Swifties on Cornelia Street took the Joe Alwyn breakup news as well as youd expect.
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This article was originally published on April 10, 2023.
The vibe here isnt as mournful as it is on the internet.
Im gonna pretend to cry, she informs her friend.
It didnt feel right.
They just looked right for each other.
I thought it was gonna be endgame, says Aisha.
They had also hoped to spotthe Duolingo bird, who was here earlier, crying, adds Aisha.
(The Duolingo bird,a fair-weather Swiftie, was no longer present.)
Like, Whatever you guys have heard, Im okay.
They leave a bouquet of pink roses on the doorstep because ofLover, adds Aisha.
She agreed to the trip after witnessing her daughters emotional response to the breakup.
People were checking in on me because I wasnt responding to anyone.
It made me believe that love wasnt real anymore.
Her mom was initially startled (I said, Whats wrong?
She said, You dont understand!
Youre not a Swiftie!
My husband was like, Is somebody hurt?
), but after asking Giselle to clean up her vomit, she empathized with her daughter.
I grew up in the 80s, she explains.
But hes leaving the flowers where they are.
Its nice, he says.
Cassie, 16, is also visiting with her mother.
Cassie heard the news at a bowling alley Saturday night, and she was in shambles, she says.
I thought they were getting married.
All of these songs that are written about him Invisible String?
I just really feel bad for her after six years, says Rena.
I dont even know whats true anymore.
What about all of that stuff about her being secretly married?
And I think they were together on Easter?
At least itll be a good album, though.
Sayaan, 15, is similarly doubtful.
ETis always doing that stuff.
My opinion doesnt matter.
A posh British woman walking her dog tells me shes noticed an uptick in foot traffic over the weekend.
I know its because of Taylor Swift, she says.
But I dont think she still lives there?
I tell her Swift moved seven years ago.
Jesus, she sighs.
I never saw Taylor, but I knew she was here, she says, grinning.
I just knew she was remodeling a condo in Soho somewhere, so that was exciting.
I dont remember being bothered by it at all, even though its a small street.
Margarets doorman, listening nearby, has no idea who we are talking about.
They were there at 10 oclock at night.
I wasnt sure why, he says.
I explain the breakup, and he looks cheered: That makes sense.
I ask what Elliot would recommend for a Swiftie in search of relief.
My go-to would be the White Wizard.
Its a CBG strain which is quite soothing, he says.
Itll be good for the heartbreak and also good for any GI issues.
Susanna, another NYU student, tells me that this is more sad than other celebrity breakups.
I was trying to explain to my boyfriend its like if the Obamas broke up.
Though she doesnt explicitly identify as a Kaylor, lowkey, yes, I believe it, says Susanna.
People are very attached to that theory and aggressive about it.
I see both sides of it.
But its not that deep.
Giselle agrees, with caveats.
I dont think she and Karlie are good for each other, she says.
I believe that they definitely had a relationship, but I dont support it.
Its Time To Go is about Karlie, not Cornelia Street.
A Greenwich Village tour group pauses in front of the house.
I dont care about her at all, says one of the women in a thick Russian accent.
Its a fucking nightmare!
These fucking morons come here and yell, Come out, Taylor!
he says of the surreal experience of living on Cornelia Street post-2016.
But she never lived there.
She only rented it because her SUV could go inside and there was a pool.
Its behind the wall.
Who the fuck wants to swim in the dark?
But hes less enraged about Swifts brief pseudo-residency there than he is about her accompanying fandom.
It wasnt annoying for me.
I dont give a shit, he says.
Whats annoying is these assholes come down from New Jersey with their parents and do these videos.
Theres always a group there.
They come in and they dance; its like a freak show.
Its so insipid and shallow.
He stops for a moment.
Cornelia Street is a piece-of-shit song, he adds.
I dont know, says Cassie slowly.
Kyra is more decisive.
Susanna thought about not doing it in protest, she says.
But, logistically, it is on the way to a lot of things that I do.
So, yes, I will walk Cornelia Street again.
