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Taylor Swift poses at the red carpet during 2022 MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Image: Andres KUDACKI / AFP

Taylor Swift performs for the first time after break-up with Joe Alwyn

Taylor Swift told her fans that they “had a lot to catch up on” as she took the stage for the first time after her breakup with Joe Alwyn.

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Taylor Swift poses at the red carpet during 2022 MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Image: Andres KUDACKI / AFP

After learning that Taylor Swift and her fiancé Joe Alwyn had broken up after six years of dating, the pop sensation returned to the stage for her Eras tour, in Tampa, Florida.

According to reports, she said to the 70,000 people in attendance,

“We have a lot to catch up on.”

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Being on stage, Swift showed confidence, in a jewel-encrusted bodysuit and thigh-high heels while making her first public appearance after break-up. It was said the couple had broken up over “personality issues.”

Following months of secret dating, Joe and Taylor Swift, who featured in the BBC production of Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends, were first officially linked in May 2017. However, fans stated that the two had initially connected at the Met Gala in 2016.

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According to reports, Swift and Joe had split up for a few weeks. According to the Daily Mail, Joe had trouble coping with Taylor’s unmatched star power.

Why did Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn break up?

The major cause of the couple’s breakup, according to People, was “differences in their personalities,” which were made worse by Swift’s “level of celebrity.”

The insider informed People that the two connected through their similar creativity and even composed songs together, some of which have appeared on Swift’s albums, even though this was perhaps one of her most secretive relationships to date. Alwyn most recently collaborated on the Midnight’s song “Sweet Nothing.”

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Taylor Swift may have even made a breakup reference when she switched tracks in one of her recent Eras Tour performances.

One may inquire if they are still friends. There is no animosity between the former couple, and Swift’s currently concentrating on her global tour only. Additionally, she was recently sighted in Liverpool, England, where she was presumably filming a music video.

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