what is taylor swift's ready for it song about
...Ready for It? The song lyrically revolves around Swift's fantasies about an individual who she describes as a "killer" who has had multiple relationships and is "younger than her exes" but "acts like such a man". These fantasies include "holding him for ransom", committing a bank heist together, moving to a secret offshore location and being held in jail. Swift uses images of Hollywood romance, islands and going undercover so that "no one has to know". She also addresses the perception of her own romantic history by comparing herself to Elizabeth Taylor and her lover to Richard Burton.[3][9][14][21] The subject of the song was rumored to be Tom Hiddleston,[12] Joe Alwyn,[2][22] or Harry Styles.[2][23] Several hints that have been dropped by Taylor Swift herself seem to identify Joe Alwyn as the song's subject, including her "liking" a Tumblr user's fan theory which stated the song is about the actor,[24][25] the song line "[he's] younger than my exes", and the opening shot in her music video which shows her in front of a wall on which two dates have been spray painted: "89" and "91", Swift and Alwyn's birth years respectively.[26]