Taylor Swift set to make surprising career change – and it’s bad news for her exes

Taylor Swift’s famous exes may want to hide as the singer is reportedly preparing to turn her break-up songs into a TV series.

Taylor Swift performs during opening night of the Chicago Eras Tour at Soldier Field on June 2, 2023, in Chicago. (Shanna Madison/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Her turbulent love life has provided plenty of material for her hit records.

Now Taylor Swift’s famous exes, including musician John Mayer and actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Joe Alwyn, may want to take cover again, as the superstar is preparing to turn the heartbreak from her songs into a screenplay.

According to The Sun, Swift has had a meeting with Succession writer Alice Birch to discuss the possibility of a new “meta-feminist” TV series.

Taylor Swift is currently touring around the world on her Eras Tour. Picture: Shanna Madison/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

A source said: “Taylor is a multi-talented individual and while her love life has given her 10 number-one albums, it is also in the early stages of spawning a new TV show.

“She has been introduced to Alice and they have started discussing a possible new screenplay.

“Taylor is incredibly astute and getting her head into a project like this would be perfect for her.

“Alice is an ideal writing partner as she helped shape Succession – which streams locally on BINGE – character Shiv Roy.

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The singer is known to write about her past relationships in her songs. Picture: Kevin Mazur/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

Succession writer Alice Birch is reportedly in talks with Swift about the project. Picture: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

“Seeing how she moulded this character, who existed in a male-dominated environment, caught Taylor’s eye.

“They have just been throwing around ideas.

“Naturally, Taylor’s relationships have inspired some of her biggest songs, many of which have become empowerment anthems.

“This translates easily on to the screen and there are so many threads they can take from it.

“It is really exciting and something Taylor is looking to branch out into.”

She was linked to John Mayer in 2010 when he was 32 and she was 19. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for VEVO

Swift also had a three-month romance with actor Jake Gyllenhaal in 2010. Picture: Swarbrick/Instar Images

The singer dated Joe Alwyn for six years before splitting this year. Picture: Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank

Swift last year revealed she was preparing to direct her first feature film after writing the script.

The project is being produced by Searchlight Pictures, the company which was behind major films including The Shape Of Water and Nomadland.

Swift said of the venture: “I’d like to keep taking baby steps and I’m at a place now where the next baby step is not a baby step.

“It would be committing to making a film and I would absolutely love for the right opportunity to arise, because I adore telling stories this way.”

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission

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