Is Taylor Swift’s song ‘The Black Dog’ about Joe Alwyn? Pub hints a ‘certain blond’ is a regular
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Taylor Swift has put a local pub in England on the map.
On the anthology edition of her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” released April 19, the pop star has a song called “The Black Dog,” and Swifties believe the track is about a London bar of the same name.
In the song, Swift sings about a place called The Black Dog and how she used to go there with someone she loves.
She says, “I just don’t understand/ How you don’t miss me/ In The Black Dog/ When someone plays The Starting Line and you jump up/ But she’s too young to know this song/ That was intertwined in the magic fabric of our dreaming/ Old habits die screaming.”
Since the song dropped, hundreds of fans have been wandering into the bar — located in the Vauxhall area in south London — to find clues about Swift’s love life.
“Why did you guys come here?” NBC News London correspondent Kelly Cobiella asked a couple of Swifties at the bar.
“For Taylor Swift,” they both replied with a smile.
Lily Bottomley, events and social manager at The Black Dog, told Cobiella that Swift has made the bar a hotspot.
“I got reports that a few leaked songs had come from her album. And suddenly saw The Black Dog being mentioned,” she said. “Then obviously, it just went from 1 to 100.”
The Black Dog has since gone viral on social media, with many speculating who Swift may have written the song about. She had past romances with two men from England — actor Joe Alwyn, a boyfriend of six years, and musician Matty Healy, who she had reportedly dated briefly in 2023.
“We think it’s Joe,” one bargoer told Cobiella. “Because Matty didn’t even come to London. Gotta be about Joe.”
The Black Dog bar even shared a video poking fun that their staff was also trying to figure it out.
Bottomley shared that the pub has “had reports of a certain blond regular” but “wouldn’t want to give too much away.”
The pub has even renamed one of their signature beers as the Swift pint and one of their sandwiches as the Swift burger.
The Black Dog staffers shared with Cobiella that many pint glasses have been taken as souvenirs by bargoers. But with more merch coming soon, those headed to the bar will hopefully be able to leave with official memorabilia (if you can get a reservation).
This article was originally published on TODAY.com
