Updated 15/03/20: Taylor Swift has paid tribute to friend's Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' three children, while accepting a Grammy.
The singer was awarded the prestigious Album of the Year award at the 2021 ceremony for last year's offering, Folklore.
Taking to the stage to deliver her speech, Swift thanked all of her 'collaborators' and then paid tribute to 'Joe' (who we can largely presume to be Alwyn, her boyfriend) who she said is the first person she plays all of her songs she writes to.
Following up, Swift then thanked 'James, Inez and Betty and their parents who are the second people that I play every new song that I write'.
While not mentioning them by name, James, Inez and Betty are the three daughters of Swift's close friends Lively and Reynolds and the family have also been linked to Folklore, with Swift revealing the couple's third daughter's name on the album. Read more below...
Updated 27/07/20: Blake Lively has praised Taylor Swift’s new album Folklore after the singer released a song featuring the names of the actress’ two eldest daughters.
Over the weekend, the 32-year-old shared a photograph of Swift from her music video for the song ‘Cardigan’ to congratulate her on her eighth studio album, which was released on Friday.
‘Can we all please crawl inside that piano with you and live in this album..’ the actress wrote on the photo's caption.
‘Like you, Folklore is full of heart, soul, humour, passion, intelligence, wit, whimsy, reality, imagination, strength, vulnerability, and above all things: Love.’
After Swift released the album, several of the singer’s fans speculated that the 30-year-old had subtly shared the name of Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds third and youngest daughter in one of her songs.
The couple are yet to publicly reveal the name but Swift’s song titled 'Betty' features three names – Betty, Inez and James – the latter two being the names of the couples’ two eldest daughters.
Lively and Reynolds are yet to comment on the rumours that their youngest daughter, born last summer, is named Betty.
Hours after Taylor Swift released her latest album Folklore, her fans have noticed that one song references the names of Blake Lively’s two eldest daughters.
In a song titled ‘Betty’ on the eighth studio album, Swift sings about a girl named Betty who is mistreated. She also mentions the names Inez and James in the tune, which Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds fans will know are the names of their two eldest daughters.
Of course, this isn’t the first time one of the couple’s children has featured on one of Swift’s albums.
Let’s not forget that James, 5, featured at the beginning of Swift’s song ‘Gorgeous’ from her Reputation album.
Swift confirmed James’ participation on the album in the album’s booklet in 2017, writing: ‘Baby intro voice by James Reynolds.’
In 2018, the proud parents were seen at the Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts becoming emotional when James’ voice on the track played through the speakers.
In addition to mentioning Lively and Reynolds' two eldest daughters, some fans are speculating whether the singer also subtly revealed the name of their third and youngest tot in 'Betty'.
Following the birth of their third daughter last year, the famous couple have chosen to keep the child's name a secret, with Reynolds regularly joking about the baby’s moniker to his fans and the media.
Last December, Reynolds joked that he and his wife hadn't decided on a name for their youngest daughter, telling presenters on the Today show: 'We're going to be original and... all the letters in her name are silent. I want to give her something to push against in life.'
However, this isn’t stopping Swift’s fans from taking to Twitter to suggest that by naming her song ‘Betty’, the 30-year-old might have revealed the baby’s name.
‘Inez??? James??? What if Betty is the name of Blake Livelys third kid [sic],’ one user wrote.
‘@taylorswift13 used James and Inez, @blakelively children’s names, in her song “betty”. Blake and Ryan haven’t said her third baby’s name... is it Betty???’
While we think it’s highly unlikely for Swift to have revealed the couple’s daughter through her music, the singer does have a history for using her close friends and family as inspiration for her music.
And yes, we're looking at you, Joe Alwyn.
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