Highlights
- Taylor Swift's songs "Forever & Always" and "Mr. Perfectly Fine" are suspected to be about Joe Jonas, with Swift confirming "Forever & Always" to be about her ex.
- The Jonas Brothers retaliated "Forever & Always" with their song "Much Better," which took a jab at Swift and referenced her hit single "Teardrops On My Guitar."
- Despite the previous drama, Taylor Swift and Joe Jonas moved and became cordial, with Jonas even making a playful connection with Swift right through a up to date concert.
Two—or will have to we say, 3 can play that game, Taylor Swift. That's what fans thought when the Jonas Brothers released the song "Much Better" from their 2009 fourth studio album Lines, Vines and Trying Times. The song crawled out of the mess that was once Joe Jonas and Taylor Swift's break-up in 2008, a second that arguably became the catalyst that honed Swift's singer-songwriting style, birthing unforgettable songs that served as lyrical lashings at her exes.
"Much Better" was once just the ammunition that Joe Jonas needed towards Swift's scorn. The song used to be an excellent weapon in what turned into like musical struggle between the exes. But, that was once see you later in the past. Swift and Jonas have left it all in the past. But you by no means know when the ceasefire might be known as off, especially in light of Swift hanging out with Sophie Turner following her split from Joe Jonas. Let's shuttle back to a time when the Jonas Brothers aimed a song at Taylor Swift.
Which Taylor Swift Song Is About Joe Jonas?
Who may just overlook when Joe Jonas allegedly broke up with Taylor Swift over a 27-second phone call in the summertime of 2008? Not her. Swift took the break-up onerous and channeled her heartbreak over it into "Forever & Always,” off of her album Fearless. The song called out Jonas as a "scared little boy" who "nonetheless hasn't known as" and discusses flashbacks to when he mentioned they have been to be together eternally and at all times.
While there are a handful Taylor Swift's songs fans think are seemingly about Joe Jonas, "Forever & Always" has been confirmed to be about him. During an appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in 2008, Swift confirmed that the Fearless track "Forever & Always" was about her short-lived romance with Jonas. The song was written by Swift when their relationship seemed to be going downhill and, after a last-minute recording session, it was added to her album, with the couple breaking up one month before its release.
During that interview, Swift told the Ellen DeGeneres, "You know what? It's like after I to find that individual this is right for me and he's going to be superb, and once I glance at that individual, I'm not even going to be able to remember the boy who broke up with me over the telephone in 25 seconds when I used to be 18.", it was able to make the cut for her album.
But in 2019, Taylor Swift returned to "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and said she regretted putting Jonas on blast during that episode 11 years earlier. "That was once too much. Yeah, that was once too much," she said. "I used to be 18. We giggle about it now. That was once mouthy, yeah, teenage stuff there."
When Taylor Swift released Fearless Taylor's Versions, her vault song "Mr. Perfectly Fine" came with it, and given the timing of Fearless and "Forever & Always," fans instantly suspected "Mr. Perfectly Fine" was also about Joe Jonas. "You All Over Me" is also believed to be about the Jonas Brother, as well as "Last Kiss" from 2010's Speak Now and "Holy Ground" off of 2012's Red.
Why Jonas Brothers' Song, "Much Better" Is About Taylor Swift?
Following Taylor Swift and Joe Jonas' break-up— and the attack that was "Forever & Always"—the Jonas Brothers added to their list of songs inspired by ex-girlfriends, with the song "Much Better". The song allowed a then newly-single Joe Jonas to give Swift a taste of her own medicine with the memorable lyrics seemingly directed at her. The song opens with him singing: “I get a rep for breakin' hearts / Now I'm done with superstars / And all the tears on her guitar / I’m not bitter.” The lyrics have been interpreted as a dig at Swift, with the obvious reference to her 2009 smash-single "Teardrops On My Guitar."
The song also seemed to swipe at Swift with lyrics referencing a new love in Jonas' life back then. The lyrics, "But now I see/ Everything I'd ever want/ Is the girl in front of me/ She's significantly better", stunned fans as they interpreted them to mean the girl he got with following his break-up with Swift was "better" than her. The girl in question was none other than Camilla Belle, whom many fans believed he referenced when he addressed his break-up with Taylor Swift on his MySpace page in 2008.
"Several issues I will be able to state with all my middle," he wrote at the time. "I by no means cheated on a female friend. It might make any individual really feel better to assume or indicate I have been unfaithful but it is simply not true. Maybe there have been causes for a breakup. Maybe the center moved on. Perhaps emotions changed. I am really saddened that anything would doubtlessly motive you to assume less of me."
Taylor Swift And Joe Jonas' Relationship Now
It's not easy to be friends with an ex, especially when heartbreak looms after the break-up, but Taylor Swift and Joe Jonas have managed to let bygones be bygones. As we know, Taylor expressed she was very remorseful about putting Joe Jonas on blast over that infamous 27-second phone call 15 years ago on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
As for Jonas, he's insisted that he's got no bad blood with the "Lavender Haze" singer and that, after all these years, he understands where she was coming from in the midst of the break-up."It's something that I used to be probably feeling pretty bad about when I used to be more youthful," the "Cake By The Ocean" singer said in a 2019 interview on ITV's Lorraine. "At the top of the day, I've moved on. I'm sure Taylor's moved on. It feels nice. We're all friends. It's all good. We had been so younger."
But it did not forestall there. During a recent show as part of the Jonas Brothers’ Las Vegas residency at the Park MGM's Dolby Live theater, Joe Jonas wowed the audience with an apparent nod to Taylor Swift when he introduced a slight edit to the lyrics of the song "Much Better". Instead of singing the original opening line, Joe surprised concertgoers by singing: “I got a rep for breaking hearts / Now I’m cool with superstars / And all the tears on her guitar.”
“‘Now I’m cool with superstars’ this is GROWTH!” anyone famous on Twitter while sharing a clip from the live performance. “Cannot believe I wasn't there to witness this historic event,” any person added quote-retweeting the clip.
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