--- title: "Did Taylor Swift Just Reference the Alonso Dating Rumors In a Song?" date: "2024-04-19" modified: "2024-04-19" authors: - name: "Chris Tsui" job_title: "Contributor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/did-taylor-swift-just-reference-the-alonso-dating-rumors-in-a-song" categories: - "F1" - "News" - "Racing" --- # Did Taylor Swift Just Reference the Alonso Dating Rumors In a Song? ![]() *\Getty Images / Aston Martin F1\* In case you don't have teenage daughters or, y'know, ears and a pulse, a new Taylor Swift album dropped last night. Formula 1 fans are claiming one lyric to be a nod to the singer's previous [dating rumors with one Fernando Alonso](). About a year ago, news broke that Swift had split with English actor Joe Alwyn after six years together, but before she was linked to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, F1 veteran Alonso was rumored to be Swift's new [lover](). The rumors turned out to be unfounded—or, if they were true, the relationship certainly didn't last. In any case, the alleged Alonso nod comes in the second verse of "imgonnagetyouback," the 18th track of *The Tortured Poets Department*: *I'm an Aston Martin that you steered straight into the ditch* *Then ran and hid* https://youtu.be/B8z8FRyT_lU?si=L6Fd1VjV_4dKgnAY&t=77 In case it wasn't already clear, *TTPD* is a breakup album and here, Swift characterizes herself as an Aston Martin—a very beautiful, high-value piece of machinery—that ex Alwyn metaphorically mistreats, crashes, and is ultimately unworthy of. But perhaps the more interesting real-life connection is that two-time F1 World Champion and one-time rumored Taylor Swift boyfriend Fernando Alonso currently drives for, you guessed it, Aston Martin Aramco F1. https://twitter.com/maraneIlo/status/1781216092154659304 https://twitter.com/louistslec/status/1781204705550471332 Now, Swift's whole schtick may indeed be writing songs about her real life, but as *The Drive*'s resident Swiftie, I'm not convinced this is the deliberate wink-to-the-camera reference some online think it is. Believe it or not, Swift has a long history of oddly specific automotive callouts in her lyrics. And, yeah, they have changed as her style, circumstances, aura, and, dare I say it, [eras]() change. In the early, twangy country days, it was "just a boy in a [Chevy truck]() that had a tendency of gettin' stuck," as heard in "Tim McGraw." But moving into more poppy fare, we got gems like "loving him is like driving a [new Maserati]() down a dead-end street" on "Red" while "King of My Heart" on the very [villain-coded]() *reputation* album included the line: "all the boys and their expensive cars, with their [Range Rovers]() and their [Jaguars]()." If I had to guess, the Aston Martin line came about simply because the words fit, and, sure, maybe it floated into there partly because those words did indeed come up in a meeting between Swift and her PR team. But calculated, premeditated reference? Doubtful. *Wanna chat Taylor Swift lyrics with the author? You can reach him here: chris.tsui@thedrive.com* ## Author Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto. ### Author social links [Instagram]()