Andy Cohen has no axe to grind with Taylor Swift, even if he is close to a boy who broke her heart.
Even though Andy Cohen, host of Watch What Happens Live, has been friends with Taylor Swift’s former boyfriend John Mayer for a long time, he recently shared his thoughts on whether he’d have Taylor on his Bravo talk show.
He mentioned at BravoCon in Las Vegas that he’d be happy to participate, but his co-star hasn’t agreed yet. He joked that some people think he’s a bit of a risk-taker.
Despite this, the Bravo star is still hoping it happens, playfully urging someone to let the relevant people know!
Taylor has made it clear that she and John have resolved their differences and are on good terms now.
During her 2023 Eras Tour, Taylor Swift, who is now 35, shared a personal thought before singing “Dear John.” She explained that she’s moved past things that happened when she was 19, and now only cherishes the songs she created and the memories made during that time.
Taylor was preparing to release Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), an album featuring several songs inspired by her brief 2009 relationship with the singer of “Your Body is a Wonderland.”
She explained that she doesn’t want people to feel like they need to defend her online, especially over rumors about who her songs might be about years ago. She added that she doesn’t care about the speculation, and that everyone involved has moved on and is doing well.
Just hours before Taylor Swift released her re-recorded album from 2011 in July 2023, John posted a vague message on Instagram asking people to “please be kind.” He’s previously stated that Taylor mentioning him in the emotional song was deeply embarrassing for him.
He told Rolling Stone in 2012 that he hadn’t received any email or phone call about it. He was completely surprised and felt deeply humiliated, especially since he was already feeling down. He explained it felt like being kicked when you’re already at your lowest point.
John, reportedly inspired to write his song “Paper Doll” as a reaction to Taylor’s music, criticized her nearly seven-minute song, calling it “cheap songwriting.”
John said he understands she’s a major star and doesn’t want to undermine her success, but he believes it’s a waste of her abilities to intentionally provoke a reaction just for the sake of it. He called that behavior ‘nonsense’.
Taylor Swift’s songs aren’t just about her own life – many are inspired by famous people! Here’s a look at all the celebrities who’ve sparked a song idea for her…
Prior to the release of The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift had only definitively written one song about her future husband, the Kansas City Chiefs player—aside from the updated version of “Karma” from The Eras Tour. That song, “So High School,” was fittingly used as the background music for the couple’s engagement announcement on Instagram in August 2025.
Fans have theorized that the song “The Alchemy,” from The Tortured Poets Department, references Travis Kelce due to its football and high school imagery. However, the song “So High School” contains a more direct hint with the lines: “Are you going to marry, kiss or kill me? / It’s just a game but really / I’m betting on all three, for us two.”
In a 2016 game of “Marry, Kiss, Kill” with AfterBuzzTV, Travis said he would choose to kiss Taylor Swift over Ariana Grande and Katy Perry.
Travis loves the song, and even though he’s a Taylor Swift fan—which makes the competition fierce—he considers it his absolute favorite.
He jokingly admitted to Access Hollywood in 2024 that he was probably a bit biased when making the decision.
Even though it didn’t last long, Taylor Swift seems to have written several songs on her album, The Tortured Poets Department, about her brief relationship with The 1975’s frontman in 2023. This includes the album’s title track, which also mentions their friend and frequent collaborator, Jack Antonoff.
Fans believe songs like “Fortnight,” “Down Bad,” and “But Daddy I Love Him” are also about Matty Healy, with the last one seemingly addressing the criticism Taylor faced due to their relationship.
Okay, so here’s the scoop – Matty Healy told the press, according to Entertainment Tonight recently, that he hadn’t actually listened to the album, though he thinks it’s probably good. But, his mom, Denise Welch, really came down on anyone suggesting the songs were about his breakup. It’s a bit of a family affair, and she wasn’t having it!
Okay, so get this – she literally told everyone on Watch What Happens Live in 2025 that someone told her she couldn’t talk about something, and then, can you believe it, she went and wrote an entire album about it?! I’ve been following her forever and this is just… peak her, honestly. It’s brilliant and shady and I live for it! I knew she’d turn it into art, she always does!
For more on Matty’s place in Taylor’s catalogue, read here.
