Immortalized! Taylor Swift's Exes Are All Permanently Embedded In Pop Music History

Only time (and Swift's future lyrics) may tell!

It was a summer to fall romance and then it was over in the blink of an eye. Swift shared the ordeal with Ellen Degeneres (and the entire world) stating that Jonas called things off with a brief phone 27 second phone call. She was 18, he was 19, and if he dated her later in the game, he would have known he'd end up in a song.

Swift immortalized their relationship with lyrics appearing in the songs "Last Kiss," "Forever and Always," and "Holy Ground."

"Took off faster than a green light 'Go'/Yeah, you skipped the conversation when you already know."

-"Holy Ground"

Till appeared with Swift in “You Belong With Me.” Unfortunately, they didn’t belong together and broke things off after just a few weeks of getting to know each other. Till doesn’t seem to have a song — according to Till, he and Swift had more of a friend vibe!

Lautner and Swift worked together on the film Valentines Day. Though they shared some good times, Lautner, best known for his role as werewolf in the Twilight series only made Swift howl with tears when it ended. Lautner’s lyrical claim to fame is most likely a reference from “Back To December.”

He’s definitely got the tan skin she mentions. Also, unlike most of Swift's ex references, Lautner's song is about regret instead of revenge. If you're wondering if his three month love affair with Swift was memorable, Lautner was doing a press interview for Scream Queens in 2016, seven years after that relationship, and when Lea Michele tried to recall the song Swift wrote about him, he immediately stated, "It's called 'Back to December.'"

"You gave me roses and I left them there to die."

-"Back to December"

One of Swift’s more well-known breakups. Though they dated for over a year they didn't have a big moment of going public as a couple — they sang a lot of duets, but their romantic status was mostly revealed after Swift told their story in her lyrics. The pair first chatted via Twitter — Mayer tweeted about a song he'd like to sing with Swift and she hollered @ him. The rest is history. After apparently breaking her heart pretty badly, Mayer was immortalized with the song "Dear John." He called it "cheap songwriting" and stated that he felt humiliated and hurt by the words he didn't feel he deserved. In the end he fought back by writing a song ("Paper Doll") with lyrics that sure reminded a lot of folks of Swift. Coincidence?

"Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?"

-"Dear John"

They were never press-official, but the late Glee star was rumored to have dated Swift. In her song “Mine,” Swift references a man she “barely knew.”

"Do you remember, we were sittin', there by the water?/You put your arm around me for the first time."

-"Mine"

Jake Gyllenhaal and Swift met while supporting mutual friend, Emma Stone as she hosted Saturday Night Live. They hit it off and though their relationship wasn't one for the books, it was one for the lyrics. Swift referenced an ex that she called “unreliable” in an interview — you can hear about this beau in “The Last Time” and likely, based on the time frame, these words were about Gyllenhaal. Though many have taken Swift's bitterness towards Mayer to mean that he took her virginity, she reportedly lost it to Gyllenhaal.

"This is the last time I'm asking you this/Put my name at the top of your list."

- "The Last Time"

While working on The Lorax, love bloomed between Efron and Swift like a Truffula tree. There are no Swift songs linked Efron so the breakup must have been amiable.

Swift told Ryan Seacrest that her single “Begin Again” was about dusting yourself off after a bad relationship. Ouch. Some have said that Swift came on too strong and that she may have been more interested in being associated with the Kennedys as a whole instead of specifically getting involved with Conor Kennedy, who is four years her junior.

"He always said he didn't get this song/But I do, I do."

-"Begin Again"

A good relationship should only go in one direction — forward. But Swift's affair with Harry Styles was brief. They met backstage at the Kids Choice Awards. "Style" and "I Knew You Were Trouble" are both linked to Swift's relationship with Styles. He graciously believes that if any lyrics trace back to him, he's lucky.

"Pretend he doesn't know/That he's the reason why/You're drowning, you're drowning, you're drowning."

- "I Knew You Were Trouble

This one looked like it could last — unfortunately, the fairy tale came to an end and Harris was immortalized with a reference via a gravestone in Swift's “Look What You Made Me Do” music video. But before the vicious attack, it seemed like an amicable breakup. Harris tweeted about his undying love and respect for Swift, who retweeted it and jumped into the arms of Tom Hiddleston before the bed had gone cold. But of course, that didn't mean she didn't have major ammo for lyrics.

"Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time/I've got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined."

- "Look What You Made Me Do"