Taylor Swift’s TTPD: DECODING Which Songs Are About Joe Alwyn, Matty Healy & Travis Kelce! | E! News

[@nicoleplumley4094]

This is what I don’t understand. Swifties praise Joe for being her best boyfriend but as soon as we get an album or a song, they bash him??? Like there’s two sides to every story. But yet Taylor said in her documentary Miss American she said she wanted her relationship with Joe to be private…

[@Txanaplays1]

She was respecting his wishes she’s never had a problem with being public before. He should write a song too to say his side.

[@MareMarMarie]

I’m a fan but not a “Swiftie” I feel like the Swifties are bullies and honestly lack any independent thought. They literally take whatever she says and run with it. And this idea that she is infallible and perfect is crazy. She has shown plenty of problematic behavior but that doesn’t have to take away from her achievements to you liking her music. She could say I hate puppies and they will call for all puppies to be put down. They sang Joes praises until they broke up. Despite her saying they both wanted privacy now he “locked up away”. What?! She’s a grown woman! Her reputation had taken a hit, she made a whole documentary about how the media was hard to deal with & gave her an eating disorder and she liked Joes normal life. But it’s his fault somehow? She wrote a whole album about him, not to mention Evermore and Folklore were 2 of her best albums to date and he helped. No one has any proof he did anything wrong. Maybe she wanted to get married (paper rings) or you could say Champagne Problems was about him wanting to marry her and her saying no. Both could be true at different times across 6 years. It’s dumb to make him a villain for no reason. A lot of people have had 6+ year relationships and then broken up. It’s better to do that than to stay together and be miserable because you don’t want to hurt someone’s feelings. And sometimes it takes years to realize you aren’t right or sometimes you change and start wanting different things or a different lifestyle. People who have been married 30 years break up. It’s sad that she sees it as all “for free” as if she got nothing out of that relationship whatsoever. That’s insulting. He was there at her lowest and valued her privacy, still is valuing it and wasn’t constantly looking for the camera like someone…. I’m not invested in her relationships but I think a lot of people can see (but God forbid we say anything bad 🙄) TK is loving the attention a bit too much. This is the first time I’ve said that about any guy she’s dated. Just bad vibes and doesn’t seem like long term genuine “love” unless he can benefit from it somehow.

[@MareMarMarie]

@@Txanaplays1her doc she literally says the media caused her to have the E.D. I don’t know how you guys can literally hear her say something and then go the opposite direction to fit whatever narrative “he kept her locked away” to hate on someone. That’s why she said she liked his normal life.

[@phoenix-vp3uz]

​@@MareMarMarieshe'll breakup with Trav because she has always liked that pos ratty healy

[@_laura_p1923]

Thats what I’ve been saying. They are bullies. I’ve been q swiftie since 2014 and as long as I like Taylor I have no problem in addmiting that she has done so much wrong things, and no one had bullied her for that

[@NotUrBot]

I've been a swiftie through and through but at this point, with her most direct hits at people with this one of all her albums, I wonder why we treat Justin Timberlake like a villain when we celebrate Taylor for exactly the same behavior? This is genuinely a question. I can be a fan of someone's work, thr choices but I can never be an idol worshipper. I can never let go of my faculties in such an absolute manner.

[@NotUrBot]

Oh wow, somehow I flew under the hate radar. Phew!!

[@CindyR4]

She wasn’t present at all of his games. She went to exactly 13 games

[@Savvy_Paise13]

she was at most of them

[@CindyR4]

@@Savvy_Paise13 The Super Bowl was the thirteenth game she attended and what is Taylor Swift’s lucky number? It’s 13

[@hollyshaw-elliemae]

@@CindyR4 13+87=100

[@GardenMinistry.]

13 ❤️!!!

[@Amite-zg2ob]

Dance let Dance At 1 trillion every 100 days added to 36 Trillion Natinal Debt. 4 years 5 months more of Joe a Easy 53.5 Trillion on our Visa Card

[@susannakettlewell286]

So according to Taylor, all of her breakups are the guys' fault? Going on record here to say that these failed relationships are on her, too. It's tacky to publicly dish up these relationships, when, given the magnitude of her platform, the guys have no way to defend themselves.

