Why fans think Taylor Swift hinted at Joe Alwyn breakup on the Eras Tour

Night One Of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour - Tampa, FL
Night One Of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour - Tampa, FL / Octavio Jones/TAS23/GettyImages

Many fans are speculating that Taylor Swift hinted about a breakup with Joe Alwyn at least a week before multiple outlets reported on April 8 that the two have split after six years together.

Fans noted on social media that at her March 31 concert in Arlington, Texas, four shows into her The Eras tour, she removed the track "Invisible String," which many people believe is about the actor, from her set list and replaced it with "The 1," which is about a lost love.

In the first song, Taylor seemingly recalls their three-year anniversary "getting lunch down by the lakes" and sings in the chorus, "And isn't it just so pretty to think / All along there was some / Invisible string / Tying you to me?"

However, in fellow folklore track "The 1," Taylor writes about what could have been with a lover. "And if my wishes came true / It would've been you," she sings, later adding, "it would've been fun / If you would've been the one."

The singer herself addressed set list changes in general at her Arlington concert. "One thing we said about The Eras Tour: ‘You think you can just go online, you think you can just scroll and know the set list?'" she told the crowd, as seen in a Twitter video taken by a fan. "'Let it be said about The Eras Tour, we're tricksy. That's what we are [and] we enjoy a good, healthy set list hijinks."

She added, "So, we added a new song. Did you like it? Did you have fun?"