secret for months. A source stated, "Taylor and Joe are the real deal, this is a very serious relationship." In the beginning of June, Taylor and Joe are spotted leaving the UK on a private jet before they were seen having coffee a few days later in Nashville. Then the two were spotted heading back to the UK, and Taylor spends Father's day weekend with Joe's family. At the end of June, Taylor and Joe exit Taylor's private jet in Rhode Island. In late July, Taylor and Joe were spotted in New York City, but it was obvious that the two were trying to hide from paparazzi.

Later on in September, Taylor and Joe were photographed entering Taylor's apartment whilst trying to avoid paparazzi. In October, the reputation Secret Sessions took place. She told a fan that Joe took pictures of her cats and that Meredith Grey, one of Taylor's cats, loved Joe. Later that month, Taylor liked a Tumblr post talking about how every love song on reputation is about Joe.

2020
William Bowery was credited for co-writing songs with Taylor Swift for the folklore and evermore albums. It was later revealed that "William Bowery" was a pseudonym for Joe to anonymously co-write songs with Taylor.

2022
Joe, as William Bowery, was credited for co-writing the song "Sweet Nothing" in Taylor's Midnights album.

2023
In February, rumors circulated about Taylor and Joe being engaged. Joe addressed the rumors.

After dating for six years, Taylor and Joe reportedly broke up in March-April due to personality differences.

Songs

 * ...Ready For It? | Taylor Swift"In the middle of the night, in my dreams / You should see the things we do, baby"


 * End Game ft. Ed Sheeran, Future | Taylor Swift"I wanna be your end game / I wanna be your first string / I wanna be your A-Team"


 * Don't Blame Me | Taylor Swift


 * Delicate | Taylor Swift


 * So It Goes... | Taylor Swift


 * Gorgeous | Taylor Swift


 * King Of My Heart | Taylor Swift


 * Dancing With Our Hands Tied | Taylor Swift


 * Dress | Taylor Swift


 * Call It What You Want | Taylor Swift"My baby's fit like a daydream / Walkin' with his head down / I'm the one he's walking to"

The song is about all of the rumors and gossip surrounding Taylor, but she is so in love with her boyfriend that she doesn't care what anyone else says. Taylor sings the lyrics "I want to wear his initial on a chain 'round my neck / Chain 'round my neck / Not because he owns me / But 'cause he really knows me." This is most likely a reference to the necklace with the "J" initial that she wore at the time. According to a fan that met Taylor, Taylor started smiling when the fan brought up the necklace, and she confirmed it was a birthday present.


 * New Year's Day | Taylor Swift


 * September | Taylor Swift
 * (Rumored to be about Joe Alwyn) "Do you remember / The 28th night of September?"

Taylor covered Earth, Wind & Fire's "September" and made a small change that could possibly be related to Joe Alwyn. Instead of singing the line "Do you remember / The 21st night of September?", she sang "Do you remember / The 28th night of September?"

Though it was never confirmed, fans believe September 28 is when Taylor and Joe started dating. This is supported by the fact that Taylor and Joe started dating three months before January 3, and September 28 is just about three months before that date.
 * Fanon


 * Lover | Taylor Swift


 * London Boy | Taylor Swift"Darling, I fancy you"


 * Cruel Summer | Taylor Swift


 * I Think He Knows | Taylor Swift


 * Paper Rings | Taylor Swift


 * Cornelia Street | Taylor Swift"I hope I never lose you, hope it never ends / I'd never walk Cornelia Street again"

Taylor wrote about her memories early into her relationship with Joe. She described renting a place on Cornelia Street, a city that "screams [Joe's] name." The chorus focused on how Taylor doesn't want her relationship to end since she would "never walk Cornelia Street again."


 * False God | Taylor Swift


 * Afterglow | Taylor Swift


 * ME! | Taylor Swift


 * Daylight | Taylor Swift


 * invisible string | Taylor Swift


 * peace | Taylor Swift


 * the lakes | Taylor Swift


 * gold rush | Taylor Swift


 * willow | Taylor Swift


 * long story short | Taylor Swift


 * cowboy like me | Taylor Swift


 * Lavender Haze | Taylor Swift


 * Snow On The Beach ft. Lana Del Rey | Taylor Swift


 * Labyrinth | Taylor Swift


 * Karma | Taylor Swift"Karma is the guy on the screen / Coming straight home to me"

Taylor's song mainly focused on how people who have wronged her will receive bad karma because of their actions. The chorus described how Taylor also received karma in the form of all the good things in her life. The first thing Taylor mentioned in the chorus is that karma is her boyfriend, which would have been Joe Alwyn at the time of the song. Taylor also sings, "Karma is the guy on the screen / Coming straight home to me," alluding to Joe being an actor.


 * Sweet Nothing | Taylor Swift


 * Mastermind | Taylor Swift


 * The Great War | Taylor Swift


 * Paris | Taylor Swift


 * Glitch | Taylor Swift


 * You're Losing Me | Taylor Swift"I can't find a pulse / My heart won't start anymore for you / 'Cause you're losin' me"

Fans have compared the line "And I wouldn't marry me either / A pathological people pleaser" to "I'd marry you with paper rings," a line from "Paper Rings." The two lines have been used to compare characters/people besides Taylor and Joe. One character/person believes no one would marry them while the other character/person would marry them with paper rings.
 * Fanon

Fanon
Alswift is one of the few of Taylor's relationships that most fans show support for, besides her relationships with Taylor Lautner and with Harry Styles. Fans appreciated how Joe was there for Taylor during her hiatus between 1989 and reputation. Fans also supported Joe and Taylor's relationship through the six years they were together, and some jokingly referred to the couple as their mother and father. Many fans were devastated upon hearing news of the two splitting. Alswift was mostly rivaled by Maylor since Taylor was rumored to be dating Matt Healy shortly after it was confirmed Taylor and Joe broke up. Later on, Alswift's main rival shifted to Tayvis.

After Joe and Taylor broke up, some fans still hoped that the two would get back together. Others theorized that they never broke up and it was a PR stunt. One theory was that Taylor was planning something for her re-recording of reputation. Another theory was that Joe was too busy to attend Taylor's shows, so they faked a break up to avoid Joe seeming like a bad boyfriend. Though the majority of fans accepted that Taylor and Joe broke up.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION


 * TUMBLR


 * WIKIS
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Trivia

 * Taylor hates needles because they make her faint, and Joe had to hold her hand one time during a blood extraction to calm her down.