Taylor Swift, Joe Alwyn.
Getty Images (2)Taylor Swift I didn’t just find inspiration Joe Alwyn During their relationship, they also collaborated on some of her songs.
Alwyn was credited as a songwriter on several of Swift’s tracks over the course of their relationship. He wrote under the pseudonym William Bowery, which Swift herself confirmed in her November 2020 documentary: Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions.
“There has been a lot of discussion about William Bowery and his identity because he is not a real person,” Swift said at the time. “So William Bowery is Joe, as we know.”
Alwyn received a Grammy in 2021 after Swift took home the award for Album of the Year folklore. In her acceptance speech, Swift praised her then-boyfriend.
You are so beautiful! Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn kept their romance relatively private, but there were plenty of milestones to look back on before their split in April 2023. Swift’s relationship with the British native was made public in May 2017. A year later, a source exclusively told Us Weekly that the “Cardigan” singer was convinced […]
“Joe is the first person I play every single song I write to, and I had the best time writing songs with you in quarantine,” she said during the 63rd annual Grammy Awards.
Two years later, Alwyn shared that he couldn’t imagine writing more songs with Swift in the future.
“That’s not my plan, no,” the actor told Elle magazine in April 2022 when asked if he was interested in continuing to write songs with his then-girlfriend. (Alwyn continued to write with Swift, however, as he is credited with “Sweet Nothing” from her 2022 album midnight.)
A year later, Swift and Alwyn split after six years of dating. While Swift and Alwyn have moved on from their romance and partnership, Alwyn is still getting paid for his contributions. Several media outlets reported that the actor will earn “a five-figure amount every year” due to his involvement in the songs.
Keep scrolling to see what songs Alwyn wrote under the name Willam Bowery:
‘Exile’
During a May 2022 interview with vultureAlwyn shared that he was “playing around” on the piano with a tune that would become Swift’s duet with Bon Iver.
“It was completely impromptu, an accident,” he said at the time. “[Taylor] said, “Can we try to sit down and get to the end together?” And we did. It was as simple as some people making sourdough.”
“Betty”
In addition to writing “Betty,” Alwyn is also credited as co-producer of the title. He admitted that the song came about thanks to Swift’s encouragement.
“I probably had something to drink and was just stumbling around the house,” Alwyn remembers. “We couldn’t decide on a movie that night and she asked, ‘Would you like to try and finish that song you sang earlier?’ So we got a guitar and did that.”
“Champagne Problems”
Alwyn is credited as co-writing the ballad, in which Swift tells the story of “longtime college sweethearts” who had “very different plans for the same night, one to end it and one to bring a ring.” so she Always Note page.
‘Coney Island’
Besides Alwyn and Swift, Aaron And Bryce Dessnerwho make up The National are also named as the duet’s songwriters.
‘Always’
Alwyn contributed to the second duet Swift sings with Bon Iver.
“Sweet Nothing”
The midnight The song is the last song Alwyn co-wrote before his split from Swift.