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Is Taylor Swift's "Mr. Perfectly Fine" About Joe Jonas? Because 16-Year-Old Me Is Screaming

07/04/2021 - 03:05 PM

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 07:  Singers Taylor Swift and Joe Jonas at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards  at Paramount Pictures Studios on September 7, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.  (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
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Taylor Swift [2] is at it again, folks! After giving us a mission to uncode all the vault songs on her rerecorded Fearless album [3], the singer rewarded fans with another glimpse of one of the anticipated new tracks [4]. Early Wednesday morning (without any forewarning), Swift dropped "Mr. Perfectly Fine" on YouTube. And just like her recently released vault track "You All Over Me," it also appears to be about her ex, Joe Jonas [5].

It's understandable that a handful of Swift's vault tracks would be about the Jonas Brothers singer. The two dated and broke up right before her Fearless album was released in 2008. Her hit song "Forever and Always" was written about their romance and was added to the album at the last minute. While the two are on good terms [6] now — she sent Jonas and Sophie Turner a present [7] for their daughter — it seems like Swift is now releasing more tracks she wrote about their relationship.

"Me in 2020: life is chill, writing songs based in fiction to avoid drama, feeling pretty grown up
My 2008 music from the vault, in a goblin voice: 'REELEEEEEEASE MR PERFECTLY FIIIIIIINE,'" Swift wrote on Twitter when she announced the song's release [8]. We love a self-aware queen!

While "You All Over Me" includes a few subtle nods to Jonas with the lyric, "The best and worst day of June / Was the one that I met you / With your hands in your pockets," which is similar to the lyrics in "Last Kiss" from Speak Now — which is also about Jonas — the lyrics in "Mr. Perfectly Fine" are a little more pointed. Read ahead for just a handful of lyrics that seem to be about Swift and Jonas's short-lived romance.


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