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Taylor Swift's new album, \"Midnights,\" is here, and Swifties are already picking apart the songwriter's lyrics for clues and signs that hint at who each track is about. \nSwift has been very, very busy since moving to her new record label, Republic, in 2019. First, she released her studio album \"Lover,\" then she dropped her sister albums, \"Folklore\" and \"Evermore,\" in 2020. And now that the singer officially owns everything she releases under Republic Records, she decided to rerecord her first six albums, which she never owned the masters to; her old label, Big Machine Records, and record executive, Scooter Braun, held on to them against her wishes and eventually sold them. \nSo far, Swift has rerecorded two of those albums, \"Fearless (Taylor's Version)\" and \"Red (Taylor's Version),\" and they even include never-before-heard tracks from Swift's vault. Swift also directed a short film to go along with the longer version of \"All Too Well.\" \nAll this music might be hard to keep up with, so we're here to update you on who all of Swift's recent releases could be about. Right away, fans started speculating about who inspired the new songs on \"Midnights\" based on the context clues in the album's track list. And no, not all of them are about exes like Harry Styles or her current boyfriend, Joe Alwyn! Here's who some of Swift's songs could be about.\n\u2014 Additional reporting by Shannon Vestal Robson and Noelle Devoe\n","id":35929383,"type":"gallery","photo_source":"Image Source: Getty \/ Amy Sussman","permalink":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/Who-Taylor-Swift-Songs-About-35929383","canonical":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/Who-Taylor-Swift-Songs-About-35929383","share_text":"From John Mayer to Joe Alwyn, Here's Who Fans Think Taylor Swift's \"Midnights\" Songs Are About","use_tall_image":false,"omit_from_countdown":false,"caption_num":false,"slide_tags":"Taylor SwiftMusicTaylor Swift's Midnights","is_cover":true},"embed_html":"","embed_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qs0Yrzza6ng","share_image":false,"title":"\"Maroon\" \u2014 \"Midnights\"","intro_text":false,"body":"The telling lyrics: \"The burgundy on my T-shirt when you splashed the wine onto me \/ And how the blood rushed into my cheeks, so scarlet, it was \/ The mark you saw on my collarbone, the rust that grew between telephones \/ The lips I used to call home, so scarlet, it was maroon\"\nWho it's supposed to be about: Jake Gyllenhaal or Harry Styles\nWhy? Most glaringly, maroon is a deeper shade of red, which happens to be the name of the album that explored much of Swift and Gyllenhaal's ill-fated relationship \u2014 especially her single \"All Too Well.\" The lyric \"the mark you left on my collarbone\" could be an allusion to the iconic red scarf Swift references in \"All Too Well,\" which Swift said was a \"metaphor\" \u2014 not an actual scarf \u2014 at TIFF in September 2022. Alternatively, the song could be about Styles, with the line \"the rust that grew between telephones\" possibly representing their challenging long-distance 2012 relationship.\n","id":48986321,"type":"text","photo_source":"","permalink":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/photo-gallery\/35929383\/embed\/48986321\/embed","canonical":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/Who-Taylor-Swift-Songs-About-35929383","share_text":"\"Maroon\" \u2014 \"Midnights\"","use_tall_image":false,"omit_from_countdown":false,"caption_num":false,"slide_tags":"MusicTaylor Swift","embed_html":"","embed_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8asamgeHgw0","share_image":false,"title":"\"Lavender Haze\" \u2014 \"Midnights\"","intro_text":false,"body":"The telling lyrics: \"I've been under scrutiny \/ You handle it beautifully\" and \"They're bringing up my history \/ But you weren't even listening\"\nWho it's supposed to be about: Joe Alwyn\nWhy? In an Oct. 7 Instagram video commenting on the inspiration behind \"Lavender Haze,\" Swift revealed it was about ignoring all the speculation and rumors surrounding her and Alwyn's relationship. \"For six years, we've had to dodge weird rumors, tabloid stuff, and we just ignore it, and so this song is about the act of ignoring that stuff to protect the real stuff,\" she said. Throughout the song's lyrics, Swift sings about how Alwyn isn't \"listening\" to all of the noise and has borne it all \"beautifully.