[@EmiliaLanders]

Ugggggh. You clearly haven’t listened to much. Back to December? Midnight rain. Good god you’re a waste of time.

[@sunflower8075]

I completely agree with you. It is terrible to sic the whole world on someone.

[@melissaaltidor5147]

Like you don't publicly trash your access to your frightened or I'm so sick of people giving her c*** for it when other artists indirectly talk about their relationships let's keep that same energy thanks

[@Courtney77125]

I agree 100%

[@GoodForNutting]

Exactly. One day she’ll have 30+ failed relationships and people will still act like she’s a victim lol

[@TriggeredNishaa]

Honestly idc who it is about the fact is she is over it is what makes me happy I can feel in songs that she was TOURTED emotionally I can feel it in the songs

[@markarmage3776]

Alwyn is not the first and he's not going to be the last. If you don't want to be indirectly yet publicly defamed, do not touch this person.

[@Courtney77125]

Facts

[@LAWOODSTORIES]

The saddest songs were about Joe. Nothing more tragic than the death of a great love but I was surprised by the number of great songs she made about Matty too. Their relationship was short but very intense apparently. From her songs I can tell that she saw a lot of herself in him. But I'm so happy she moved on with someone like Travis and that she gave us a little glimpse on her actual love story. She is getting her HEA and I'm happy for her. You conjured the Prophecy Tay ❤️

[@amandadias5851]

Me too! I was super surprise to see how many songs are about Matty, I didn't even think he was important. I figured the entire album would be about Joe and their relationship, but most songs are actually about Matty.

[@phoenix-vp3uz]

Taylor and travis will breakup by the end of the Eras Tour and she'll go running back to Ratty and then she'll beg him to marry her and have kids but he'll ghost her Mark my words

[@phoenix-vp3uz]

I feel like if Matty texted Taylor “hey” Taylor would drop Travis in a second

[@LuciaaDn]

matty and taylor's relationship wasn't short actually. it's said they've been in an on and off situationship for 9 years at least, like they would get together every time they were both single

[@delaneykinne3738]

@@LuciaaDnI’m not a swiftie, but one of my dear friends is and she broke her whole life down for me one day😂 and then I went and watched other videos and I agree. It was 9-10 years of a situationship, so I’m thinking the 2 week fortnight was finally just a closing of doing this on again off again thing maybe?

[@mischa6688]

She needs to grow up and find other sruff to write about rather than her ex-bfs who have moved on already. I think she is trapped in a teenage girl age and always write mostly about how bad her exes were but she actually capitalizes on them and their feelings. I wonder if Travis see this as a red flag or what? But Travis could also just be using her for popularity.

[@Courtney77125]

Fr Facts. TS is a legit 34 year old grown woman who infantilizes herself portraying to good girl/ victim act. Everyone has their side of the story but why almost every relationship this woman has had always end up in her being the victim?? In life as we grow older we should try and self reflect upon ourselves to mature. I’m trying to hate but it’s just all over the he media these with this girl.

[@illicitaffairsxmarjorie]

@@Courtney77125she’s not necessarily the victim she’s telling her side of the story since her exes don’t want to

[@mischa6688]

@@Courtney77125 Unfortunately, she capitalizes on it, her fans buy it and even threaten some of them like Joe atm. Poor lad turned his comments section off because of vile fanatics. In case she and Travis breaks up, Travis was warned of the backlash every after she breaks up with a guy. Idk. It’s the same love stories that humans encounter, except that Taylor Swift is a celebrity and she profits from even making fun of some of her exes.

[@GoodForNutting]

Exactly to both points

[@akankshaakspahwa]

Sometimes it seems like Taylor gets in and out of a relationship to just take an inspiration for a song😂

[@ahrie]

She likes the beginning of a relationship the most

[@GoodForNutting]

She definitely does

[@NotUrBot]

@@akankshaakspahwa some people need extreme highs and lows for inspiration. They unknowingly pick partners that would take them on a roller coaster ride

[@lemmetellyaboutit]

@@ahrieawkward to get past the honeymoon phase bc then people have to see you for who you really are and not just the image you portrayed to them when they first met and fell for you.

