Haylor

Haylor is the pairing name for the whirlwind romance between One Direction bandmember Harry Styles and singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The pair began dating in late 2012, before breaking up while on holiday together in the Virgin Islands in January 2013. It has been rumoured and implied by Taylor herself that their relationship was tentative, tumultuous, passionate but ultimately not built to last.Out of The Woods, performance at the Grammy Museum, 2015 Full timeline with pictures, dates and links can be found here or here
Documented highlights of the relationship include a walking first date in Central Park Harry Styles and Taylor Swift Rendezvous in Central Park, US Magazine, 2012, Harry giving Taylor his airplane necklace Here'sHere's Harry Styles' Paper Plane Necklace Taylor Swift Is Singing About, Buzzfeed, 2014, the two of them being in a snowmobile accident while on holiday together Ouch! Harry Styles smiles through the pain as he displays bandaged chin following skiing injury, Daily Mail, 2012, Taylor going home to Harry's hometown Taylor Swift to romantic birthday meal at Cheshire pub after 'spending £1000 on her gifts', Daily Mail, 2012, and countless others. 
Many of these moments would later be referenced in Harry and Taylor's songs and music videos. As Taylor says in one video discussing the song "Out Of The Woods," "the number one feeling I felt in that whole relationship was anxiety because it felt very fragile and tentative and like, okay, what's the next roadblock, how long do we have before this turns into an awful mess and we just break up." Out of The Woods, performance at the Grammy Museum, 2015 This unease and vulnerability permeates every song rumoured to be written about Harry: for example "Style," "Out Of The Woods," "Wildest Dreams." The "Out Of The Woods" video features the paper airplane necklace he gave her; the coyly named "Style" features a young man with tattoos and dark, curly hair.
Although Harry has been relatively tight-lipped about their relationship (the one exception being his 2017 interview with Rolling Stone magazine), he has responded with two songs of his own: One Direction's "Perfect," which includes the lines "If you like cameras flashing everytime we walk by / If you're looking for someone to write your breakup songs about / Baby I'm perfect," and his solo song "Two Ghosts" which makes direct references to lyrics from "Out of The Woods" and "Style."
It could be arguedTaylor Swift Releases New Song and Its Definitely Maybe About Harry Styles, Vogue, 2017 that their dialogue continued on Taylor's 2017 album Reputation, "Well if he's a ghost, then, I can be a phantom holding him for ransom" from "Ready For It". Fans continue to debate whether songs such as "Question...?" from Taylor's 2022 album Midnights are about Harry. The 2023 re-recorded 1989 (Taylor's Version) contains new "vault tracks" with specific references to Harry and Taylor's relationship such as a paparazzi photo taken during their Virgin Islands breakup ("blue dress on a boat").How Taylor Swift subtly addresses her iconic sad boat photo on 1989 (Taylor's Version), Entertainment Weekly, 27 October 2023.
Haylor tinhats do exist,https://www.tumblr.com/meet-me-in-the-kitchen/621031685129125888/haylor-thoughts-masterpost but there aren't very many. They do not tend to believe they are still together, preferring to instead search for Haylor clues in their music, claim they are still secretly very close, and theorize that the relationship went on longer than many people thought.
== Intra-Fandom Animosity ==
While Styles and Swift seem to be on relatively good terms,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br4XyByO8rkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joDvBmVbmXE the same could not be said for their fandoms. Swift and Styles' relationship triggered a wave of harassment from One Direction fans.https://www.tumblr.com/haylorinthewoods/627335992056102912/ive-been-a-haylor-since-rumors-started-in-mid?source=share After they broke up, Swift implied to the media that the song "I Knew You Were Trouble When You Walked In" was about him, even though timeline-wise that would not have been possible,https://www.reddit.com/r/TaylorSwift/comments/87ak2s/comment/dwcwh0q/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 which led to more backlash from Directioners. Additionally, Larries and Gaylors (e.g. conspiracy theorists who believe Taylor Swift is gay) often believe Taylorhttps://www.reddit.com/r/larrystylinson/comments/po5zi9/the_ultimate_haylor_denial/ or Harryhttps://www.reddit.com/r/GaylorSwift/comments/u9bjeo/harry_styles_him_leak_from_a_gaylor_perspective/ was a beard and is exploiting the relationship for publicity. Their musical dialogue has kept the short-lived relationship alive in the public eye, which inspires a lot of resentment from people who don't like Harry, Taylor, or Haylor generally. However, for reasons that are unclear, there seems to be a lot more resentment from the Swiftie side of the fence, with it being far more common for Taylor Swift fans to dislike Harry's music and public image than it is for Harry Styles fans to dislike Taylor's music and public image. 
All of this has had a fairly negative impact on the smaller Harry fandom, as a decade on Swifties have grown up and become music reviewers for sites like NPRhttps://www.npr.org/2022/05/24/1100686530/on-harrys-house-styles-faces-the-perils-of-pastiche and Pitchforkhttps://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/harry-styles-harrys-house/ as well as moderators for music discussion boards like r/popheads and r/popheadscirclejerk where mockery of Harry is condoned (and often encouraged.)https://www.reddit.com/r/popheadscirclejerk/comments/yn7174/harry_styles_in_20_years/ The hatred has been particularly aggressive from the Gaylor fanbase, with an fan letter to a popular Gaylor podcast "The Lavender Menace" explaining why in their May 2022 episode, "Lesbians against Harry Styles, Russian Doll Season 2 review, & matriarchies."
This is not just restricted to fan podcasts. In May 2022, NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour episode reviewing "Harry's House" was co-hosted by a Swiftie journalist who seemed to have a similar bone to pick:
While Harry fans a decade after the relationship do not have the same platform that Taylor's fans have, they do still spread malicious talking points at times. Most commonly, Harry's fans bring up the four-year age gap between Harry and Taylor, claiming that she "groomed" Harry into dating her. This is a particularly popular accusation among Larries, although it is not exclusive to them:
Bringing Haylor themed signs (most commonly, "I am a child of divorce" with both of their faces) to Harry's concerts does occasionally occur, but the practice is very controversial.https://twitter.com/hurricaneffie/status/1449847045670461451?s=20&t=boqN3KxuK3IC9iuVfs4uqQ
==Fanworks==
===Fanfiction=== 
Haylor fic often focuses on the tragic nature of their romance, on two characters who care for each other but are torn apart by their youth/inexperience, circumstance or inability to commit. Sometimes Haylor appears in fics that are endgame Larry Stylinson or Gryles.
*Every Love I've Known In Comparison by Jiksa (2017-12-04)
*where we are alive by littlecather (2016-11-30, Harry Styles/Taylor Swift/Louis Tomlinson)
*thunder only happens when it's raining by fliptomybside (2016-02-08)
*Home by eversosweet (2015-12-15)
*And we run by becka for Yuletide 2014, podfic by ofjustimagine (2015-03-22)
*So It Goes by disarm_d (2014-12-16)
*Sparks Fly by LittleMousling (2012-12-06, Harry Styles/Taylor Swift/Nick Grimshaw)
===Fan Videos===
*Perfect by ItsRay13
==Fannish Resources==
*Harry Styles/Taylor Swift fanworks at AO3
*Harry Styles/Taylor Swift podfics at Audiofic Archive
*Haylor Timeline, masterpost by 1arry-isnt-rea1 (December 15, 2014)
*Complete Haylor Timeline (2012-2016) by haylor-swizzle (2017)
==References==
Category:One Direction Relationships
Category:RPF Relationships
Category:Taylor Swift
Category:Het Pairings