Taylor Swift fans are now convinced that the pop superstar has dropped hints about her reported split from Joe Alwyn and that we all missed it.
The Midnights hit-maker has been in a relationship with the British actor for the last six years, however, this all apparently came to an end fairly recently.
Swift was first romantically linked to Alwyn in May 2017 and it is still not clear when they first met.
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But several songs on Swift’s subsequent albums, Reputation, Lover, Folklore, Evermore and Midnights are said to be about Alwyn.
The 33-year-old singer is currently embarking on the massive Eras Tour, which includes songs from all 10 of her studio albums.
And Swift surprised her fans late last month by replacing a love song in the Folklore-inspired section with a break-up ballad.
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For the most recent shows in Arlington, Texas on 31 March, 1 April and 2 March, the singer has performed ‘The 1’ instead of ‘Invisible String’, with the former focusing on a lost love while the latter is a story about two soulmates.
In ‘Invisible String’, the Grammy-award winning artist sings: “Time, mystical time/Cuttin’ me open, then healin’ me fine/Were there clues I didn’t see?” the lyrics read.
“Isn’t it just so pretty to think/All along there was some/Invisible string/Tying you to me?”
Meanwhile, ‘The 1’ – which serves as the opening song on Folklore - is about a relationship that didn’t work out.
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“But we were something, don’t you think so?/Roaring 20s, tossing pennies in the pool/And if my wishes came true/It would’ve been you,” Swift sings.
“In my defence, I have none/For never leaving well enough alone/But it would’ve been fun/If you would’ve been the one.”
This change didn't garner much attention, that is until after People reported on Saturday (8 April) that the couple had allegedly split, and fans are seemingly connecting the dots.
One fan tweeted: “THINKING ABOUT HOW SHE SWITCHED OUT INVISIBLE STRING FOR THE 1….”
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Adding more fuel to the theory, another person wrote: “In her last show she replaced invisible string with the one… this is real.”
While a third person tweeted: “No no no I don't have a weird parasocial relationship with Taylor Swift I just cried in my car thinking about how she switched invisible string out for the 1 didn't you????"
A fourth said: “IS THIS WHY TAYLOR SWIFT SWITCHED INVISIBLE STRING TO THE 1 IN HER SETLIST AHHHHH.”
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And a fifth wrote: "Taylor Swift replacing invisible string with the 1 on her eras tour set list struck a nerve."
Alwyn, who has starred in The Favourite and Mary Queen of Scots, contributed to Folklore as a writer and a producer under the pseudonym “William Bowery”.
And Swift is certainly no stranger to dropping hints in her work.
"It's sort of a tradition that we started a very long time ago," she once told Jimmy Fallon.
"I think the first time that I started dropping sort of cryptic clues in my music was when I was 14 or 15, putting together my first album."
UNILAD has contacted Swift's representatives for comment.
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