Taylor Swift Songs About Harry Styles
From "Maroon" to "Style," Why These 12 Taylor Swift Songs Might Be About Harry Styles
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The telling lyrics: "I guess you didn't care, and I guess I liked that / And when I fell hard, you took a step back / Without me, without me"
The secret message behind the song: "When you saw me dancing."
Why it's about Harry Styles: Though a majority of listeners believe that "I Knew You Were Trouble" off of Swift's 2012 album "Red" is about either John Mayer, Swift's ex who she infamously dated at age 19, or Jake Gyllenhaal, who supposedly inspired most of Swift's fourth studio album, her interview following the 2013 BRIT Awards sparked rumours that Styles might be the person the pointed lyrics of the heartbreak anthem are directed at.
When talking about her stunning performance at the awards show with The Sunday Times, Swift stopped short of admitting that the song may well have been about Styles. "You're balancing the analytical side of your brain, which is telling you where to go and how to go there, with the other side of your brain, which is saying, 'Feel everything you're singing and show it on your face. Feel everything exactly as you felt it when you wrote the song'," Swift said. "Well, it's not hard to access that emotion when the person the song is directed at is standing by the side of the stage watching." Styles was in attendance for the show, leading fans to wonder if he could be the problematic ex-beau in "I Knew You Were Trouble." Styles also seemed to reference the song in One Direction's 2015 track "Perfect," which he's listed as a co-writer song. The song includes the lyric: "When I first saw you from across the room / I could tell that you were curious."