Jack Antonoff had no selection however to shake it off when a fan requested him to signal a poster referencing William Bowery, a.okay.a. Taylor Swift’s ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn.
The humorous encounter went down throughout a signing occasion at Tough Commerce Berlin on Saturday, August 31. A fan approached Antonoff, 40, with a poster within the type of the “22” shirt Swift, 34, wears throughout her Eras Tour and skim its textual content aloud to him: “Who’s William Bowery anyway?”
In response, Antonoff shrugged and laughed, per an X video. The fan later shared a photograph of the autograph Antonoff gave her, which included the phrase “folklore.”
The Grammy winner was in Berlin for a Bleachers present on Friday, August 30. In accordance with a Reddit submit, one fan within the viewers held up an analogous William Bowery signal in the course of the live performance, and Antonoff once more laughed in response.
Taylor Swift didn’t simply discover inspiration from Joe Alwyn throughout their relationship, in addition they collaborated on a few of her songs. Alwyn was credited as a songwriter on a number of of Swift’s tracks all through their relationship. He wrote beneath the pen identify William Bowery, which Swift confirmed herself in her November 2020 documentary, Folklore: The Lengthy Pond […]
As Swift followers know, William Bowery was the alias utilized by Alwyn, 33, when he collaborated along with his ex-girlfriend on a number of tracks from her albums Folklore, Evermore and Midnights. Whereas followers speculated that Bowery was actually Alwyn, Swift didn’t affirm his identification till November 2020 when she spoke about it within the Disney+ documentary Folklore: The Lengthy Pond Studio Periods.
“I got here in and I used to be like, ‘Hey, this might be actually bizarre, and we might hate this, [but] as a result of we’re in quarantine and there’s nothing else occurring, might we simply attempt to see what it’s like if we write this music collectively?’” Swift mentioned, including that Alwyn wrote the “complete piano half” for “Exile” on Folklore. “He was simply singing it, the best way that the entire first verse is … I used to be entranced and requested if we might hold writing that one.”
Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn depart Zuma on October 06, 2019 in New York Metropolis. Jackson Lee/GC Photos
As a result of he’s credited as a cowriter on Folklore, Alwyn additionally took residence a Grammy in 2021 when Swift received Album of the Yr for the LP, which was coproduced by Antonoff and The Nationwide’s Aaron Dessner.
Whereas accepting the award, Swift gave a uncommon shout-out to her then-boyfriend. “Joe is the primary individual that I play each single music that I write, and I had one of the best time writing songs with you in quarantine,” she mentioned on the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in March 2021.
Regardless of his profitable foray into songwriting, Alwyn mentioned he didn’t foresee extra music composition in his future. “It’s not a plan of mine, no,” he advised Elle journal in April 2021 when requested whether or not he has any curiosity in writing extra songs.
Swift and Alwyn cut up in April 2023 after six years of relationship. Following a quick fling with The 1975’s Matty Healy, Swift moved on with Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce. Alwyn, in the meantime, sparked relationship rumors with The Brutalist costar Emma Laird in March.
