When Did Taylor Swift Start Dating Joe Alwyn?

Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn have kept their relationship pretty private.

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It’s hard to know exactly when the two started their relationship.

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The two seem to have met at the 2016 Met Gala.

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Taylor sings about it in the song “Dress” with the lyrics “Flashback when you met me / Your buzzcut and my hair bleached.”

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In May 2017, The Sun ran a story saying that they had been dating for months.

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However, Joe Alwyn didn’t confirm the news until a September 2018 interview with British Vogue.

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In 2020, Taylor told the Rolling Stone that their relationship gives her a sense of “normalcy” in her life.

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Earlier this week, The Sun said a source told them that the two got engaged earlier this year.

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Apparently, the engagement is so secret, that the source said only a few people on her team know about it!

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