Taylor Swift’s new song may reference Joe Alwyn Split: ‘Throw away everything we built or keep it?’

Taylor Swift may be shedding more light on his separation from joe alwyn at the beginning of this year.

In a recently released vault song called “You’re Losing Me,” Swift, 33, sings about feeling sick when a relationship falls apart in front of her eyes.

Comparing herself to a “phoenix that always rises from the ashes, mending all its cuts”, she wonders whether to stay and try to mend the relationship or give it up.

“Do I throw away everything we built or do I keep it? / I’m getting tired,” he sings.

In the chorus, Swift repeats “Stop, you’re losing me”, several times before adding, “I can’t find my pulse / My heart doesn’t beat for you anymore / ‘Cause you’re losing me.”

After the chorus, he sings “my pain is an imposition” while continuing to allude to a failed relationship.

“Now you’re running down the hall / And you know what everyone says: ‘You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.'”

Following the launch, out of Midnights (Until Dawn Edition) — fans were quick to draw meaning from the melancholic lyrics, particularly in light of Swift’s split from the actor, 32, after more than six years of dating. A source previously told PEOPLE that the breakup result of “differences in their personalities” that led them to realize that they were “not the right ones”.

Many fans compared the somber lyrics to some of Swift’s more romantic songs, where she sang about being in love, and at the time she was with Alwyn.

One particular lyric from the song’s bridge stood out to fans. The question of whether Swift and Alwyn had married over the course of their relationship had been a major source of speculation, and on the bridge, Swift sings, “I’m the best of this party (You’re losing me) / And I wouldn’t get married either.” with me”.

in a weird statement about their relationship in 2022, Alwyn joked with wsj magazine“If I had a pound for every time I think I’ve been told I’m engaged, then I would have a lot of pound coins.”

He added: “I mean, the truth is, if the answer was yes, I wouldn’t say it, and if the answer was no, I wouldn’t say it.”

After admitting that she wouldn’t marry herself in the song, Swift goes on to describe herself as “a pathological people pleaser” as she recalls begging her partner to “do something baby say something” while her relationship falters.

Although many fans are speculating about the root of “You’re Losing Me,” Swift has moved on in the months since her split from Alwyn.

She has been linked to a fellow musician. matty healy of the 1975 in recent weeks, and the couple was recently seen sharing a kiss during a night out in New York City on Wednesday.

Healy, 34, was also on hand at several of Swift’s recent stops on The Eras Tour and has been rooting for her in the crowd. he is even he himself took the stage several times to perform next to Phoebe Bridgeshis close friend and one of Swift’s opening acts.

Despite the recent changes in their relationship, the singer-songwriter told the audience on the Foxborough, Massachusetts show last week that she has “never been so happy”.

“You’re Losing Me” is the second of two new releases from Swift, though it only appears on a special edition CD being sold at her East Rutherford, New Jersey, shows this weekend. On Friday, she released Midnights (Until Dawn Edition)which features another new song, “Hits Different”, which had previously appeared only as a Target exclusive track.

She too released newer versions of two of the album’s original songs, “Karma” and “Snow on the Beach”. In “Karma”, rapper ice spice joined Swift, while on “Snow on the Beach” he expanded King’s woolfeature of , which appeared on the original version of the album. “You asked, we listened: Lana and I went back into the studio specifically to record more Lana on ‘Snow on the Beach,'” Swift wrote in instagram as she announced the new release.

As for her collaboration with Ice Spice, the “Maroon” singer described herself as “a huge fan of this brilliant artist and after meeting her I can confirm: she’s THE ONE to watch.”