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Taylor Swift’s ex-boyfriends have been making headlines as of late: Joe Alwyn shared a rare throwback photo, Matty Healy’s new tattoo has fans making connections to the pop icon. Now, Calvin Harris changed up his look in a big way.
The 41-year-old Scottish DJ — who dated Swift for 15 months between 2015 and 2016 — shared the latest photo of his big switch-up earlier this week, posting a picture of himself with long, tousled hair and a scruffy beard while promoting new music. Harris’ new hairstyle is a far cry from the ‘do fans are used to, as the “One Kiss” artist is known for his short locks — buzzed on the sides — and his trimmed beard.
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“Calvin no please shave the beard,” one person commented on Harris’ Monday, March 10 upload.
Another fan, however, was digging the “thirst trap.”
“bro our sisters moms and wives are on this app please delete this thirst trap ,” they wrote. “it’s too powerful.”
Harris (real name Adam Wiles) first stepped out with the new look earlier this month, while making a red carpet appearance with wife Vick Hope at the 2025 BRIT Awards. He shared a photo of the two looking at each other and smiling.
Swift, 35, and Harris had a notoriously messy breakup in 2016, with him calling her out on X (formerly known as Twitter) after it was revealed that some of her vocals could be heard on his track “This Is What You Came For,” which she also co-wrote.
“I figure if you’re happy in your new relationship you should focus on that instead of trying to tear down your ex bf for something to do,” Harris wrote in a series of tweets at the time, referring to Swift’s then-relationship with Tom Hiddleston.
“Hurtful to me at this point that her and her team would go so far out of their way to try and make ME look bad at this stage though,” he continued, before mentioning Swift’s feud with Katy Perry. “I know you’re off tour and you need someone new to try and bury like Katy ETC but I’m not that guy, sorry. I won’t allow it.”
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“Please focus on the positive aspects of YOUR life because you’ve earned a great one,” he concluded the string of posts.
Six years later, in 2023, Harris moved on and married Hope, a British radio personality — who revealed that she listens to Swift when Harris isn’t home.
“As soon as my husband goes away, I listen to Taylor Swift,” she admitted at the time on her radio show. “That’s just when I get my little fill — just a little fill. Just a couple of songs, get it out of my system and then it’s done.”
Swift, for her part, has been in a relationship with Travis Kelce since late summer 2023.