May 2016: The pair reportedly met at the Met Gala. In Taylor's song "Dress," which is rumored to be about Joe, the singer says when they first met he had a buzz cut and she had bleached hair, which was around the same time as the star-studded gala.
September 2016: After three months of dating, Taylor called it quits with Tom. 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."
May 2017: The following year, news broke that Taylor and Joe were a couple. According to The Sun, the singer had been renting a house in his hometown of North London for their secret rendezvous. They even wore disguises while going out and About in the city.