[@shubham_patil5925]

Joe was so perfect for her 😢I love him so much ❤❤

[@aditibisht22]

me too 😢

[@AugustinePM]

Her songs have the same tone. Same sound. I want to be a swifty but the rhythm and music sound so similar to past songs. 😥

[@gracieloufreebush4899]

i agree, her worst 2 albums by far

[@seliyoon]

Same issue. Well ig not really an issue some people prefer this sound ig. I love the lyrics so much but it's just not my vibe 😭 I'm hoping ut grows on me

[@stariousshine]

Same I find the new album have the same tone, same way of singing except few... It's kind of boring... I really like midnights with it... But repeating same type of music is boring

[@sarsol19]

Agree! I was expecting more!

[@emogoesboom]

i think it's a pretty good album except there's no new sound and so many songs on the album sound like her old songs and there's also some pretty bad lyricism on some songs like TOUCH ME WHILE YOUR BROS PLAY GRAND THEFT AUTO im sorry but😭😭

[@phoenix-vp3uz]

I feel like if Matty texted Taylor “hey” Taylor would drop Travis in a second

[@Baby_duck4]

😂😂😂

[@gdhaney136]

Self-inflicted would be staying 6 years when you're so unsure of someone's feelings for you, and rebounding with a bad boy. Both Brits. Thank goodness the "blokes" warming the benches are cut, and Miss Americana has found her Football Prince.

[@eljobo3258]

I'm here for it. Love it.

[@Eragon2679]

Sure let's make this about nationality, lol 😅

[@salicecanady6522]

She also dated Harry Styles, Calvin Harris, and Tom Hiddleston -- though they weren't all bad boys -- were they?

[@phoenix-vp3uz]

I feel like if Matty texted Taylor “hey” Taylor would drop Travis in a second

[@gdhaney136]

@@salicecanady6522 worked out great for her too 😏

[@phoebedemontefalcon1423]

Tons of songs about a very short fling. I thought TTPD is almost all about joe

[@dunkyourdonuts2282]

She still let her fans rip him to shreds before the album drop 😅

[@phoebedemontefalcon1423]

@@dunkyourdonuts2282 i realisedn that this is also a diss album to joe. Taylor was talking about intense passion, thrill and lust about a short fling with matty while all taylor said about her 6 yrs relationship with joe is sadness, prison and wasted time. 😅

[@ganyu.theqilin]

Im a swiftie, and honestly even tho matty was wrong for what he did to hurt taylor, taylor was also blind to like him. The whole fandom was literally against her and matty dating cuz we all know how his attitude is like. But she chose to continue to date him. Imo, taylor should've taken a break to heal herself after breaking up with joe. No matter how much i adore and support her, her thing with matty will always be an ick for me.

[@evelyntaylor4470]

Taylor only dated Healy for 10 minutes, really? These songs could be about any one of the 12-20 men she has dated in the last 12 years 😮

[@holly1725]

Why do we call plain nastiness, genius? Most 34 year old women, know there are two sides and have the sensitivity not to attack an ex just because they were sad or introverted. It’s all about her wasted years. Well what about Joe’s? To be betrayed like This by a petulant narcissistic uncaring woman.

[@Billiedakid]

LOML is clearly for Matty Healy. Most of the songs are for him. I mean, the guy is well known for writing all of his songs on a typewriter. The whole name of the album refers to him.

[@phoenix-vp3uz]

She loves him still

[@phoenix-vp3uz]

I feel like if Matty texted Taylor “hey” Taylor would drop Travis in a second

[@Billiedakid]

@@phoenix-vp3uz I think she is not, we can clearly see the deception in some songs.

[@Billiedakid]

@@phoenix-vp3uz I think that she reached the point where she finally saw him for who he is, I mean calling him the smartest man tell us all. She clearly was very in love but she is not gonna waste excelent songs, even if is not what she feels now.

[@djarias28]

I thought the tortured poet department was based on a group chat at Joe has with some friends

[@manazon6945]

So basically, she was unfaithful to joe while being on and off with Matty Healy? Is that why he looked so shattered after the breakup? Cause she got bored of him?

[@nad9695]

Dear media and fan base, literally there are wars out there and your obsession in finding out, for whom a song has been written, every time this woman makes an album, is at least stupid and pathetic

[@98_Demure]

Best album ❤

[@jojoart571]

People don’t listen to Taylor because she makes good music they just want to know about her love lives

[@mischa6688]

Well, I guess some would appreciate if she’s go back to country and stop capitalizing on her failed relationships, but I guess it sells A LOT, so she won’t stop soon.

