--- title: Ed Sheeran Talks About Taylor Swift Dress Fan Theory, Video description: Who is Taylor Swift's Dress about? Ed Sheeran addressed the popular fan theory that Swift's Reputation song is actually about him. canonical: https://time.com/5023264/ed-sheeran-on-taylor-swift-dress-theory/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-14T15:53:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:25.907Z og:title: Ed Sheeran Just Addressed a Popular Taylor Swift Fan Theory og:description: Here's what he had to say about the theory that the song "Dress" is about him og:url: https://time.com/5023264/ed-sheeran-on-taylor-swift-dress-theory/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8f02d59f2e5b188/6988e5b8196cf41022042b9d/taylor-swift-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 4 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ed Sheeran Just Addressed a Popular Taylor Swift Fan Theory twitter:description: Here's what he had to say about the theory that the song "Dress" is about him twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8f02d59f2e5b188/6988e5b8196cf41022042b9d/taylor-swift-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ed Sheeran Just Addressed the Popular Fan Theory That Taylor Swift's Dress Is About Him ## Video: Taylor Swift Releases New Album 'Reputation' [Watch (HLS stream): Taylor Swift Releases New Album 'Reputation'](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/i0jcC1oU.m3u8) (1:36)  _Published 2017-11-10. Taylor Swift's new album Reputation is now available_ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 14, 2017 3:53 PM UTC  THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0768 -- Pictured: Musical Guest Taylor Swift performs "New Year's Day" on November 13, 2017 -- (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0768 -- Pictured: Musical Guest Taylor Swift performs "New Year's Day" on November 13, 2017 -- (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 14, 2017 3:53 PM UTC As soon as [Taylor Swift’s _Reputation_](http://time.com/5018129/taylor-swift-reputation-album-release/) dropped last week, fans put on their detective hats to speculate who the songs might be about with a historically deep dive into the lyrics. The 27-year-old pop star knows her [songwriting](http://time.com/5017724/taylor-swift-reputation-explained/) is ripe for guesswork about her personal life, so Swift got ahead of the theories with an [essay](http://time.com/5018807/taylor-swift-reputation-zine/). “When this album comes out, gossip blogs will scour the lyrics for the men they can attribute to each song, as if the inspiration for music is as simple and basic as a paternity test,” she wrote in her _Reputation_ companion zines. “There will be slideshows of photos backing up each incorrect theory, because it’s 2017 and if you didn’t see a picture of it, it couldn’t have happened right?” But that prologue didn’t stop Swift’s album from giving the [internet a new “dress” to freak out about](http://time.com/5018729/taylor-swift-dress-reputation-internet-reactions/) with the whispery twelfth track “Dress.” When it came to the lyrics, “Say my name and everything just stops / I don’t want you like a best friend,” some suggested the theory that the “best friend” was [pal Ed Sheeran](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/taylor-swift-ed-sheeran-dress). > [](https://twitter.com/MaxineDagcutan/status/929841653673738240) > [](https://twitter.com/chelseamgiles/status/930265053747712000) So when Sheeran went on a [livestream with Augustman](http://divide-swift.tumblr.com/post/167375325902/ed-talking-about-dress-its-not-about-him), he was happy to say that the song couldn’t possibly about be about him. Why? He doesn’t have the hair. “I don’t think it is. I think if you read into it…it’s not…You know, because she mentions someone with a buzzcut hair cut, and I’ve never had a buzz cut hair cut,” he said. Sheeran rests his case. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5023264/ed-sheeran-on-taylor-swift-dress-theory/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5023264/ed-sheeran-on-taylor-swift-dress-theory/"},"headline":"Ed Sheeran Just Addressed the Popular Fan Theory That Taylor Swift's Dress Is About Him","datePublished":"2017-11-14T15:53:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:25.907Z","description":"Who is Taylor Swift's Dress about? 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