Taylor Swift's very public dating history: a timeline of her famous partners

Taylor and Joe Jonas briefly dated from July to October 2008, and ended with Joe's heartbreaking 27-second phone call. Both have since moved on and become friends, although the dynamic shifted after the DNCE frontman's divorce from Sophie Turner last year, who is a close friend of Taylor's.

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Taylor dated her "You Belong With Me" music video co-star Lucas Till for a few months in 2009, but it ended up not panning out. Lucas later told MTV that they just felt more comfortable as friends, saying "that's the only reason that didn't work out."

Taylor x Taylor! The singer dated the Twilight star briefly between 2009-2010 after they starred together in 2009's Valentine's Day. While they might've ended things, there's no bad blood between them, with Lautner having even appeared in his ex's music video for "I Can See You (Taylor's Version)" and joined her on The Eras Tour.

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The apparent subject of the infamous (and acclaimed) Speak Now track "Dear John," John Mayer's brief relationship between 2009-2010 with Taylor, who was 12 years younger, definitely sparked some ill-will in the "Daughters" singer, who called the song "a really lousy thing for her to do" in an interview with Rolling Stone.

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While Taylor and Glee star Cory Monteith never confirmed their relationship, they were spotted out and about together frequently. Fans surmised the two were briefly an item in 2010 after Taylor reacted to his tragic passing at 31 in 2013 with the statement: "Speechless. And for the worst reason."

Taylor and Jake Gyllenhaal may have only dated for a few months between 2010 and 2011, but their love story has legendarily been immortalized in one of Taylor's greatest songs yet, Red's "All Too Well." It was reportedly the nine-year age difference that led the actor to call it quits, though the two were often seen together in New York.

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The apparent inspiration behind 2012's "Begin Again," Taylor's short-lived relationship with Robert F. Kennedy's grandson Conor sparked debate due to their age difference, this time in reverse, as Taylor was 22 at the time and Conor was 18 and still in high school. However, their 2012 summer romance didn't last.

Between 2012 to 2013, the two musicians, both teen heartthrobs in their own right, divided fandoms left and right with their romance. While they were only together for a short and passionate winter, Harry has seemingly been the inspiration behind several of Taylor's most popular songs, including "Style" and "Out of the Woods."

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Taylor and Scottish DJ Calvin Harris were together for over a year, March 2015 to June 2016, and even co-wrote the smash club hit "This is What You Came For." They even made red carpet appearances together, but after calling it quits, it seems like things didn't end too well, with the "Summer" hitmaker even shading his ex in a tweet in reference to her feud with Katy Perry.

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A swift but surprise romance emerged between Taylor and English actor Tom Hiddleston, who spent a glorious summer together that even included an "I Heart T.S." t-shirt. Sadly, that came to a close only a few months into their 2016 love story, which gave way for…

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Taylor's longest and most significant relationship to date was with another English actor, Joe Alwyn. They started dating in 2017 and while they kept their love story incredibly private, they often made loving nods to each other. 

Joe was most famously involved in co-writing much of Taylor's revered 2020 albums folklore and evermore under the pseudonym William Bowery. Sadly, they ended things in early 2023 despite years of engagement and wedding speculation.

Taylor's 2024 album The Tortured Poet Department immediately set alarm bells off for fans, who believed that the album would be dedicated to her longest relationship. Particularly, it seemed, that the album's title referred to a group chat Joe was in with fellow actors Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott called 'The Tortured Men's Club'. 

Songs like "So Long, London" and "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart" are mournful hymns to their time together, with themes of marriage and depressive episodes running through them.

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Not long after the end of her relationship with Joe, Taylor was frequently spotted with The 1975 frontman Matty Healy.

Their rumored relationship caused quite a stir among fans, who weren't a fan of Matty's many controversial past statements. Despite them only seeming to date for a couple of months, fans have clocked that a number of songs from the singer's Tortured Poets Department are about Matty. 

"I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)", "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived", and the eponymous track all seem to make oblique references to the 1975 singer.

And here we arrive at the latest, and what many fans have deemed the greatest, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. Their relationship has been quite public, most recently with much PDA at Super Bowl LVIII, and for a more detailed breakdown of the whens, the whats, and everything else, check out our comprehensive timeline here.

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