Who is Taylor Swift’s “Call It What You Want” about? The internet pretty much knows it’s boyfriend Joe Alwyn
Taylor Swift dropped her much-anticipated new single “Call It What You Want” tonight, and the internet is freaking out because it’s so obviously about British actor boyfriend Joe Alwyn.
“Call It What You Want” joins ballads “Look What You Made Me Do,” “…Ready For It” and “Gorgeous” from the pop singer’s upcoming sixth studio album, Reputation — all of which ushering in an era of a new and improved Taylor, thank you very much.
In a soulful departure from “Look What You Made Me Do,” “Call It What You Want” is a somber reflection of the tumultuous drama and public scrutiny Swift has been dealing with in the past years, but listen: None of that is important anymore, as made apparent in the new song.
In the new lyric video, Swift croons:
All my flowers grew back as thorns
Windows boarded up after the storm
He built a fire just to keep me warm
All the drama queens taking swings
All the jokers dressing up as kings
They fade to nothing when I look at him
And I know I make the same mistakes every time
Bridges burn, I never learn
At least I did one thing right, I did one thing right
Fans on Twitter were quick to piece together who the song is about.
WHEN THE WHOLE WORLD WAS CALLING TAYLOR A SNAKE JOE WAS RIGHT FUCKING THERE LOVING HER MORE THAN ANYONE #callitwhatyouwant
— Cisco (@TSwiftCisco) November 3, 2017
JOE LIKE THANKS FOR BEING SO GOOD TO HER. PROTECT AND LOVE HER AT ALL COSTS PLS #CallItWhatYouWant
— SOFI♡TAYLOR (@amexicanswiftie) November 3, 2017
#CallItWhatYouWant is all about how Joe is the one thing she did right because that's all that matters against all the hate & drama pic.twitter.com/sJm61NOOZz
— summer (@slaylorstan) November 3, 2017
Watch the lyric video for “Call It What You Want” below.
Brb, listening on repeat.