\"\n","id":48986486,"type":"text","photo_source":"","permalink":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/photo-gallery\/35929383\/embed\/48986486\/embed","canonical":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/Who-Taylor-Swift-Songs-About-35929383","share_text":"\"Lavender Haze\" \u2014 \"Midnights\"","use_tall_image":false,"omit_from_countdown":false,"caption_num":false,"slide_tags":"MusicTaylor Swift","embed_html":"","embed_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1MYZFOPgesg","share_image":false,"title":"\"Midnight Rain\" \u2014 \"Midnights\"","intro_text":false,"body":"The telling lyrics: \"I broke his heart cause he was nice \/ He was sunshine, I was midnight rain\" and \"He wanted a bride, I was making my own name \/ Chasing that fame, he stayed the same\"\nWho it's supposed to be about: Taylor Lautner\nWhy? Fans noticed immediately that \"Midnight Rain\"'s lyrics were filled with regret and Swift acknowledging she hurt the person the song is about, which gives off major \"Back to December\" vibes, a song that is widely believed to be about Lautner. The lyrics, \"He was sunshine, I was midnight rain,\" seem to allude to \"Midnight Sun,\" the title of the latest Twilight novel released in 2020 (Lautner famously starred as the werewolf character Jacob in the movie franchise). The lyrics, \"I was making my own name \/ Chasing that fame, he stayed the same,\" suggest the song is about someone she dated in the early stages of her career when she was making a name for herself, which also tracks with her relationship with Lautner, who she dated in 2009.\n","id":48986358,"type":"text","photo_source":"","permalink":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/photo-gallery\/35929383\/embed\/48986358\/embed","canonical":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/Who-Taylor-Swift-Songs-About-35929383","share_text":"\"Midnight Rain\" \u2014 \"Midnights\"","use_tall_image":false,"omit_from_countdown":false,"caption_num":false,"slide_tags":"MusicTaylor Swift","embed_html":"","embed_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W8XqGHMtUks","share_image":false,"title":"\"Vigilante Sh*t\" \u2014 \"Midnights\"","intro_text":false,"body":"The telling lyrics: \"Someone told his white-collar crimes to the FBI\"\nWho it's supposed to be about: Scooter Braun\nWhy? These lyrics seem like a reference to Braun's involvement in a $200 million legal dispute in 2021 over the failed launch of a private equity fund called SCOPE Capital Management (a legal dispute Braun claimed was an \"extortionate\" ploy ahead of the $1.05 billion sale of his company, Ithaca Holdings). Whatever the case may be, in an Oct. 18 video shared on Spotify, Swift revealed one of the inspirations behind her \"Midnights\" songs was \"fantasizing about revenge\" (via Billboard), and she certainly could have been fantasizing about getting revenge against Braun considering he infamously acquired Big Machine Records in June 2019 along with the masters to Swift's first six albums (which preempted Swift's decision to re-record them).\n","id":48986422,"type":"text","photo_source":"","permalink":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/photo-gallery\/35929383\/embed\/48986422\/embed","canonical":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/Who-Taylor-Swift-Songs-About-35929383","share_text":"\"Vigilante Sh*t\" \u2014 \"Midnights\"","use_tall_image":false,"omit_from_countdown":false,"caption_num":false,"slide_tags":"MusicTaylor Swift","embed_html":"","embed_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qa57JTsrqoM","share_image":false,"title":"\"Sweet Nothing\" \u2014 \"Midnights\"","intro_text":false,"body":"The telling lyrics: \"Outside they're pushin' and shoving \/ You're in the kitchen hummin' \/ All that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothing\"\nWho it's supposed to be about: Joe Alwyn\nWhy? This track sees the reappearance of Swift's frequent songwriting collaborator William Bowery, which we all know is her boyfriend, Alwyn's, pen name. Just the fact that Swift and Alwyn wrote \"Sweet Nothing\" together is enough to suggest its content was inspired by their six-year-long relationship. The chorus's lyrics, \"Outside they're pushin' and shoving \/ You're in the kitchen hummin' \/ All that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothing,\" suggest that in a world where Swift experiences so much noise from her status as an A-list celebrity, Alwyn and their quiet life together are an escape.\n","id":48986477,"type":"text","photo_source":"","permalink":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/photo-gallery\/35929383\/embed\/48986477\/embed","canonical":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/Who-Taylor-Swift-Songs-About-35929383","share_text":"\"Sweet Nothing\" \u2014 \"Midnights\"","use_tall_image":false,"omit_from_countdown":false,"caption_num":false,"slide_tags":"MusicTaylor Swift","embed_html":"","embed_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/liMZZW_fWxs","share_image":false,"title":"\"Would've, Could've, Should've\" \u2014 \"Midnights (3am Edition)\"","intro_text":false,"body":"The telling lyrics: \"At 19 \/ And the God's honest truth is that the pain was heaven \/ And now that I'm grown, I'm scared of ghosts \/ Memories feel like weapons\" and \"I damn sure never would've danced with the devil\"\nWho it's supposed to be about: John Mayer\nWhy? Fans think that \"Would've, Could've, Should've\" is a more mature version of \"Dear John,\" Swift's 2010 track about Mayer off \"Speak Now.