Taylor Swift’s ‘Lavender Haze’ is About Joe Alwyn: Listen – Hollywood Life

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Taylor Swift’s new album, Midnight, opens with a rousing pop bop called “Lavender Haze.” Even before the album came out, fans knew this song was about Joe Alwyn based on Taylor’s description of the track. However, now that the lyrics are here, it’s even more clear that Joe inspired the love song. “Lavender Haze” has callbacks to references Taylor made about Joe on her 2017 album, Reputationas she gushes about how he loved her even when she was in the darkest time of her life.

“I’ve been under scrutiny, you’re handling it beautiful, all this s*** is new to me,” Taylor sings in the first verse, reflecting on the early days of her relationship with Joe. At the time, Taylor was at the center of public feuds with Kanye West and Kim Kardashianwhile also making headlines for her back-to-back relationships with Calvin Harris and Tom Hiddleston. However, what the public didn’t know is that Taylor and Joe quietly formed a close friendship that eventually blossomed into a romantic relationship, which didn’t become public for over 7 months after they actually got together.

In the second verse, Taylor makes references to more current times. “All they keep asking me is if I’ll be your bride,” she sings. “The only kind of girl they see is a one night stand or a wife.” Taylor and Joe have been dating for over six years, and the topic of a potential engagement has been a discussion in the media and among fans for some time. However, this is the first time that Taylor has actually acknowledged the speculation about her future with the actor.

The verse continues, “I find it dizzy, they bring up my history, but you didn’t even listen,” which is another nod to Joe ignoring what other people have said about Taylor. She made similar references in songs like “Delicate” and “Call It What You Want.”

Before release Midnight, Taylor gave some behind-the-song insight into some of the tracks, including “Lavender Haze,” on Instagram. She explained that it was a term she heard while watching Crazy men, which she looked up and then turned into a song. “It’s a common phrase used in the ’50s where they would just describe being in love,” Taylor revealed. “If you were in the lavender haze, it meant you were in the all-encompassing glow of love, and I thought that was really beautiful. I think theoretically, when you’re in the lavender haze, you’ll do anything to stay there and not let people take you off that cloud.”

Meanwhile, “Lavender Haze” isn’t the only song inspired by Joe Midnight. The album’s last track, “Mastermind,” also deals with the two’s relationship. On Taylor’s 2019 song “Paper Rings,” she sang, “I hate accidents, except when we went from friends to here.” However, three years later, she admits that it wasn’t an “accident” at all – because she “masterminded” the whole thing.

“What if I told you none of it was by accident,” Taylor sings on “Mastermind.” “And the first night you saw me, nothing would stop me. I laid the groundwork and then just like clockwork the dominoes lined up. What if I told you I’m a mastermind? And now you are mine. It was all by design.” At the end of the song, Taylor sings about his confession to Joe that she will stop at nothing to make sure they end up together. While she was worried about how he would react, it seems that he was aware the whole time, and his only response was a smile.

Meanwhile, Joe actually wrote one song on the album, “Sweet Nothing,” which is a slower love song. The main lyric in the chorus says, “All you ever wanted from me was sweet nothing,” which is another reference to the fact that Joe has always loved her.