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Did Taylor Swift's BF Joe Alwyn Co-Write Songs On Her New Album?! Check Out The Fan Theory!

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Ahhh, the joys of Taylor Swift season!

Normally, a Taylor album release includes countdowns, clues, teases, and puzzle pieces for fans to put together. But with the surprise announcement that a new album, Folklore, would be released in full on Friday, the pop superstar changed her whole game. However, she couldn’t let a music drop pass by without engaging in one of her favorite pastimes: easter eggs!

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It started in the official album announcement, where Tay thanked her collaborators: 

“I wrote and recorded this music in isolation but got to collaborate with some musical heroes of mine; Aaron Dessner (who has co-written or produced 11 of the 16 songs), Bon Iver (who co-wrote and was kind enough to sing on one with me), William Bowery (who co-wrote two with me) and Jack Antonoff (who is basically musical family at this point).”

Most of those names are familiar for songwriting fans, except for Bowery. And after some detective work by quick-fingered Swifties, they came to this conclusion: William Bowery doesn’t exist

The game is afoot!

Fans were quick to theorize who the mysterious Bowery might be, and there was a lot of evidence pointing towards longtime beau Joe Alwyn. For one thing, one of the couple’s first (public) dates was at the Bowery Hotel in NYC. Some fans also discovered that Alwyn’s great-grandfather’s name was William, and he happened to be a composer himself. On top of that, the actor’s mother’s name is Betty, which is the title of one of the tracks on Folklore.  

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Though “Joe=Bowery” is the prevailing theory, several other names have been thrown into the hat. On the other side of the fandom, Taylor/Karlie Kloss shippers have pointed out that one of the gal pals’ last public appearances was at a venue called Bowery Ballroom. (Karlie’s middle name is Elizabeth, so she also gets a “Betty” point.) Kaylors also connected the model’s recent woodsy Instagram posts to the Folklore album aesthetic. 

The Lover singer’s brother Austin Swift is also in the mix. Fans thought Austin had something to do with TayTay’s last pseudonym adventure, the Look What You Made Me Do cover by the similarly non-existent band Jack Leopards & The Dolphin Club. (The cover was produced by Nils Sjöberg, Taylor’s own pseudonym from the This Is What You Came For days.) 

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Other suggestions include Lorde, Lana Del Rey, Joni Mitchell, and more — but beware, evidence is thin in all these cases. All we can hope is that Taylor someday reveals William’s true identity — and hopefully sooner rather than later!

Ch-ch-check out some more of the fan theories, below:

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https://twitter.com/ourflowersdied/status/1286302217927041028?s=20

https://twitter.com/EarperAnalytics/status/1286456471283216385?s=20

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[Image via WENN, Avalon, Instar & Adriana M. Barraza]

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Jul 24, 2020 10:42am PDT