[@jojoart571]

@@mischa6688 exactly the same fans who say that Taylor doesn’t just write about her boyfriends are the same one who only listen to her songs to hear about her boyfriends

[@illicitaffairsxmarjorie]

@@jojoart571nah I prefer her fiction writing

[@jojoart571]

@@illicitaffairsxmarjorie good for you

[@illicitaffairsxmarjorie]

@@jojoart571 you said all of her fans in proving a point

[@lizgloriamcdonough1306]

Next Album will be the wedding album because I’m willing to bet he will marry her…

[@OoOMonkeyCoFreakOoO]

All her exs are just so different looking, she doesn’t have a tie look wise… maybe these guys are similar personality wise?

[@AestheticDays13]

Thank you!

[@dboyette42]

I think her siren is 10 yrs ahead. Some are about the Trav break up. I think she goes for a Saudi Prince or Billionaire next. Like Jackie Kennedy did. For Security. It happens watching the Traylor Wreck.

[@scottish_rachelle]

I actually wondered if The Smallest Man in the World is about John Mayer rather than Matty Healy who was my first thought. That song made my gut twist just listening to it💔

[@Emmmmak24]

I doubt it. I think what she meant the prison line was that he hurt her so badly that what he did should be illegal- a hyperbole

[@scottish_rachelle]

@@Emmmmak24 very true, I just felt it really could be either of them. To say that “normal women are boring” made me think of him instantly though I had paired the song to Matty previously. Both aren’t exactly golden retriever boys so either way, they’re getting shredded by her writing😄

[@gggttt207]

​@@scottish_rachelle why would she write that about matty healy.I'm sure she wasnt that serious about him and was just a fling

[@dunkyourdonuts2282]

Isn't John mayer like more than a decade ago?

[@naomibird9760]

I feel like it’s about Joe Alwyn

[@aira7892]

This album is more deep than exes. Its not for eveybody to listen

[@inezcruz5220]

She is genius with her song writing

[@NotUrBot]

It's been a while since ttpd came out and I realized today that I don't even know 2 songs by heart. I still find myself playing reputation and midnight for drives, work and chores. Made me realize I don't like ttpd at all.

[@BraceletsbyAugusta]

I love that album so good 👍👍❤️😻😻😻

[@reneesmith983]

As somebody who is here for the stories she doesn't ever disappoint in that regard.

[@jussst.samanthaaa]

Ikkkk! I just finish it and it’s so sad but so powerful and amazing

[@lialoveee28]

Its disappointing:( all the songs sound the same, no good melodies, no good bridges

[@reneesmith983]

@@lialoveee28 i think she mostly needed to say some stuff and express some honest emotions.

[@GoodForNutting]

It’s garbage

[@taserface5354]

joe and taylor broke up bcos taylor got bored of joe for sure

[@tatipola1]

Running out of material

[@Nursesam29]

This is all wrong- the songs So long London and Fresh out the Slammer are about Joe, the entire rest of the album is all about Matty. They apparently had some decade long fatalistic romance that Taylor believed would come together after she broke up with Joe. Matty worked to talk her into the breakup with Joe and upon their reunion promised her marriage and kids. But within a matter of weeks ghosted her. All her feelings about Joe, her breakup, her future, was all wrapped up into Matty and he devastated her. As for Travis, while the Alchemy could be about him, she uses some language that sounds like it’s also about Matty and calls men “Blokes” which is a British term. And the references to coming back etc., do not align with how she and Travis got together. I believe TTPD is a big FU to Matty.

[@nadedjadannevik6272]

The next album will be about her break up with Travis. She's probably already working on it 😂

[@stacyward4309]

I really, really don't think that is going to happen. They are for keeps

[@nadedjadannevik6272]

@@stacyward4309 I'm sure the Swifties felt the same way about ALLLLLL of her other boyfriends too 😂

[@glittertearss]

leave them alone. you don’t know anything about their relationship

[@M_ddddd]

Yeah what was her last album about, umm yeah not a breakup album, what was the one before that, ummyeah again not a breakup album, well before that, definitely not a breakup album, what about before that, umm not a breakup album, she has literally released a breakup album after like 10 yes, so I think we are good here.

