Taylor Swift’s ‘High Infidelity’ Mysteriously References ‘April 29’: Fans Think It’s About Calvin Harris

There’s a batch to unpack on Taylor Swift’s new opus “High Infidelity,” which was released arsenic portion of the 3AM mentation of her Midnights album. Immediately aft the opus was released, fans began buzzing that it indispensable beryllium about Calvin Harris, and determination are plentifulness of clues arsenic to why. The biggest, though, was the notation of the day “April 29” connected the song, arsenic Taylor sings, “Do you truly privation to cognize wherever I was connected April 29th?” Well, it turns retired that April 29, 2016 is the time that Calvin and Rihanna’s song, “This Is What You Came For,” came out. It was aboriginal confirmed that Taylor had really written the track nether a pseudonym, Nils Sjoberg.

At the time, Taylor and Calvin, who had been dating for much than a year, were keeping their nonrecreational collaboration nether wraps. Calvin did an interrogation with On Air with Ryan Seacrest connected April 29 and was asked whether helium ever planned to collaborate with Taylor. He responded, “You know, we haven’t adjacent spoken astir it. I can’t spot it happening, though. No. She’s astir to instrumentality a agelong break.”

Well, a fewer months later, aft the May 2016 breakup, TMZ reported that this April 29 interrogation became a root of contention for Taylor and Calvin. The tract called it the “breaking point” successful the pair’s relationship, arsenic Taylor reportedly felt that Calvin “disrespected” her amidst “This Is What You Came For’s release. The reports surfacing led to Calvin going off connected Taylor connected societal media.

Taylor Swift enjoys a nighttime retired connected April 28 into the aboriginal hours of April 29, 2016. (Maciel / AKM-GSI)

So…where was Taylor connected April 29, 2016? Well, connected April 28, she was photographed retired with friends successful Los Angeles aft celebrating her BFF, Gigi Hadid’s, birthday. Images surfaced of Taylor leaving the enactment successful the aboriginal hours of April 29. It’s unclear what she did the remainder of that day, but by May 1, she was successful New York City gearing up for the May 2 Met Gala. As co-chair of the lawsuit that year, she attended a pre-Met Gala meal with Anna Wintour connected May 1.

The remainder of “High Infidelity” seems to archer the communicative of Taylor and Calvin’s breakup, which was fast-tracked aft she spent the nighttime with Tom Hiddleston astatine the Met Gala. The Met Gala besides happened to beryllium the nighttime she met her now-boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, but Tom was the antheral she archetypal had a fling with earlier yet getting unneurotic with Joe. Fans are convinced that “High Infidelity” is Taylor’s confession that she was unfaithful to Calvin with Tom, but she’s not apologizing for it.

Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris holding hands connected day night. (Broadimage/Shutterstock)

“I bent the information excessively acold tonight,” Taylor sings successful the chorus. “I was dancing around, dancing astir it. High infidelity.” The “dancing around” notation could beryllium literal, arsenic videos showed Taylor and Tom having a dance party astatine the Met Gala earlier their narration was confirmed. Another notation to Calvin could beryllium erstwhile Taylor sings, “Put connected your headphones and pain my city,” with the “headphones” alluding to his vocation arsenic a DJ. The vocalist besides references infidelity erstwhile she sings, “Do you truly privation to cognize wherever I was April 29th? Do I truly person to archer you however helium brought maine backmost to life?” Taylor antecedently sang astir leaving Calvin for Tom connected the 2017 track, “Getaway Car.”