\" The song is track 19 on the \"Midnights (3am Edition)\" and Swift was also 19 when she dated Mayer briefly around 2009. The line, \"I damn sure never would've danced with the devil,\" may suggest that, now, looking back as a 32-year-old woman, she knows she would not have entered into that relationship knowing what she knows now.\n","id":48986371,"type":"text","photo_source":"","permalink":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/photo-gallery\/35929383\/embed\/48986371\/embed","canonical":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/Who-Taylor-Swift-Songs-About-35929383","share_text":"\"Would've, Could've, Should've\" \u2014 \"Midnights (3am Edition)\"","use_tall_image":false,"omit_from_countdown":false,"caption_num":false,"slide_tags":"MusicTaylor Swift","embed_html":"","embed_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pzVYSfzNQ5Y","share_image":false,"title":"\"Karma\" \u2014 \"Midnights (3am Edition)\"","intro_text":false,"body":"The telling lyrics: \"You're talking sh*t for the hell of it \/ Addicted to betrayal, but you're relevant,\" \"Spider boy, king of thieves,\" and \"Trick me once, trick me twice\nDon't you know that cash ain't the only price?\"\nWho it's supposed to be about: Scooter Braun or Kanye West\nWhy? \"Karma\"'s opening lines, \"You're talking sh*t for the hell of it \/ Addicted to betrayal, but you're relevant,\" reference someone who \"talks sh*t\" to be relevant and is fixated on betrayal, which could both arguably be seen as qualities of West, who often makes headlines for calling people out for betraying him on social media (his ex-wife Kim Kardashian is the latest target, unfortunately). The lines \"Spider boy, king of thieves\" and \"Trick me once, trick me twice \/ Don't you know that cash ain't the only price?\" could also refer to Braun, who many argue stole Swift's masters in his lucrative acquisition of Big Machine records.\n","id":48986461,"type":"text","photo_source":"","permalink":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/photo-gallery\/35929383\/embed\/48986461\/embed","canonical":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/Who-Taylor-Swift-Songs-About-35929383","share_text":"\"Karma\" \u2014 \"Midnights (3am Edition)\"","use_tall_image":false,"omit_from_countdown":false,"caption_num":false,"slide_tags":"MusicTaylor Swift","embed_html":"","embed_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5UMCrq-bBCg","share_image":false,"title":"\"I Bet You Think About Me\" \u2014 \"Red (Taylor's Version)\"","intro_text":false,"body":"The telling lyrics: \"I bet you think about me when you're out \/ At your cool indie music concerts every week\" and \"You grew up in a silver-spoon gated community \/ Glamorous, shiny, bright Beverly Hills\"\nWho it's supposed to be about: Jake Gyllenhaal\nWhy? Gyllenhaal was the main victim of Swift's \"Red\" album after their pretty nasty breakup. In \"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,\" Swift mentions indie records, and these lyrics match up with them. As for the second part, Gyllenhaal comes from a pretty influential family, as both his mother and father are accomplished film directors.\n","id":48612295,"type":"text","photo_source":"","permalink":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/photo-gallery\/35929383\/embed\/48612295\/embed","canonical":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/Who-Taylor-Swift-Songs-About-35929383","share_text":"\"I Bet You Think About Me\" \u2014 \"Red (Taylor's Version)\"","use_tall_image":false,"omit_from_countdown":false,"caption_num":false,"slide_tags":"MusicTaylor Swift","embed_html":"","embed_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cVaG6adE2mA","share_image":false,"title":"\"Message in a Bottle\" \u2014 \"Red (Taylor's Version)\"","intro_text":false,"body":"The telling lyrics: \"How is it in London? \/ Where are you while I'm wonderin' (wondering') \/ If I'll ever see you again?\"\nWho it's supposed to be about: Harry Styles\nWhy? At the end of the \"Red\" era, Swift began dating Styles. It makes sense that this song was inspired by him, because he lived in London at the time and she had sung about him on the deluxe track \"Come Back . . . Be Here.\" \n","id":48612294,"type":"text","photo_source":"","permalink":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/photo-gallery\/35929383\/embed\/48612294\/embed","canonical":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/Who-Taylor-Swift-Songs-About-35929383","share_text":"\"Message in a Bottle\" \u2014 \"Red (Taylor's Version)\"","use_tall_image":false,"omit_from_countdown":false,"caption_num":false,"slide_tags":"MusicTaylor Swift","embed_html":"","embed_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kdiBc40gW7s","share_image":false,"title":"\"Ronan\" \u2014 \"Red (Taylor's Version)\"","intro_text":false,"body":"The telling lyrics: \"I remember the drive home \/ When the blind hope turned to crying and screaming 'Why?' \/ Flowers pile up in the worst way, no one knows what to say \/ About a beautiful boy who died.