[@nadedjadannevik6272]

@@M_ddddd Haven't listened to "Tortured Poets" yet, have you?😂

[@dreamchaser7603]

Loml isn’t about Joe!! It’s about Matty Heally. This album feels and sounds like 1975.

[@singerg02]

Loml is definitely about Joe. Not Matty.

[@scottish_rachelle]

Yeah I disagree. In loml, she mentions “Something counterfeits dead” - in Glitch which is about her ongoing relationship with Joe, she says “it must be counterfeit”. There is no way Matty Healy is “the loss of her life”.

[@glittertearss]

no it’s about joe. matty is not the loss or love of her life

[@eljobo3258]

​@@glittertearssloss of her life.

[@justmejenny7986]

Because she told you that? Lol.

[@hsd287]

Wow 3 boyfriends one album 😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@carolineharris9367]

why they all saying its about travis joe and matt health its also about harry styles

[@304sg]

I think Peter (Pan) is about Harry Styles

[@justmejenny7986]

No it's not.

[@bexanne99]

Taylor was not at every one of Travis’ games

[@cmarq817]

I kind of hope that she gets Back with Joe… 😊

[@colleenhardy4554]

Talk about bad rebound , Matt Healy never

[@DawnNeeringmarshall-l7y]

That song that you people think is about Travis is not about Travis.... That song is actually about a circus where people get cut out and they're trying to be a part of the circus and they're trying to play the game and they want to be a part of ruining a masterpiece that's going to change our world it has nothing to do with Travis

[@DawnNeeringmarshall-l7y]

I can tell you which each song means but you're not going to believe me I can give you faces and names of the individuals she's telling the story of and it really is not about her dating. That typewriter has something to do with somebody that lived in the 18th century.

[@cjenngo]

Taylor is a genius poet!

[@OoOMonkeyCoFreakOoO]

You all hate on Jlo when Taylor is gonna do the same thing

[@xtherealsunshinex]

Joe was 'that' man, I mean good, nice, loyal and he gave her stability but I guess she need more passion and excitement. I totally understand her, I made similar choice.

[@Kamo766]

Yes Tay🤍🖤

[@lannal4626]

Best songs are for Joe

[@laughsalot6847]

She was at most of his games. Not all of them.

[@chesca7295]

Why are we celebrating a woman who is publicly tearing apart her past relationships? It's like an audio "burn book".

[@mariashopova9029]

Because she's talented and because people are allowed to talk about their personal experience. Every artist does it, not just TS. There are plenty of TS songs, which are mostly or completely favourable to her exes. TS didn't have anything bad to say about Taylor Launter, for example. Back to December is for him: So this is me swallowin' my pride Standin' in front of you sayin' I'm sorry for that night And I go back to December all the time It turns out freedom ain't nothin' but missin' you Wishin' I'd realized what I had when you were mine I'd go back to December, turn around and make it alright

[@mushmouth610]

​@@mariashopova9029 She's mid. No depth and range. Give me Kelly Clarkson or Miley.

[@Eragon2679]

​@@mariashopova9029what are the other positive songs about exes? The positive songs i can think of were rather about on-going relationships, not exes.

[@umakannan1330]

@@tracy_06 exactly thats why i love taylor she can barely sing but she has carefully curated all the eras she has parasocial relationships with fans and turn them into her defence army its all mid control and its so fascinating also all her songs are so catchy she uses ton of backtrack and lipsync so bad singing is not seen but she has amazing stage presence she so talented in marketing and making people love her you know thats whats important in the industry like there are so many talented singers like adele halsey sia but they're not even half as popular as taylor cuz they lack marketing talent

[@umakannan1330]

@@Eragon2679 she had a song called back to december and midnight rain[swifties claim it was towards breakup but it was ongoing] so swifties claim she has positive songs about exes too if they are good they where just bad but its like her 13th relationship shes the common denominator here so we cannot keep blaming the guys

[@DawnNeeringmarshall-l7y]

Absolutely none of the songs that you people think are about her exes are about her exes at all some of them are about me and I didn't date Taylor Swift so please stop this

[@eml3077]

Boy by boy lol they are in their 30s!!!

