While Taylor Swift is enjoying her new relationship and new musical era, her old flames are also moving on.
A source said People that the Grammy winner’s ex, Joe Alwyn, is ‘dating and happy’ amid the release of her eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department.
“He’s a great guy and doesn’t like drama in any way,” the source said, noting that Alwyn, 33, “left behind” Swift, 34.
After their six-year relationship ended last year, the source said he “certainly doesn’t speak ill of her,” adding, “He was in love with her and it just didn’t work out.”
Alwyn is “doing well” and “focused on work,” as the source noted: “Joe loves acting, but he can’t stand the attention that comes with it.” He is not comfortable being the center of attention.
Taylor Swift’s ex Joe Alwyn is reportedly “dating and happy” amid the release of her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department.
Swift appeared to target Alwyn in multiple TTPD tracks, leaving him “a little disappointed, but not surprised at all,” a source told DailyMail.com.
Swift appeared to target Alwyn in multiple TTPD clues, leaving him “a little disappointed, but not surprised at all,” a source previously told DailyMail.com.
“There has been absolutely no contact between them,” they said. “She didn’t tell him these songs, but he didn’t expect her to.”
The source added: “She didn’t really criticize him or smear him.” Joe is not going to react to this.
Alwyn has since reportedly banned any questions about the album and his relationship with Swift from the upcoming press tour for her film Kinds of Kindness.
The British actor co-stars with Swift’s friend Emma Stone in the film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.
Swift dated Alwyn from 2017 to 2023, during which the 14-time Grammy winner mostly retreated from the spotlight.
They won a Grammy together for Album of the Year in 2021 after he co-wrote and co-produced several Folklore tracks under the pseudonym William Bowery.
The couple was also nominated for the same award a year later for Evermore.
Meanwhile, the Boy Erased actor refused to speak publicly about their relationship.
Alwyn has since reportedly banned any questions about the album and his relationship with Swift from the upcoming press tour for her film Kinds of Kindness.
Swift dated Alwyn from 2017 to 2023, during which the 14-time Grammy winner mostly retreated from the spotlight.
Following the release of TTPD this month, Swift shared a statement about letting go of the ‘sensational and painful’ moment that inspired the album.
In 2022, Alwyn said harper’s bazaar that he “can understand” the interest in their relationship, “but I don’t see why these questions should always have answers.”
“I hope that people will ask those questions (about their), if I’m contributing work to the world, of course people will ask about that,” he added.
Following the release of TTPD this month, Swift shared a statement about letting go of the ‘sensational and painful’ moment that inspired the album.
“This period of the author’s life is now over, the chapter is closed and walled up,” he wrote. ‘There is nothing to avenge, no scores to settle once the wounds have healed.
“And upon further reflection, a good number of them turned out to be self-inflicted,” Swift added.
‘This writer firmly believes that our tears become sacred in the form of ink on a page. Once we have told our saddest story, we can free ourselves from it. And then the only thing left is tortured poetry.
The Department of Tortured Poets is now available for streaming and download.