Taylor Swift’s So Long London song lyrics and her time at Hampstead Heath on The Tortured Poets Department

Hampstead Heath makes a cameo in another Taylor Swift songs this week, with the release of her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department.

Swift mentions the north London green space in track five of the new record, So long London - a spot the singer famously saves for her most raw and heartfelt tunes.

The keeps with tradition as it seems to reference the breakdown of a relationship. 

In the second verse, Swift sings: “​​I left all I knew. You left me at the house by the heath.”

Before it’s release, fans were quick to link the song to Swift’s past relationship with actor Joe Alwyn who is believed to be the inspiration behind her tune London Boy. 

As he is thought to be the ‘London Boy’, fans theorised that So Long London could also be about Alwyn. The reference to Hampstead Heath in So Long London seems to further link the two songs.

London Boy also mentions the spot in its catchy bridge: “Like a Tennessee Stella McCartney on the heath.”

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During their relationship, Swift and Alwyn were snapped a few times taking a stroll around Hampstead Heath with Alwyn’s family home said to be near to the greenspace.

Once a London local herself, the two tracks are not the city’s only reference in her discography.

Swift has also previously mentioned London in the lyrics of both Come Back...Be Here and Message In A Bottle.