The 34-year-old pop sensation has transcended interest boundaries, with the American singer-songwriter’s love life capturing attention from even further afield.

Taylor Swift, a pop star who boasts a career that has now spanned nearly 20 years, celebrated her 34th birthday in December. A 12-time Grammy winner, the singer-songwriter has released more than 200 tracks, with many believed to be about her former boyfriends. Who has Swift stepped out with during her time in the spotlight? We look back over her dating history.

Swift dated musician Jonas for just a few months back in summer 2008, but it is a relationship that nonetheless made its mark in the public consciousness – chiefly because of how they split up. In an appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, Swift revealed that Jonas dumped her in a phone call that lasted 25 seconds., Together with the Jonas-inspired 2008 song “Forever and Always”, it’s rumoured that her 2010 tracks “Last Kiss” and “Better Than Revenge” are about her break-up with JonasSwift went out with the Twilight actor from October to December 2009. “Back to December”, which came out in 2010, is thought to be about Lautner.

Another of Swift’s best-remembered boyfriends is the singer Mayer, largely because of the age difference between them – and his rumoured response to her lyrics. They were together from late 2009 to early 2010, when she was 19 and he was 32. It’s speculated that Swift wrote the 2010 song “Dear John” about him, while his 2013 track “Paper Doll” is said to have been composed in reply, although he has denied this.

Is Gyllenhaal in possession of that mysterious scarf? Swift’s relationship with the movie star, another man who is significantly older than her, is also among her most talked-about relationships. Swift and Gyllenhaal, who at the time were 20 and 29, respectively, dated between autumn 2010 and early 2011.‘Swifties’ believe several songs from her 2012 album Red are inspired by her time with Gyllenhaal. They include “We Are Never Getting Back Together” and “All Too Well”, a track that features the much-commented line “I left my scarf there at your sister’s house, and you’ve still got it in your drawer, even now.”