Most people using the phrase “actually romantic about Taylor Swift” right now are talking about her new song “Actually Romantic” and the pop‑culture drama around it, not about some secret admirer who’s literally being romantic toward her.

What “Actually Romantic” means

In the song, Taylor sings about another female pop star who seems low‑key obsessed with her in a negative way, and she flips that into a darkly funny kind of “romance.”

  • The narrator talks about someone calling her “Boring Barbie” and trash‑talking her to an ex, but constantly thinking and talking about her anyway.
  • She sarcastically calls all that fixation “actually romantic,” like, “no man has ever loved me like you do,” because no one else spends that much time on her.

So “actually romantic” here is ironic: it’s about obsessive attention dressed up as a twisted kind of affection.

Who the song is rumored to be about

The trending forum and social‑media conversation is that the “actually romantic” figure in the song might be fellow pop star Charli XCX , but that’s speculation, not confirmed fact.

Fans point to:

  • The lyric about “Boring Barbie” and someone rooting for her relationship to fail, which people link to Charli’s song “Sympathy Is a Knife,” widely read as about Taylor.
  • The overlap between Taylor’s brief romance with The 1975’s Matty Healy and Charli’s relationship with drummer George Daniel, which fandom circles use to fuel the “feud” narrative.
  • The track‑7 “Easter egg”: Taylor’s “Actually Romantic” is track 7 on The Life of a Showgirl , while Charli’s “Everything Is Romantic” is also track 7 on Brat , which fans treat as a pointed parallel.

Neither Taylor nor Charli has explicitly named each other in this context, so everything beyond the lyrics and public comments is fan theory.

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“It’s giving Charli XCX diss but in a super camp, flirty way. Like, Taylor is into the hate because it means you’re thinking about her 24/7.”

“She literally said it’s a love letter to someone who hates her – that’s the most Taylor Swift thing ever.”

So, who is “actually romantic” about Taylor Swift?

If you’re asking “who is actually romantic about Taylor Swift?” in the sense of the song:

  • In‑universe, it’s an unnamed woman in the industry who seems to resent her but can’t stop focusing on her.
  • In fan and forum discourse, the dominant theory is Charli XCX , but that remains unconfirmed and should be treated as speculation, not fact.

If you mean real‑life romance, that’s a different thing: current coverage focuses on Taylor being engaged to NFL star Travis Kelce , which is the genuinely romantic relationship in her public life right now.

Bottom note: Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.