Taylor Swift delved into the inspiration behind the song “Lavender Haze” on a promotional tour for her upcoming album “Midnights,” citing her relationship with longtime boyfriend Joe Alwyn.
The Grammy Award winner, 32, revealed in a video on Instagram on Friday that she learned about the phrase from the television show “Mad Men.”
Swift said that a “Lavender Haze” indicated you were in “that all-encompassing love glow” and she thought it was “very beautiful.” It turns out that the phrase was frequently used in the 1950s to simply describe being in love.
The “Wildest Dreams” singer said, “I believe, theoretically, when you’re in the ‘Lavender Haze,’ you’ll do anything to stay there and not let anybody knock you down off of that cloud,” before explaining why the expression made her think of Alwyn, 31.
Without mentioning her boyfriend, Swift then spoke to her “relationship of six years” and claimed that the two had “had to avoid odd things, tabloid stuff” and that they “just ignore it.”
The process of disregarding those stuff in order to preserve the genuine stuff, she said, is sort of the subject of this song. I’m hoping you all enjoy it.
Swift and Alwyn started dating in 2016 after the singer of “Blank Space” split with musician Calvin Harris.
Contrary to many of the pop star’s prior relationships, which have included well-publicized liaisons with Tom Hiddleston, Joe Jonas, John Mayer, Harry Styles, and others, the “All Too Well” singer and the “The Favourite” actor have made an effort to keep their romance a secret.
The couple has not yet made an announcement, but there have been recent speculations that they were engaged in late Spring.
Alwyn discussed the “increasingly intrusive” society that prompted him and Swift to hide their relationship from the public eye in April.
At the time, he told Elle magazine, “It’s not really [because I] want to be guarded and secretive, it’s more a response to something else.”
We live in a society that is becoming more and more intrusive. Something will be taken the more you give, and, to be honest, even if you don’t give it.