Taylor Swift wrote ‘You’re Losing Me’ one year before Joe Alwyn’s breakup

Jack Antonoff provides some insight Taylor Swift’s Midnights breakup ballad “You’re Losing Me.”

“’You’re Losing Me’ is out today, a very special song from the Midnights sessions that are finally being streamed!” Antonoff, 39, wrote via his Instagram Story on Wednesday, November 28, alongside a photo of Swift, 33, eating some snacks. “Wrote and recorded at home on 12/5/21 after Taylor ate these raisins.”

Swift initially dropped the vault track – which was co-produced by Antonoff – as a digital release track via her online store in May after it appeared on an exclusive CD edition sold to fans at her home. Eras tour stop at MetLife Stadium. When the song dropped, eagle-eyed fans immediately began speculating whether Swift was referring to the end of her relationship with ex. Joe Alwyn.

“Should I throw away or keep everything we built? / I get tired even for a phoenix,” Swift sings in the pre-chorus. “Always rising from the ashes / Repairing all her wounds / Maybe you’ve dealt the final blow.”

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The second verse seemingly shows Swift begging her partner to see her pain. “I looked at you with storms in my eyes / How can you say you love someone you don’t know is dying?” she asks. “I sent you signals and bit my nails to the death / My face was gray, but you wouldn’t admit we were sick.”

However, it’s the bridge where Swift delivers the song’s most devastating lyrics. “I wouldn’t marry me either / A pathological people pleaser / Who just wanted you to see her,” Swift says. “And I’m fading away with thought/Do something, baby, say something/Lose something, baby, risk something/Choose something, baby, I got nothing to believe unless you choose me.”

Fans were surprised by Antonoff’s claims about the song’s timeline, which would mean Swift wrote the song more than a year before calling it quits with 32-year-old Alwyn. (The couple was together for almost six years before going their separate ways in April.)

“So she felt like this for years,” someone responded via X (formerly Twitter). Another wrote: ‘Insane how she tried to make it with him for a whole year after writing this devastating song.’

At the time of their split, a source exclusively revealed this We weekly that the Grammy winner’s celebrity status contributed to the couple’s breakup.

“Joe is very shy and didn’t like all the attention that came with dating one of the most popular singers in the world,” the insider explained, noting that the Conversations with friends star “didn’t like having to be on all the time.”

Since breaking up with Alwyn, Swift has sparked a romance with Kansas City Travis Kelce. The pair were first linked in September after Kelce, 34, invited the singer to watch him play at Arrowhead Stadium against the Chicago Bears.

Since then, they have been spotted together all over the world. An insider said this earlier this month Us exclusively that the couple “can’t wait” to celebrate the holidays with each other. According to the source, the couple will likely spend time at Swift’s Tennessee home before Swift leaves on her next leg. Eras tour in the new year. “Travis hasn’t been to Taylor’s house in Nashville yet, so he’s really looking forward to it,” the insider added.

Swift goes further in more ways than one. Earlier on Wednesday, she announced she would release “You’re Losing Me” on streaming services in honor of her being named Spotify’s Global Top Artist for 2023.

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“Uh okay, this is unreal???” she wrote via social media alongside new Spotify artwork. “I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has listened to my music this year, anywhere in the world. Being named Spotify’s Global Top Artist for 2023 is truly the best birthday/holiday gift you could have given me.”

She continued, “So I was trying to think of a way to say thank you, and a lot of you have been asking me to put ‘You’re Losing Me (From The Vault)’ on streaming… so here you go! Now you can finally listen EVERYWHERE 💋.”