Bringing relationship history into music can be messy, but not for Swift and Styles, who, in fact, has said he is flattered to serve as inspiration for some of his ex's songs. In an interview on "The Howard Stern Show" in 2020, Styles complimented Swift, saying, "I think about what it means to me to write a song about somebody else and for somebody else to do that, it's like flattering, even if the song isn't that flattering, you still spent time on it and ultimately, using Taylor as an example, she's a great songwriter. So at least they're good songs."