Taylor Swift makes no secret of the fact that many of her songs are about her exes and lovers. But she remains so vague that for the past two weeks half the internet has been puzzling: who exactly does she mean by which piece – bad boy Matty Healy, actor Joe Alwyn, the DJ Calvin Harris or rather the Hollywood star Jake Gyllenhall? This game is not new in pop history; superstars like Shakira, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, John Lennon, Keith Richards, George Harrison and Eric Clapton also had very real people in mind when writing their most famous revenge songs and love songs. And it’s not just about ex-partners who are being settled. One sang for his mother, another for his baby, and two even composed for the same woman – we’ll say which one.
Taylor Swift and the muses of Shakira, Britney Spears & Co.
