--- title: Taylor Lautner Opens Up About Taylor Swift's Song About Him description: Seven years since their brief dalliance, Taylor Lautner opens up about the song that Taylor Swift wrote about him, "Back to December." canonical: https://time.com/4445042/taylor-lautner-taylor-swift-song/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-09T17:17:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:15.905Z og:title: Taylor Lautner on the Taylor Swift Song About Him og:description: Here's what he really thinks of "Back to December" og:url: https://time.com/4445042/taylor-lautner-taylor-swift-song/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf69fb7260457f658/6988a1b8e20a877ab2a91fbe/taylor-lautner-talks-taylor-swift-song.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation Blue Diamond Gala - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Taylor Lautner on the Taylor Swift Song About Him twitter:description: Here's what he really thinks of "Back to December" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf69fb7260457f658/6988a1b8e20a877ab2a91fbe/taylor-lautner-talks-taylor-swift-song.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How Taylor Lautner Feels About That Song Taylor Swift Wrote About Him > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 9, 2016 5:17 PM UTC For a brief, glorious interlude in 2009, [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/4411055/kanye-west-taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-feud/) and [Taylor Lautner](http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/06/twilight-tops-peoples-choice-awards/) dated each other, giving us all the chance to bask in the idea of Taylor, squared. Alas, [as most celebrity relationships are wont to go](http://time.com/4370822/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-instagram-twitter/), it ended after plenty of [media coverage](http://time.com/4384106/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-photos-beach/), and in keeping with her brand, it inevitably spawned a song on her album, _Speak Now_, titled, “Back to December.” Now, nearly seven years after the Taylor’s split, Lautner’s [_Scream Queens_](http://time.com/4044311/scream-queens-is-a-missed-opportunity-for-fox-and-ryan-murphy/)co-stars, Lea Michele and John Stamos coaxed Lautner to open up about how he really felt about his time with Taylor and more importantly, what he really thought of the song she wrote about him. When prompted by Michele, who told him, “You dated Taylor Swift, I remember that,” Lautner responds by telling her that he now finds the prospect, “hilarious.” As for her writing the song, “Back to December,” post-relationship, Lautner said, “That’s what she does.” The upside of sharing his feelings about Taylor Swift for Lautner? The actor found a kindred spirit with Stamos, who revealed that he was also the subject of a former flame’s music: Paula Abdul’s “Cold-Hearted Snake”. 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