On “High Infidelity,” one of Taylor Swift’s bonus tracks on the surprise “3 AM Edition” of Midnights, Swift addresses the issue of cheating and leaving a loveless relationship, specifically singing that April 29th was a major turning point. However, the 11-time Grammy winner didn’t specify which year, leading curious fans to find out what might have happened to her that day, and they have linked the points to one person: Calvin Harris, who Swift reportedly dated 15 months before splitting in mid-2016.
On April 29, 2016, the Scottish DJ released “This Is What You Came For” featuring Rihanna. At the time, Swift was credited as the songwriter under the pseudonym Nils Sjöberg, which fans would only find out later. However, during an interview that day, Harris revealed that he would probably never work with his then-girlfriend – hiding the fact that he already had. “You know, we haven’t even talked about it,” he told Ryan Seacrest. “But I can’t imagine it happening. no She’s going to take a long break.” On the same day, Swift was spotted shopping in New York City in preparation for the Met Gala, which she co-hosted. At the May 2nd soiree, she was spotted dancing with Tom Hiddleston, who she would be dating later that summer.
Fast forward to July, when TMZ revealed that Swift wrote “This Is What You Came For” and reported that Harris’ interview was the couple’s breaking point because she felt disrespected. However, if the “High Infidelity” lyrics are any indication, Swift may have already been on his way out.
On “High Infidelity,” Swift sings candidly about the dying days of a relationship, expressing how she felt unloved and asking if her lover really wanted to know the truth about how she had already moved on. “You know there are many different ways to kill the one you love,” she sings. “The slowest way is to never love her enough / Do you really want to know where I was on April 29th? / Do I really have to tell you how he brought me back to life?” Swift previously sang about this rumored scenario on “Getaway Car” from her 2017 album Reputation, which fans have long speculated is about Swift Harris leaves for Hiddleston. The “Anti-Hero” singer also wrote about infidelity on “Illicit Affairs” and “Ivy” from her 2020 albums Folklore and Evermore.
Coincidentally, fans also pointed out that Swift attended boyfriend Gigi Hadid’s 21st birthday party on April 28, 2016. The party, which may have been attended by Swift’s current boyfriend of six years (Joe Alwyn), likely continued into the early hours of April 29.
According to the lyrics to Swift’s 2017 song “Dress,” Swift and Alwyn probably met three days after Hadid’s party at the 2016 Met Gala: “Flashback to when you met me, your buzzed cut and my hair blonded,” she sings. At this event, Swift’s hair was bleached and Alwyn’s hair was buzzed.
Joe Alwyn in London in September 2022. Mike Marsland/WireImage/Getty Images
After drama between Harris and Hiddleston fizzled, Swift and Alwyn began dating in October 2016. Since then, Alwyn has co-written a number of songs with Swift, including 2022’s “Sweet Nothing.”
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