\" \nWho it's supposed to be about: Ronan Thompson, a 4-year-old boy who died from cancer \nWhy? Ronan was a little boy who died from a rare form of childhood cancer. Swift read his story on his mother's blog and reached out to her about writing and recording a song based on his mom's words. It was a non-album track until the new version found a home on \"Red (Taylor's Version).\"\n","id":48612293,"type":"text","photo_source":"","permalink":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/photo-gallery\/35929383\/embed\/48612293\/embed","canonical":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/Who-Taylor-Swift-Songs-About-35929383","share_text":"\"Ronan\" \u2014 \"Red (Taylor's Version)\"","use_tall_image":false,"omit_from_countdown":false,"caption_num":false,"slide_tags":"MusicTaylor Swift","embed_html":"","embed_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T-41vMWQTUA","share_image":"https:\/\/media1.popsugar-assets.com\/files\/thumbor\/fFaowqaCbcCb26mfwkSm86KeTXc\/fit-in\/2048xorig\/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-\/2014\/10\/14\/039\/n\/1922283\/netimgWH9R5l\/i\/embed.jpg","title":"\"Forever & Always\" \u2014 \"Fearless (Taylor's Version)\"","intro_text":false,"body":"The telling lyrics: \"Was I out of line? \/ Did I say something way too honest? \/ That made you run and hide like a scared little boy?\"\n\nWho it's supposed to be about: Joe Jonas\n\nWhy? This 2008 song was written for her album \"Fearless,\" released just after their breakup, and also features lyrics about Swift staring at the phone (she famously revealed that Jonas broke up with her on a brief phone call). As a retort, Jonas wrote the song \"Paranoid.\"\n\n","id":35929978,"type":"text","photo_source":"","permalink":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/photo-gallery\/35929383\/embed\/35929978\/embed","canonical":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/Who-Taylor-Swift-Songs-About-35929383","share_text":"\"Forever & Always\" \u2014 \"Fearless (Taylor's Version)\"","use_tall_image":false,"omit_from_countdown":false,"caption_num":false,"slide_tags":"MusicTaylor Swift","embed_html":"","embed_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rFjJs6ZjPe8","share_image":false,"title":"\"Mr. Perfectly Fine\" \u2014 \"Fearless (Taylor's Version)\"","intro_text":false,"body":"The telling lyrics: \"'Cause I hear he's got his arm 'round a brand-new girl. I've been pickin' up my heart, he's been pickin' up her\" and \"Mr. Never Told You Why, Mr. Never Had to See Me Cry.\" \nWho it's supposed to be about: Joe Jonas \nWhy? The \"Fearless\" era was about Swift's breakup with Jonas, so it's no wonder fans started to speculate this song was about him as well. Shortly after breaking things off with Swift over a 27-second phone call, Jonas moved on with Camilla Belle, while Swift was still healing from the breakup. \n","id":48612292,"type":"text","photo_source":"","permalink":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/photo-gallery\/35929383\/embed\/48612292\/embed","canonical":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/Who-Taylor-Swift-Songs-About-35929383","share_text":"\"Mr. Perfectly Fine\" \u2014 \"Fearless (Taylor's Version)\"","use_tall_image":false,"omit_from_countdown":false,"caption_num":false,"slide_tags":"MusicTaylor Swift","embed_html":"","embed_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hP6QpMeSG6s","share_image":false,"title":"\"Marjorie\" \u2014 \"Evermore\"","intro_text":false,"body":"The telling lyrics: \"Watched as you signed your name Marjorie \/ All your closets of backlogged dreams \/ And how you left them all to me.\"\nWho it's supposed to be about: Swift's late maternal grandmother, Marjorie \nWhy? Swift's grandmother's name was Marjorie, and she is recounting all of the memories they had when she was a child and her grandmother was alive and the life lessons she taught her. Swift also mourns the fact that she lost her grandmother so young and wasn't able to fully know her.\n","id":48612291,"type":"text","photo_source":"","permalink":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/photo-gallery\/35929383\/embed\/48612291\/embed","canonical":"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/Who-Taylor-Swift-Songs-About-35929383","share_text":"\"Marjorie\" \u2014 \"Evermore\"","use_tall_image":false,"omit_from_countdown":false,"caption_num":false,"slide_tags":"MusicTaylor Swift","embed_html":"","embed_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tP4TTgt4nb0","share_image":"https:\/\/media1.popsugar-assets.com\/files\/thumbor\/QEc17RFtdUKxBChnBsRagk4v6mc\/fit-in\/2048xorig\/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-\/2022\/10\/18\/881\/n\/1922283\/netimgLpo0V9\/i\/embed.jpg","title":"\"Happiness\" \u2014 \"Evermore\"","intro_text":false,"body":"The telling lyrics: \"There'll be happiness after you \/ But there was happiness because of you.\"\nWho it's supposed to be about: Her best friend, Abigail Anderson \nWhy? There were