Swift released her 12th studio album, much of it inspired by her new romance with fiancé Travis Kelce, in early October. Taylor Swift's famous ex shares rare re

Swift released her 12th studio album, much of it inspired by her new romance with fiancé Travis Kelce, in early October.

Taylor Swift's famous ex shares rare reaction to her new music

Swift released her 12th studio album, much of it inspired by her new romance with fiancé Travis Kelce, in early October.

By Ryan Coleman

Ryan Coleman

Ryan Coleman is a news writer for with previous work in MUBI Notebook, Slant, and the LA Review of Books.

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Taylor Swift for 'The Life of a Showgirl'. Credit:

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Taylor Swift is well-known for drawing inspiration from her real relationships during the songwriting process. But the exes who now populate those songs like phantoms aren't always keen on making themselves potential targets of the Swiftie army by commenting on her new releases.

Joe Jonas, who briefly dated the "Fate of Ophelia" singer in 2008 and is rumored to have inspired as many as five Swift songs, recently broke with convention to comment on the pop superstar's latest album, *The Life of a Showgirl*.

"I've heard some of it," Jonas cautiously told *Esquire* on Monday. "I think she's obviously the biggest artist out there, and I think it's good. Everybody's got an opinion about it, but from what I've heard, there are some catchy melodies."

Taylor Swift and Joe Jonas at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.

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Over a decade and a half out from their short-lived but infamous (at least as far as Swift stans are concerned) romance, Swift's sound has dramatically evolved. The country twang of her Nashville origins has been replaced with sonorous synths, and in the case of *Showgirl*, a throwback to the retro electric guitar sound of her bestselling 2014 album *1989*.

Swift's songwriting has evolved too, but many of her lyrics still come from a clearly autobiographical place. The 12 songs on *Showgirl *are replete with direct references to Swift's fiancé as of August, NFL star Travis Kelce. Though even the most trenchant critical and fan analyses of Swift's latest release haven't detected any mention, covert or overt, to Jonas, his place in the annals of Swiftian lyrical history is still prominent.**

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Swift and Jonas first sparked dating rumors back in July 2008, when Swift was 18 and Jonas was 19. They broke up a mere three months later, which Swift confirmed in an infamous appearance on *The Ellen DeGeneres Show*.

"There's one that's about [Jonas], but that guy's not in my life anymore unfortunately," she told DeGeneres. "When I find that person that is right for me, he'll be wonderful, and when I look at that person, I'm not even gonna be able to remember the boy who broke up with me over the phone in 25 seconds when I was 18."

In 2019, Swift looked back on the cheeky comments with regret in another interview on *Ellen*, saying that of all her rebellious teenage acts, the one she regrets most is "probably when I put Joe Jonas on blast on your show. That was too much. Yeah, that was too much. I was 18. We laugh about it now, but that was mouthy."****

Taylor Swift and Joe Jonas in 2025.

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Still, Swift and Jonas' brief relationship and messy breakup is thought to have inspired several of Swift's most beloved early-career songs, including the *Fearless *bonus tracks "Mr. Perfectly Fine" and "Forever & Always," the *Speak Now *songs "Last Kiss" and "Better Than Revenge," and even* Red*'s "Holy Ground."

For Jonas' part, his sibling band the Jonas Brothers released a song unquestionably tied to Swift in 2009 called "Much Better," which references one of the pop star's first hits in the opening verse: "I get a rep for breakin' hearts / Now I'm done with superstars / And all the tears on her guitar / I'm not bitter, but now I see."

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