The meaning of the “Where was Taylor Swift on April 29?” trend is tied to a cornerstone track in the pop icon’s catalog. Swifties annually commemorate April 29, marking the release of the track that tells a special story of one of Swift’s longest relationships.
The date also holds special significance for fans who are familiar with Swift’s emotionally driven songwriting process. Fan speculation also connects April 29 to Swift’s first meeting with former partner Joe Alwyn, further cementing the date’s importance in Swift lore.
Explaining the ‘Where Was Taylor Swift on April 29?’ trend
Ever since the release of “High Infidelity” in 2022, fans have asked, “Where was Taylor Swift on April 29?” every year on the specific date. In the much-discussed track, Swift narrates a story of her fleeting feelings of “infidelity” while being with someone who never loved her “enough.”
Swift’s “High Infidelity” is a confession where she sings, “Do you really want to know where I was April 29th?/Do I really have to tell you how he brought me back to life?” Fan theories speculate that the song could be about her first meeting with Joe Alwyn. Others say it might be about Swift’s brief romance with Tom Hiddleston.
Discussing the song, a fan theorized on Reddit, “Taylor hadn’t met Tom Hiddleston yet on April 29th, 2016. She was still in LA and hadn’t gone to NY yet for the Met Gala. So, given the specificity of the date, the assumption is that High Infidelity refers to the night she met Joe.”
“High Infidelity” appeared as a bonus track in Swift’s 2022 album, Midnights 3 a.m. Edition. While gushing over the album’s songwriting, Swift quipped that she likes to write songs about “shame” and “self-loathing.”
During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the Grammy winner said, “I don’t think that art and suffering have to be holding hands. I think you can write songs about pain or grief … suffering … loss … hard things that you go through in life. Shame, you know, love to write about that one.”
The “Bad Blood” singer further spoke about her process of writing songs during the interaction. She told Fallon, “Writing things feels like a way to sort of suck the poison out of a snakebite.”
