Why Taylor Swift Fans Are Convinced Boyfriend Joe Alwyn Co-Wrote Two Songs on Her New 'Folklore' Album

Was Taylor Swift's boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, a secret co-writer on some of the songs on her upcoming album, Folklore ? A slew of Swifties and web sleuths definitely feel so.

When Swift announced on Thursday morning that she would be dropping her surprise eighth album at midnight, she thanked songwriters Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff, Bon Iver, and a person named William Bowery.

Fans have been speedy to notice that Bowery was the only a single whom Swift did not tag, and some devoted detectives found that there are no registered songwriters or producers named William Bowery.

So, going off the theory that William Bowery was a pseudonym for a person else, fans started to investigate deeper.

As it turns out -- according to fans and some paparazzi images -- Swift and Alwyn have been spotted outdoors the Bowery Hotel in New York City back in 2016, toward the begin of their romance.

Fans searched Alwyn's Wikipedia web page, which reveals that he is the excellent-grandson of English composer and musician William Alwyn. Hence, according to their theories, William Bowery is truly Joe Alwyn.

WILLIAM BOWERY theory

on oct 2016, taylor (w her squad) &amp alwyn have been spotted in BOWERY hotel. (smth unique mustve occurred right here, that is why she employed d name "BOWERY" i guess?)

WILLIAM alwyn is actually joe alwyns excellent-grandpa. he was was composer, conductor, and music teacher pic.twitter.com/pDOaBieGgL

— a folkWHORE (@taylowkey13) July 23, 2020 hey guys so um.... i was carrying out a tiny study and identified that that ‘william bowery’ is not a true particular person and there’s no info of him out there... i feel we can all agree that ‘william bowery’ is yet another ‘nils sjoberg’ scenario correct? #folklorepic.twitter.com/xMPXF4aVn8

— alu FOLKLORE (@psychoave) July 23, 2020 Um guys I feel it really is 100% confirmed that "William Bowery" is pseudonym of Joe who is cowriter of song "Betty" and yet another song . Since Joe's excellent-grandfather name is William Alwyn and Bowery hotel is exactly where Taylor and Joe met very first time 🥺🙂 pic.twitter.com/vol1O8kJzb

— Centi | Acquire FOLKLORE (@Lorde_IsComing) July 23, 2020 William Bowery, songwriter credited in #Folklore, is truly a pseudonym for Joe Alwyn a thread pic.twitter.com/2M5f3v5faE

— soph || 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆 (@alwynswiftt) July 23, 2020 OMG I JUST Located OUT JOE HAS AN ENGLISH LITERATURE DEGREE AND HE Employed TO SING AND PLAY A GUITAR IN Higher College?? AT THIS POINT I Would not BE SUPRISED IF HE'S THAT WILLIAM BOWERY (WHO IS CREDITED ON two SONGS) MY Thoughts AND HEART Can not Deal with IT BYEE I DIED DEAD

— «𝓓𝓪𝓰𝓶𝓪𝓻𝓪 » 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆 (@bloodyforswift) July 23, 2020 While it may well strike some as odd that Swift would hide her boyfriend's identity, the singer has verified that she enjoys acquiring fans to play along with hidden clues.

In truth, she even told fans that, for Folklore , she "put Easter eggs in the lyrics" and not just the music videos. Taylor Swift in the #cardiganMusicVideo reside chat: “I put the Easter eggs in the lyrics, more than just the videos.” pic.twitter.com/4EszkHy1JB

— Taylor Swift News (@TSwiftNewsLA) July 24, 2020 So while it really is not necessarily "confirmed," as so quite a few fans have excitedly declared on Twitter, the theory does have its share of circumstantial proof.