2016: Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn Get to Know Each Other
May 2016: The pair reportedly met at the Met Gala. Swift's song "Dress" — which is rumored to be about Alwyn — notes that when they first met, he had a buzz cut and she had bleached hair, which was around the time of the star-studded gala.
September 2016: After three months of dating, Swift called it quits with Hiddleston. According to reports, she "was the one to put the brakes on the relationship" because "Tom wanted the relationship to be more public than she was comfortable with."