Taylor Swift at Wembley Stadium (Ian West/PA) Taylor Swift has referenced her former partner Joe Alwyn for the first time during her Eras Tour. The pop singer, 34, and the Kinds of Kindness actor, 33, first met in 2016 and dated for six years, with Swift writing the 2019 song “London Boy” about him. Alwyn co-wrote tracks on her Folklore and Evermore albums under the pseudonym William Bowery.
Swift and Alwyn broke up in April 2023, after which rumours emerged that she was dating The 1975 frontman Matty Healey. In September, the Grammy-winner started a highly public relationship with American football star Travis Kelce. Swift shocked fans when she made a surprise addition to her Eras Tour setlist at her Wembley show in London on Friday night (16 August), adding “London Boy”.
“I’ve never played this on the Eras Tour before,” Swift told the crowds in the stadium before launching into the song. On “London Boy”, Swift sings about how Alwyn introduced her to pastimes like watching rugby in the pub, as well as Camden Market, nights in Brixton, drinking in the afternoon in Soho, and walks in Hampstead Heath. "She’s singing London Boy?” one fan wrote on X/Twitter in response to the surprise performance.
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I’m crying.” The singer then moved over to the piano to sing a mix of “Dear John” from Speak Now and “Sad Beautiful Tragic” from Red , the lyrics of which both reference the breakdown of a relationship. “Singing �.