During their six-year romance, Taylor Swift wrote multiple songs inspired by and even created with actor Joe Alwyn. Soon after they officially started dating in 2016, she released her album Reputation, which featured several songs clearly about Joe, including “Call It What You Want,” “Dress,” and “King of My Heart.”
Taylor Swift’s album Lover features the song “Cornelia Street,” named after the New York City apartment she shared during the beginning of her relationship. Fans also think other songs are about her romance with Joe Alwyn, including “invisible string” from folklore, and Midnights’ “Sweet Nothing” and its bonus track, “You’re Losing Me.” The producer of “You’re Losing Me” confirmed it was written two years before Taylor and Joe split in 2023.
I’ve been so fascinated to watch Taylor’s creative process evolve! It turns out Joe is a huge part of it – he actually cowrites songs with her! He’s credited on tracks from both folklore and evermore, like “betty,” “champagne problems,” and “exile,” but under the really cool pseudonym William Bowery. It’s amazing to see their collaboration come to life!
The cowriting happened completely by chance during lockdown,” the former student told GQ in 2022. “It started with just playing around on the piano, singing poorly, and someone overhearing. Then we thought, ‘Why not see if we could actually finish a song together?’
For more songs inspired by Joe, see here.
As a longtime Taylor Swift fan, I’ve definitely noticed her responses to the whole drama with Kanye and Kim. It all started with that leaked phone call back in 2016 – the one that turned out to be manipulated – about his song reference to me on The Life of Pablo. Ever since, Taylor has cleverly called them out a few times, but in a really subtle way.
In 2024, Taylor Swift released the song “thanK you aIMee,” which many believe is about Kim Kardashian, as the capitalized letters in the title spell out her name. She also subtly altered the song on another version of her album, TTPD, capitalizing “YE” instead—a clear reference to the rapper Kanye West.
Before TTPD, Taylor Swift had already alluded to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s involvement in their public dispute – specifically the “Famous” feud – in her song “Mad Woman” from folklore. In the lyrics, she sings about how people will band together against someone they want to harm, pointedly referencing their shared animosity towards her: “Women like hunting witches too / Doing your dirtiest work for you / It’s obvious that wanting me dead has really brought you two together.”
Taylor Swift’s first single from her Reputation album, “Look What You Made Me Do,” referenced the very public drama she was experiencing at the time. Her song “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” also touched on this theme, describing a friendship that had fallen apart after being briefly fixed.
Taylor Swift’s musical connection to Kanye West goes back to the infamous 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, when he famously interrupted her acceptance speech. She addressed the incident in her song “Innocent” from the album Speak Now, offering forgiveness. West faced significant criticism for his actions, even from then-President Barack Obama.
Oh my god, when Taylor sang ‘It’s OK / Life is a tough crowd,’ I literally lost it! It’s like she knew everyone was being so harsh. And then, referencing his age at the VMAs – 32 and still figuring things out! It’s so beautiful. She’s saying it doesn’t matter what happened, what people think he did, because ‘you’re still an innocent’! It’s just… everything. She gets it, you guys, she totally gets it!
For a thorough dive into Taylor’s beef with Kanye, see here.
Though their romance was brief, lasting only a summer in 2016, Taylor Swift’s relationship with actor Tom Hiddleston clearly influenced her music. Fans believe songs like “Getaway Car” and “High Infidelity” detail the overlap between her relationships with Hiddleston and her then-recent ex, Calvin Harris, whom she split from in June 2016 after a year together – the same month rumors about her and Tom began.
Both songs explore the idea that a relationship built on a foundation of even a little bit of cheating is destined to fail.
Fans believe Taylor Swift wrote “Getaway Car” about her relationships with Calvin Harris and Tom Hiddleston, but none of the three have confirmed whether the songs were inspired by them.
Despite Taylor Swift denying she wrote songs about her relationship with the former One Direction member, many fans believe there are hidden references to the “Watermelon Sugar” singer throughout her album 1989.
Fans widely believe the songs “Style” and “Out of the Woods,” along with the bonus track “Wonderland,” are about Harry Styles. The reference to a “Cheshire cat smile” in “Wonderland” has led many to connect the song to Harry’s hometown of Holmes Chapel in Cheshire, England.
The 1989 song “Is It Over Now?,” originally released as a vault track, clearly captures the moment Taylor realized her relationship with Harry had ended for good.
