Yesterday (November 29), Taylor Swift celebrated being Spotify’s Top Global Artist by finally giving her Midnights album track, “You’re Losing Me,” a proper streaming release. Before, it had only been available on a CD format. As part of the celebration for dropping the fan-favorite, her collaborator, Jack Antonoff, posted an Instagram story that sparked some serious Swiftie news.
Antonoff revealed that Swift wrote and recorded the breakup song on December 5, 2021, instead of it being a recent one after the news of her April split from Joe Alwyn. This significantly changed fans’ minds on the timeline of their relationship, and that it might not have been all they thought it was.
“How long could we be a sad song?” Swift sings, pointing out that things were “too far gone to bring back to life.”
Some fans have speculated that the pair might have broken up and then got back together — given they had been spotted throughout 2022, seemingly still going strong.
Others felt that the song represented Swift emotionally checking out of their relationship before they called it quits.
“Taylor Swift is ‘breaking up with him in my head months before I work up the courage to actually do it’ representation,” one user wrote.
Taylor Swift is “breaking up with him in my head months before I work up the courage to actually do it” representation https://t.co/CdGzRhWfs6
— abby govindan (@abbygov) November 30, 2023
Check out some fan reactions about “You’re Losing Me” and whether it’s about Joe Alwyn.
TAYLOR WROTE YOURE LOSING ME IN 2021???? did her and Joe have a rough patch but worked it out and then she wrote the Great War. But it eventually ended bc they realized it just wasn’t working out??? This is my Speculation
— 𝔟𝖗𝖎 (@tscrystalskies) November 29, 2023
SHE WROTE YOURE LOSING ME IN 2021?????? SO THAT MF STOPPED FIGHTING FOR HER LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE THEY BROKE UP???
— amanda (@poetsdeptswift) November 29, 2023
Not him putting the date ajxisjjssllaa he did it for the drama https://t.co/kD9p60YShz
— Cristina 🍣 (@TheBookofTaylor) November 29, 2023
This proves what we have been saying for months, she didn’t “move on too fast”, she’s been suffering for a LONG time before they officially broke up. That’s what happens in many long-term relationships. https://t.co/E5zmbKTRZg
— ؘeras tour 9/11 (@benitosversion) November 29, 2023
