Is Taylor Swift's "Wildest Dreams" About Alexander Skarsgård? He Says…

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Originally appeared on E! Online
Alexander Skarsgård is tall and, some would say, handsome as hell.
But does that mean he's the unnamed person hidden within Taylor Swift's song 'Wildest Dreams?' While many Swifties have thought so for years—based on the pair's time working together on The Giver—it wasn't until recently that Alexander finally faced the rumors head on.
After Armchair Expert podcast host Dax Shepard joked that he's told his and Kristen Bell's daughters for years that the song is about him, only to discover in his preparation for the episode that Alexander has been named as the mystery tall man, the Big Little Lies alum laughed and smiled blithely.
Dax joked that now he'd 'have to kill' Alexander, he then asked him, 'Do you have the same fear to either acknowledge or deny that that could be true, because the power of the Swifties is so strong that you don't even want to talk about it?'
To which the Murderbot actor laughed and admitted, 'Yeah.'
But while Alexander neither officially confirmed nor denied the longstanding rumors, he did lean into the bit.
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'Well, I'm gonna be honest,' he said. 'I wrote the lyrics to that song and sent it to Taylor.'
One of which is, 'He's so bad, but he does it so well,' which Dax deemed 'the line' of the song. After all, as Alexander agreed, 'A lot of people can be bad, but can you do it well? You cannot do it well.'
The exchange between the actors is reminiscent of conversations that have long surrounded Taylor's discography. After all, the Grammy winner has been known to base some of her music on real figures or events in her life—prompting an eternal mission for Swifties to match the celebrity to their song.
Over the years, some of the celebrities that have become attached to Taylor's music include Jake Gyllenhaal ('All Too Well'), Joe Jonas ('Forever and Always'), Taylor Lautner ('Back to December'), and, of course, both her most recent ex Joe Alwyn and her current boyfriend Travis Kelce.
In fact, Taylor's most recent album The Tortured Poets Department featured a number of songs believed to be written about Matty, Joe and Travis. For an in-depth look at the many allusions to her relationships—past and present—in the 2024 album, keep reading.
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