She references the well-known January 2013 photo taken after her reported split with her partner, singing, “Blue dress on a boat.” She continues, implying a resemblance between herself and her partner’s new girlfriend with the line, “Your new girl is my clone.”
In the song “Now That We Don’t Talk,” she brings up their failed vacation once more and playfully criticizes Harry’s musical preferences with the lyrics, “I don’t have to pretend I like acid rock / Or that I’d like to be on a mega-yacht.”
Taylor dated several other celebrities from the UK after Harry, but he was her first British boyfriend. Because London is mentioned in some of her older songs, like “Come Back, Be Here” and “Message in a Bottle” from the album Red, many people believe those songs are also about Harry.
Taylor Swift’s album 1989 wasn’t entirely her own creation. Many fans think the song “Bad Blood” is about Katy Perry, as Taylor hinted in a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone that it was inspired by another female artist who attempted to ruin her concert tour.
Taylor explained that she realized she and Katy were direct rivals, saying, ‘It became clear we were enemies.’ She clarified the conflict wasn’t over a romantic interest, but stemmed from professional issues, specifically after some of her dancers joined Katy’s tour.
However, Taylor maintained she penned the song simply to get some feelings off her chest.
She told Rolling Stone she didn’t want to start rumors or drama. Her goal was for people to relate the story to times they’ve felt betrayed personally.
However, the song eventually sparked a public disagreement, with Katy posting a message on X (formerly Twitter) the day after the Rolling Stone article came out, warning people about someone she saw as a fake friend—comparing them to Regina George from the movie Mean Girls.
The singers resolved their differences in 2019, and Katy Perry later appeared in Taylor Swift’s music video for “You Need to Calm Down.”
Taylor Swift also enjoys writing fanfiction. Before her album Red came out, she met Ethel Kennedy while dating her grandson, Conor Kennedy. Inspired by Ethel and her late husband, Taylor wrote the song “Starlight” imagining a romantic date night for the couple.
Taylor Swift explained that she wrote the song “Starlight” after seeing a photo of Ethel and Bobby Kennedy as teenagers. She didn’t know the story behind the picture, but it made her imagine they were having a wonderful night, which inspired the song’s lyrics.
In response to the nod, Ethel told the Cape Cod Times, “She is just sensational, inside and out.”
Many fans believe Taylor Swift’s hit breakup song, “All Too Well”—especially the extended 10-minute version—is about actor Jake Gyllenhaal. The song includes details that match their brief 2010 relationship, like references to fall, a family home, and a specific scarf. Jake’s sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal, is a well-known actress, and the couple reportedly shared a striped Gucci scarf during their time together.
Taylor Swift seemingly referenced her relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal in songs like “The Last Time,” “We Are Never Getting Back Together,” and “I Bet You Think About Me” (from the Red album). These songs mention details about his preferences in music and his privileged upbringing.
Although many people think the album Red was largely based on Jake, he later denied any connection to it after the 2021 re-release.
“It’s about her relationship with her fans,” he told Esquire in 2022. “It is her expression.”
Taylor agreed with Jake, explaining that “All Too Well” evolved into something more meaningful than just a song about a breakup.
She explained on Good Morning America in 2021 that what surprised her most was how quickly fans embraced the song. They spontaneously decided it was their favorite and, within the first six months of the Red album’s release, considered it the most important track.
Many fans believe Taylor Swift’s song “The Manuscript” from The Tortured Poets Department is inspired by the effect her song “All Too Well” had, and specifically references her relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal.
When Taylor was nineteen, a significant part of her heart belonged to the musician behind the song “Gravity.” It’s believed this relationship fueled some of her songs on the Speak Now album, specifically “Dear John” and “The Story of Us,” which Taylor has confirmed were both about the same person.
In 2010, she told USA Today that ‘The Story of Us’ was inspired by a chance encounter with an ex-boyfriend at an awards show. They were sitting close to each other, and she felt an intense connection despite their distance. She desperately wanted to ask him if the situation was as painful for him as it was for her, but she couldn’t bring herself to speak, as they both seemed to be protecting themselves emotionally.
