Antonoff, 39, revealed the tracklist for his upcoming Bleachers album via X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, November 15. The document, which drops in March 2024, will embody songs like “Name Me After Midnight,” “Jesus Is Useless,” “Woke Up Immediately” and “Hey Joe.”
After information of the tune titles hit social media, followers had been fast who “Hey Joe” could possibly be about. Antonoff seemingly tweeted the tracklist whereas attending the 2023 GQ Males of the 12 months Awards — the place he was being honored — alongside Alwyn, 32.
“Imma chuckle if Hey Joe is directed at Taylor’s ex,” one individual wrote. One other fan referred to as the title “suspect,” whereas others merely stated: “Hey WHO?”
Antonoff and Alwyn have an extended historical past by their reference to Swift, 33. Antonoff has shaped a decades-long friendship with the pop star, serving as her producing accomplice on her final 5 albums: 1989, Status, Folklore, Evermore and Midnights. The Conversations With Mates actor, in the meantime, dated Swift for practically six years earlier than their break up in April and has been credited as cowriter on a numerous variety of her songs.
Wednesday’s GQ occasion — which was held at London’s The Royal Opera Home — marked Alwyn’s first crimson carpet occasion since he and Swift referred to as it quits. On the time, a supply completely advised Us Weekly that Swift’s celeb standing contributed to the pair going their separate methods.
“Joe may be very shy and by no means appreciated the eye that got here with courting some of the common singers on the planet,” the insider advised Us on the time.
Alwyn and Swift, who had been first linked in Might 2017, had been notoriously personal throughout their relationship. In January 2019, the actor advised Mr Porter’s The Journal that their resolution to remain low-key shouldn’t be shocking.
“I don’t assume anybody you meet on the streets would simply spill their guts out to you, subsequently why ought to I?” he stated. “After which that’s outlined as being ‘surprisingly personal.’ Effective. However I don’t assume it’s … I feel it’s regular.”
Swift, for her half, opened up in regards to the resolution to maintain her romance with Alwyn beneath wraps in her 2020 Netflix documentary, Miss Americana. The Grammy winner met Alwyn shortly after her respective splits from Calvin Harris and Tom Hiddleston and amid her feud with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West — each of which led her to keep away from the general public eye.
“I figured I needed to reset the whole lot,” she defined within the documentary. “I needed to reconstruct a complete perception system for my very own private sanity. I additionally was falling in love with somebody who had a splendidly regular, balanced life. We determined collectively we needed our relationship to be personal.”
Following her break up from Alwyn, a supply completely advised Us in April that Swift was “dealing with the breakup rather well” and feeling “optimistic about her future,” including, “She really believes no matter is supposed to be, might be, and is aware of the whole lot occurs for a motive.”
Whereas transferring on from Alwyn, Swift has been barely extra candid about her love life. After briefly being linked to 1975 frontman Matty Healy earlier this summer time, Swift sparked romance hypothesis with Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce, and the pair have since taken the world by storm.
The twosome first made headlines in September, when Swift accepted Kelce’s invitation to return watch him defeat the Chicago Bears at Arrowhead Stadium. Earlier this month, Kelce, 34, confirmed his assist by touring to Argentina to look at the singer carry out in her Eras Tour live performance. After Swift confirmed the connection by altering the lyrics to her tune “Karma” — a tune rumored to initially be about Alwyn — to provide Kelce a shoutout, the pair shared a passionate kiss in entrance of followers backstage.