--- title: Calvin Harris "My Way" Internet Response About Taylor Swift description: Calvin Harris' catchy new song, "My Way," has the Internet thinking that its breakup theme is about his ex, Taylor Swift. canonical: https://time.com/4496834/calvin-harris-my-way-taylor-swift/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-16T15:01:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:39.500Z og:title: The Internet Seems to Think Calvin Harris' New Song Is About Taylor Swift og:description: Calvin Harris' catchy new song, "My Way," has the Internet thinking that its breakup theme is about his ex, Taylor Swift. og:url: https://time.com/4496834/calvin-harris-my-way-taylor-swift/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3790670403f6ff9f/6988a669196cf45af703d3d0/calvin-harris-my-way-song-taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Calvin Harris Visits "The Elvis Duran Z100 Morning Show" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Seems to Think Calvin Harris' New Song Is About Taylor Swift twitter:description: Calvin Harris' catchy new song, "My Way," has the Internet thinking that its breakup theme is about his ex, Taylor Swift. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3790670403f6ff9f/6988a669196cf45af703d3d0/calvin-harris-my-way-song-taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Seems to Think That Calvin Harris' Catchy New Song 'My Way' Is About Taylor Swift > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images) Roy Rochlin—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 16, 2016 3:01 PM UTC In the wake of the [dissolution of “Hiddleswift”](http://time.com/4481255/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-break-up-reaction/), [Calvin Harris](http://time.com/4370822/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-instagram-twitter/) has released a catchy new song titled “My Way” which may or may not allude to his [former relationship with Swift](http://time.com/4355157/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-break-up-internet-responds/) earlier this year. In the song, he sings lines like, “Why wait to say, at least I did it my way? Lie awake two-faced, but in my heart I understand” and “I made my move and it was all about you. I feel so far removed. You are the one thing in my way.” On Thursday, Harris told [iHeartRadio](http://www.iheart.com/news/interview-calvin-harris-on-my-way-15111554/) that it’s a celebration of moving on, and it might be about a relationship, or it might be about a job. “\[The\] song’s kind of about breaking out of a situation that you thought was a good thing,” he said. “Then you’re way more comfortable out of it. And it could be anything. It could be a job or it could be a relationship,” he said. “I kind of had the idea for the concept for a few years, but I didn’t know how to work out how it sounded.” Meanwhile, that always reliable discussion forum, the Internet, seems to think that “My Way” is about Tay-Tay and took to Twitter to react on Friday. **Most people thought the new song was about Taylor Swift.** > [](https://twitter.com/aliciacxrla/status/776705851881033728) **While others felt that it was the perfect shade towards an ex…which, in this case, could be Taylor Swift.** > [](https://twitter.com/NoobyNarwhalz/status/776641907749363712) **Still, others thought that Calvin pulled one of Swift’s own trademark moves on her.** > [](https://twitter.com/planats/status/776656787613229056) > [](https://twitter.com/AidSully/status/776685345035419648) **Some people are still waiting for the queen of the heartbreak anthem to drop “the breakup album.”** > [](https://twitter.com/trisarahtops195/status/776720999320547328) Listen below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4496834/calvin-harris-my-way-taylor-swift/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4496834/calvin-harris-my-way-taylor-swift/"},"headline":"The Internet Seems to Think That Calvin Harris' Catchy New Song 'My Way' Is About Taylor Swift","datePublished":"2016-09-16T15:01:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:39.500Z","description":"It's about \"breaking out of a situation that you thought was a good thing\"","url":"https://time.com/4496834/calvin-harris-my-way-taylor-swift/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music","Taylor Swift","celebrity","Calvin Harris","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3790670403f6ff9f/6988a669196cf45af703d3d0/calvin-harris-my-way-song-taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3790670403f6ff9f/6988a669196cf45af703d3d0/calvin-harris-my-way-song-taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Calvin Harris Visits \"The Elvis Duran Z100 Morning Show\"","caption":"Calvin Harris Visits \"The Elvis Duran Z100 Morning Show\"","creditText":"Roy Rochlin—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4496834/calvin-harris-my-way-taylor-swift/","name":"The Internet Seems to Think That Calvin Harris' Catchy New Song 'My Way' Is About Taylor Swift"}}]}] ```