She additionally revealed that the Fearless monitor “Ceaselessly & At all times” was a last-minute addition to the album that she had written in direction of the tip of their failed relationship. The heartbreak anthem contains the lyrics: “Was I out of line? / Did I say one thing manner too trustworthy, made you run and conceal / Like a scared little boy?”
A yr later, Joe seemingly responded to Taylor’s public feedback about their breakup when he launched the track “A lot Higher” along with his and his brothers’ band, the Jonas Brothers. Aged 19, he appeared to throw shade at Taylor with the lyrics: “I get a rep for breakin’ hearts / Now I am executed with superstars / And all of the tears on her guitar / I’m not bitter.”
Whereas he didn’t explicitly say that the track was about Taylor, it wasn’t troublesome for listeners to determine it out with the direct reference to her track “Teardrops On My Guitar,” and if there was any doubt, Joe all-but-confirmed that he was taking goal at his ex when he modified the lyrics to “executed with nation stars” throughout a dwell efficiency — an apparent jibe about Taylor’s nation music roots.
Taylor and Joe went on to take refined swipes at one another over the subsequent couple of years. Throughout Taylor’s 2009 Saturday Night time Stay monologue, she famously sang: “That is my musical monologue! / You may suppose I might carry up Joe / That man who broke up with me on the cellphone / However I am not gonna point out him in my monologue.”
She then quipped: “Hey Joe, I am doing actual nicely, tonight I am internet hosting SNL however I am not gonna brag about that in my monologue.”
In the meantime, in 2013, Joe famously mentioned in an interview with SiriusXM: “The lady likes thus far” when requested about Taylor’s rising popularity as a serial dater.