updates | March 30, 2026

The Real Reason Taylor Swift's Boyfriend Joe Alwyn Is Now A Grammy Winner

Taylor Swift and her longtime love, Joe Alwyn, seem to share a special bond and there's proof in the fact that the British actor is now a Grammy winner thanks to his chart-topping girlfriend. People magazine reports that Swift's Grammy win earlier this year also earned Alwyn the coveted award for the work that he did on her album, "Folklore." Of course, Alwyn was first credited as Swift's co-writer under the pseudonym William Bowery. However, fans recently noticed the actor's name added to the list of Grammy recipients. (He now has his own Grammy.com page.)

Swift admitted that Bowery was Alwyn during her "Folklore" documentary on Disney+. "There's been a lot of discussion about William Bowery and his identity because it's not a real person. So William Bowery is Joe, as we know," Swift confessed.

During Swift's Grammy acceptance speech back in March, she shouted out her beau, revealing that he's the first person to hear and give her input on all of her new songs. "Joe is the first person that I play every single song that I write, and I had the best time writing songs with you in quarantine," the singer stated. With her most recent Grammy win in the album of the year category, Swift made history as the first woman to ever take home the award three times. She previously won the category in 2010 for her fan-favorite album "Fearless" and again in 2016 for her fifth album, "1989," per CBS News.