Taylor’s latest album 1989 has plenty of tunes relating to their relationship, including Out Of The Woods which is probably the most obvious ‘This is about Harry Styles and our failed romance’ song, but the One Direction star thinks it’s a compliment.
Harry told the Enquirer: “We write from personal experience, and I think everyone does, so it would be hypocritical of us to be like, 'Oh you can’t write about us,' And she's really good, so they’re good songs. So I’m really lucky in that sense.”
We’re guessing there’s a sense where he doesn’t feel so lucky but he’s clearly keeping that under wraps.
Harry dated Taylor – she was one of his long term winter romances – back in November 2012 before they split in the spring and last week explained that he wasn’t surprised when he heard about the tracks on her album.
“I can't say I'd have dated someone less famous to avoid [them writing about me],” Harry told Us Weekly.
“I think it's people, you like people for who they are, so I couldn't say I want to date someone less famous because of the hassle. You like who you like.”
Very diplomatic, Harry.
harry styles' girlfriend history
1 of 16Felicity Skinner: 2009–2010
Harry’s first ever girlfriend was Felicity Skinner, who she dated for about a year, long-distance, when they were both 15. She later told a newspaper that she mysteriously stopped hearing from him when he went to X Factor bootcamp, which is quite RUDE, HARRY.
2 of 16Katie Smith: June '10
Former X Factor contestant Katie Smith was thought to have been dating (read: they went on one date) Styles back when they were both in bootcamp, when he still wore a beanie over his head and said stuff like “I work in a bakery, me”. The pair obviously split early doors though, as she appeared on The Voice UK a couple of years later – only this time, she had boyfriend of one-and-a-half years, Harry Jones. She has a type, then. (A type known as ‘boys called Harry’.)
3 of 16We’re pretty sure in the office that Harry got close to at least one of Belle Amie when they were all of the show together, but nobody can remember who. Were you in Belle Amie? Can you remember? CALL US. PLEASE.
One or more of Belle Amie: September '10
4 of 16Lucy Horobin: August '11
Married DJ Lucy Horobin became unmarried DJ Lucy Horobin after a fling with Harry followed a flirty interview with the band back in August 2011. Her husband told the Sunday Mirror: “Realising my wife had decided to leave me because she had fallen for a 17-year-old boy, that’s the most embarrassing thing.” Chin up, buddy. Chin up.
5 of 16Caroline Flack: January '12
Yes well we all know how this one went. He TOUCHED HER NAKED LEGS WHEN HE WAS ONLY 17. We are STILL, even two-or-so years on, absolutely OUTRAGED.
6 of 16Emma Ostilly: April '12
Harry and American model Emma Ostilly were caught S-N-O-G-G-I-N-G back in April ’12, which pretty swiftly resulted in her being harassed off of Twitter by Directioners. Twitter’s pointless anyway, Emma. Snapchat’s the cool one now.
7 of 16Emily Atack: May '12
Emily Atack off of The Inbetweeners had a brief thing with Harry back in May 2012, but managed to keep schtum about the whole thing until August ’13. How. How. How did she not tell everyone immediately. How.
8 of 16Alyssa Reid: July '12
The Canadian singer-songwriter apparently swapped numbers with Harry at a Radio City Gig in Liverpool back in 2012, but honestly if we started cataloguing every girl who had given Harry her phone number then we are going to be here all day and probably all night, too.
9 of 16Caggie Dunlop: July '12
And in the same month Caggie Dunlop was spotted in Harry’s Land Rover, which sort of started a precedent for One Direction bandmembers dating Made in Chelsea girls. WHAT. WHAT.Anyway things fizzled out soon after, which pal Millie Manderson attributed to Caggie being basically terrified of the wrath of Directioners. Toughen up, Caggie.
10 of 16Taylor Swift: December '12
Harry and Taylor had a brief, rocky relationship which culminated in an almighty fight around the start of New Year. Which was really annoying for us, because their celebrity couple name was really fun to say.
11 of 16Millie Brady: March '13
British model Millie Brady apparently hooked up with Harry at a Brit Awards afterparty, but things ended pretty badly when he stood her up for their planned date the weekend after. Which is mental because she is a model.
12 of 16Shaniece Nesbitt: March '13
And continuing the theme of ‘girls who have been linked with Harry Styles and then had to delete their Twitter because their @replies column went ballistic’, here’s Shaniece Nesbitt, a fan hoiked out of the crowd at a One Direction concert and asked by a burly bodyguard for her number to pass on. The pair were never actually dating, but she still has a handful of Twitter mimic accounts pretending to be her. Weird.
13 of 16Cara Delevingne: September '13
Harry and eyebrow-having supermodel Cara have been romantically linked about one hundred million times before, but things looked to be hotting up in September when they were spotted at the theatre together just before London Fashion Week. But then they un-hotted up, because that’s the last we heard of them. Until the next time you are rumoured to be doing it, Hara. Until the next time.
14 of 16Paige Reifler: October '13
Some drama that we can’t quite get our head around happened in October 2013, when Harry – who was in New York at the time – was pictured in a couple of flirty clinches with (read: being full-on straddled by) model Paige Reifler. But then, as Joseph Heller would say, ‘something happened’, and Harry sent some cryptic tweet all: “You my friend, are not my kind of Pal.” So safe to say they’re not doing it any more.
15 of 16Sjana Earp: October '13
Harry went on a date with spellcheck-bothering Miranda Kerr-a-like Sjana Earp in October 2013, with the Australian model tweeting to say he’d taken her to a nearby drive-thru for Big Macs. Weirdly, that one didn’t last long. Take her for a KFC Family Bucket next time, Hazza.
16 of 16Kendall Jenner: November '13
Harry was spotted taking Kim Kardashian’s sister Kendall Jenner for dinner in November ’13, although this time he opted to speed past the drive-thru and instead go to, like, an actual restaurant. You can read all about who set them up and what Khloe makes of it all in this week’s heat, out November 26.