[@thumper6425]

💜💜

[@cb533]

only the song about a guy with a highschool-level of maturity is about Travis.

[@Repp.isaacs.v]

Hi

[@arrow1042]

I don't think she dated matty. It was just pure music collab and they just made a hype by going out together in public.

[@jojoart571]

I honestly don’t like this album

[@jojoart571]

@S_67F exactly , I have two reason why this album just isn’t it so first off I just think that the melodies were boring except for maybe two songs that were theatrical and the other is that her fans don’t really listen because they like the music I mean look at TikTok or other social media all that they are trying to do is decode the songs and match it with her boyfriends instead of appreciating the music and that’s obviously what Taylor wants since she is very aware of how to get people to listen yet she complains about the public being too invested

[@jojoart571]

@JessK.-ug2pb uhm so why are you here exactly ohhh right a boring swiftie that defends someone that will never acknowledge her existence

[@jojoart571]

@S_67F yeah and this album isn’t really a good album way to argue with that

[@MareMarMarie]

This is the second album I don’t like. I didn’t like Midnights either…. Maybe I’m outgrowing her? I’ve been here since Tim McGraw 😩 they were both boring to me. I don’t like her bringing up the Kim stuff again… that gives me the ick. It’s been almost 10 years. It’s weird. Like who cares if she or North (which makes this WAY more ick to do this to a kid) posted they didn’t like delicate. Who cares?! They obviously like other songs and danced to them. Kim isn’t being a jerk and not letting North listen to her. It just kinda gross. I don’t think Taylor was totally innocent either in that situation. I think she lashes out instead of talking about things. Like Katy Perry was blindsided and then trolled for a while by Taylor (Sloan did a really in depth video on that situation.) it just seemed unnecessary and weird. Like her fans (Jess K above lol) obsessive and unnecessarily mean especially considering she knew the outcome would be monumental based on the Swifties volatility.

[@jojoart571]

@@MareMarMarie I totally get you because I remember being obsessed with lover folklore evermore reputation but now I don’t know why her music doesn’t wow me anymore

[@googleboo9876]

Thankfully Travis is American and hopefully doesnt have his asc in Taurus. JoeA and MattyH BOTH have Taurus moons.

[@julianne0104]

She dated several Americans and she got nasty things to say too. Perhaps she could try African and Asian. Lol

[@kaylinwhite6584]

The same trite nonsense in every album Taylor puts out!

[@MariaRamirez-hg5xj]

Travis got the worst songs 😭

[@justmejenny7986]

Those are my least liked songs on the album.

[@GoodForNutting]

Her vocals sound like trash in that like school or whatever song lol

[@palavi50]

Just love her and her love life ❤❤❤❤

[@loolufun]

Her acting is so bad only her bots can ❤❤❤❤

[@palavi50]

@@loolufun she doesn’t need to act. She is a great singer and song writer.

[@Whoeverwhateverwhenever]

A pretty weak album 😕

[@Art_Martial]

You have discriminating tastes, do you ? Which one of her ex's are you ?

[@Whoeverwhateverwhenever]

​@@Art_MartialPardon?

[@Art_Martial]

@@Whoeverwhateverwhenever oh, it's you aIMee

[@nicoleb81]

@@Art_Martialare people not allowed to not like her album? Lol

[@Art_Martial]

@nicoleb81 if you don't like it, that's fine, but why do we have to know about it ?

[@annavictoriasb]

Very boring album

[@Nicks-v3l]

Bc she's dating a man with a fake Russian accent 🤣

[@yeniberlentorressoriacader806]

Dios love traviskelce si 🏌‍♀️⛳️🏀🥎⚾️🏒🥅🌏 veo amor TaylorSwift 🎤🎶🎸 ❤❤❤🙏 ⚠️⚠️ 👎👎👎 joealwyn y mattyheial 🤮

[@SueFischer]

Don't care to hear anorher second about Joe. I've got te music which I prefer to these narratives.

[@RichardB-my5fp]

I want some of the guys she's been with to write some songs about what it's like to lay pipe to Taylor. Since we'll never get to experience it ourselves it would be nice to know 😀

[@holly1725]

Yes

[@GoodForNutting]

It smells like fish down there