Taylor Swift has launched a brand new vault observe titled “You’re Losing Me,” and followers are questioning if the lyrics are providing a window into her relationship and up to date breakup with ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn. The tune was the second of two new releases this Friday together with “Hits Different,” and new variations of two authentic songs from the album: “Karma” that includes Ice Spice and “Snow on the Beach” with prolonged Lana Del Rey vocals.

In “You’re Losing Me,” Swift sings she’s like a “phoenix always rising from the ashes, mending all her gashes,” which undoubtedly seems like post-breakup speak.

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Swift and Alwyn broke up earlier this yr simply earlier than the beginning of Swift’s Eras Tour live performance collection. She has since launched right into a relationship with musician Matt Healy, who has been at various her reveals, even acting on stage.

However the brand new tracks speaks of a tough resolution to half methods with…somebody.

You say, “I don’t understand” and I say, “I know you don’t”
We thought a remedy would come by means of in time, now, I concern it will not
Keep in mind lookin’ at this room, we beloved it ‘reason behind the sunshine
Now, I simply sit at midnight and surprise if it is time

In April, after information of the Alwyn breakup got here out, a supply instructed Individuals, “The differences in their personalities have also become harder to ignore after years together. They’ve grown apart.”

In the end, they did not “understand” each other effectively sufficient to proceed their connection, it appears. They have been collectively for six years, nonetheless, and within the pre-chorus Swift sings about the way to decide about letting go of all the things she has “built.”

[Pre-Chorus]
Do I throw out all the things we constructed or maintain it?
I am getting drained even for a phoenix
All the time risin’ from the ashes
Mendin’ all her gashes
You would possibly simply have dealt the ultimate blow

The supply additionally instructed Individuals that at different occasions, Swift and Alwyn had tough patches they repaired, so the lyrics might be referring to the stress of whether or not or not one thing is really over.

“They’ve had rough patches before and always worked things out, so friends thought they would take some time apart 1685187116 but eventually come back together,” the supply defined. “Ultimately [they] weren’t the right fit for one another.”

[Chorus]
Cease, you are shedding me
Cease, you are shedding me
Cease, you are shedding me
I am unable to discover a pulse
My coronary heart will not begin anymore for you
‘Trigger you are shedding me

[Verse 2]
Each mornin’, I glared at you with storms in my eyes
How will you say that you just love somebody you’ll be able to’t inform is dyin’?
I despatched you indicators and bit my nails right down to the short
My face was grey, however you would not admit that we have been sick

One other supply instructed ET that they have been too completely different to work, nevertheless it was powerful to finish due to the time spent collectively.

“It was more of Taylor’s decision to break up, but both of them realized that they weren’t completely right for one another,” stated the supply. “They had been together for such a long time and were spending so much time together, but their personalities were just too different. Joe is more introverted, shy, and quiet.”

[Pre-Chorus]
And the air is thick with loss and indecision
I do know my ache is such an imposition
Now, you are operating down the hallway
And you understand what all of them say
“You don’t know what you got until it’s gone”

Later within the bridge, Swift sings she’s the “best thing at this party” and one among their final appearances collectively was at a Grammys afterparty.

[Bridge]
How lengthy may we be a tragic tune
‘Til we have been too far gone to carry again to life?
I gave you all my greatest me’s, my infinite empathy
And all I did was bleed as I attempted to be the bravest soldier
Combating in solely your military, frontlines, do not you ignore me

I am the most effective factor at this get together (You are shedding me)

However one of many largest clues about Alwyn was the road proper after:

And I would not marry me both

In a 2022 interview for WSJ. Journal, Alwyn made a uncommon touch upon the questions on his relationship with Swift — and their rumored engagement.

“If I had a pound for every time I think I’ve been told I’ve been engaged, then I’d have a lot of pound coins,” he stated. “I mean, the truth is, if the answer was yes, I wouldn’t say, and if the answer was no, I wouldn’t say.”

Round their breakup, sources instructed Individuals that Swift and Alwyn have been “talking about marriage as recently as a few months ago.”

Clearly, issues went a unique approach.

A pathological individuals pleaser
Who solely needed you to see her
And I am fading, thinkin’
“Do something, babe, say something” (Say one thing)
“Lose something, babe, risk something” (You are shedding me)
“Choose something, babe, I got nothing” (I bought nothing)
“To believe, unless you’re choosing me”

The ultimate verse through which Swift sings “Choose something, babe, I got nothing/ To believe, unless you’re choosing me” may allude to Alwyn’s alleged insecurity with the extent of fame Swift contended with.

“Ultimately, they both realized they were not on the same page anymore,” a supply instructed the Every day Mail. “It’s been hard for Joe trying to make it in Hollywood and not quite becoming leading man material while dating one of the most famous women in the world over the last six years. It was easier during the pandemic when it was just the two of them, but once things returned to normal, Taylor Swift the superstar emerged, and their differences were even more apparent. They really made a go of it and tried everything they could but ultimately were unable to save the relationship.”

[Outro]
You are shedding me
Cease (Cease, cease), you are shedding me
Cease (Cease, cease), you are shedding me
I am unable to discover a pulse, my coronary heart will not begin anymore

Aimée Lutkin is the weekend editor at ELLE.com. Her writing has appeared in Jezebel, Glamour, Marie Claire and extra. Her first ebook, The Lonely Hunter, can be launched by Dial Press in February 2022.