I really hope this isn’t sure. Apparently TSwift said in a recent interview that her hit song “I Knew You Were Trouble” was about One Direction’s Harry Styles. When discussing her live performance of the song Taylor said,
“You’re balancing the analytical side of your brain, which is telling you where to go and how to go there, with the other side of your brain, which is saying ‘Feel everything you’re singing, and show it on your face. Feel everything exactly as you felt it when you wrote the song.’ It’s not hard to access that emotion when the person the song is about is standing by the side of the stage watching.”
We all know that John Mayer (who I believe the song is really about) and Jake Gyllenhaul both weren’t ever around when she started performing this song live. So it has to be about Harry. But that’s dumb! The lyrics don’t fit her relationship with Harry at all. I think she’s just saying this because she is bitter with Harry and wants him to think this hit song is about him so she can get attention from him. But the lyrics fit John Mayer SO much more.
Tess Explains It All 