Although Taylor Swift now says she no longer hides clues about her personal life in her music, fans discovered a secret message in the original album notes for her song “Story of Us.” The notes, which Taylor used to write for her fans, spelled out “CMT Awards”—an event she and John Mayer both went to in 2010.
As for where “Dear John” is concerned? John himself had to respond to the brazen shots fired.
In a 2012 interview with Rolling Stone, the musician said, “I didn’t deserve that.” Looking back, they added, “I’m much better at owning my mistakes now, but I hadn’t done anything to warrant that treatment. It was a really unfair thing for her to do.”
Taylor Swift admits she wasn’t mature enough to handle things gracefully when she was younger, but she’s moved past the drama now. Before performing her song “Dear John” during The Eras Tour in 2023, she told her fans she’s let go of past issues, focusing instead on the music she created and the good memories she shares with others. She stated she doesn’t dwell on what happened when she was 19, except for the inspiration it gave her songwriting and the positive experiences she had.
As she put it, “I do not care. We’ve all grown up. We’re good.”
After a brief romance with Taylor Lautner in 2009, Taylor Swift wrote the song “Back to December” which is believed to be about him. The song includes references to their relationship, like a specific “September night” when he saw her upset – Lautner was present at the 2009 VMAs. She also subtly acknowledged him in the song’s album notes by simply writing, “Tay.”
Before Taylor Swift re-released her album Speak Now in 2023, actor Taylor Lautner, known for his role in Sharkboy and Lava Girl, playfully mentioned feeling secure after listening to the songs, as he told Today in an interview.
Some fans believe Taylor Swift’s songs “Today Was a Fairytale” and “I Can See You” (in which she appeared in the music video) were also inspired by her Valentine’s Day co-star. In “I Can See You,” she sings about maintaining a professional relationship before a romance began, leading to this speculation.
Surprisingly, Taylor Swift once had a crush on Owl City’s lead singer! Her song “Enchanted” is actually about the night they met. She even included the word “wonderstruck” in the lyrics as a hint to him, since he’d used that same word in an email he sent her.
In a 2010 interview with Yahoo, Taylor explained that when she first met him, her immediate thought was, ‘I really hope you’re not already in love with someone else.’
A year after Taylor’s song came out, Adam replied by recording his own version. He added new lyrics, singing, “Oh Taylor, I was so enchanted to meet you too.”
He explained in a note on his band’s website that he’s naturally shy, and finds it easier to express himself through music. He recorded a song as a response to a track on their latest record, adding, ‘You are a true princess from a dreamy fairy tale.’
As a lifestyle expert, I’ve always been fascinated by how artists process and share personal experiences. Taylor Swift, early in her career, was incredibly open about the inspiration behind her music, especially when it came to her breakup with Joe Jonas. Remember back in 2008? She famously wrote “Forever & Always” almost immediately after the split and quickly added it to her album Fearless. The timing was impeccable – she performed it shortly after her appearance on Ellen, where she publicly shared how Joe ended things with a shockingly brief phone call – reportedly only 25 to 27 seconds long! It was a really raw and honest moment, and a testament to how quickly she could turn heartbreak into art.
Taylor Swift’s 2010 album, Speak Now, featured two songs that seemed to reference her relationship with Joe Jonas. One was a sad ballad called “Last Kiss,” which specifically mentioned July 9th – the date she saw the Jonas Brothers perform in concert while they were still dating.
Taylor also included the song “Better Than Revenge” on the album, which was a response to the Jonas Brothers’ song “Much Better.” That song contained a clear reference to Taylor in the line, “I’m done with superstars and all the tears on her guitar.”
As Taylor Swift’s music evolved, she began to fondly reference her relationship with Joe Alwyn in songs like “Holy Ground” on her Red album and “Invisible String” on folklore. In the latter, she reflects on how they later became friends. She sings about past heartbreak, noting, “Cold was the steel of my axe to grind for the boys who broke my heart,” but then adds a hopeful note: “Now I send their babies presents.”
Taylor Swift revisited her past relationship with Joe Jonas when she released Fearless (Taylor’s Version) in 2021, including the song “Mr. Perfectly Fine.” Interestingly, she actually wrote the song shortly after their 2008 split. Joe’s then-wife, Sophie Turner, appeared to confirm the song was about him by sharing it on social media and playfully calling it “not a bop.”
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