Fans Are Worried About Tom Hiddleston After Hearing Taylor Swift's Song 'Getaway Car'
One of the most devastating songs on Taylor Swift‘s new album, Reputation, is “Getaway Car.” Not sonically, of course—it’s a total bop—but lyrically: It centers on a woman, presumably Swift, using a new, great guy to essentially get away from her ex-boyfriend. The whirlwind relationship is personified with a “getaway car”; the first few weeks with this guy are blissful and fun, but they eventually run out of gas—and, in hindsight, she views the relationship as a bit impulsive. In other words, this dude’s a rebound, which isn’t the best feeling.
Swift doesn’t drop names on the song, but it didn’t take long for fans to guess who it’s about. Flashback to 2016: Shortly after Swift broke up with her longtime boyfriend Calvin Harris, she started dating Tom Hiddleston—but their relationship ended after just a few months. It’s the only relationship triangle from Swift’s recent personal life that fits the narrative of “Getaway Car”—that we know of, at least. (It’s definitely possible she has this entire private existence we know nothing about.)
So, naturally, everyone’s feeling pretty bad for Hiddleston right now. People on social media have already decided he’s the subject of “Getaway Car”—the rebound—and they’re sending their condolences.
Here are just a few of the, “Awww, poor Tom” posts we found on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/markgoodnight13/status/928879307342188544
To be honest, Hiddleston’s probably doing just fine. He’s a hot, very successful movie star with a British accent. That’s the dream.
That being said, though, this recent photo of him holding a puppy and looking sad isn’t helping his case. Homeboy needs to throw on his Loki costume and post a goofy video to Instagram just to show people he’s not shook over this song.
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