Fans might have gotten their hopes up too soon and too high after discovering a song called «Broken Hearts» that credited pop stars Taylor Swift and Adele as co-writers.<\/b>
\nMusic The dream collab\u2019s title, \u201cBroken Hearts,\u201d may be too apt. Fans who already had a pint of ice cream ready in anticipation of what could be the greatest breakup song of all time might be in for another heartbreak. After eagle-eyed fans spotted a new Taylor Swift and Adele song called \u201cBroken Hearts\u201d registered with the Society of European Stage Authors and Composers (SESAC), rumors quickly began circulating that the two powerhouse Grammy winners had a collaboration on the horizon. A source later told E! News, however, that \u201c there is no truth \u201d to the reports of the forthcoming track listing \u201cAdele Laurie Blue Adkins\u201d and \u201cTaylor Alison Swift\u201d as co-writers. That\u2019s not to say a potential duet is totally out of the question, though. Not only has Swift mastered the art of surprise, but she also has a new album on the horizon. On June 18, the \u201cWillow\u201d singer announced she\u2019s re-recording her 2012 hit album Red, and her April release of Fearless (Taylor\u2019s Version), did include six new \u201cfrom the Vault\u201d tracks, two of which were collaborations. When Swift, who\u2019s famous for her Easter eggs, revealed the planned Nov.19 release date for Red (Taylor\u2019s Version), fans believed she may have even hinted at her and Adele\u2019s reported \u201cBroken Hearts\u201d song. \u201cI\u2019ve always said that the world is a different place for the heartbroken. It moves on a different axis, at a different speed. Time skips backwards and forwards fleetingly,\u201d she wrote, in part, on Instagram. \u201cThe heartbroken might go through thousands of micro-emotions a day trying to figure out how to get through it without picking up the phone to hear that old familiar voice. In the land of heartbreak, moments of strength, independence, and devil-may-care rebellion are intricately woven together with grief, paralyzing vulnerability and hopelessness.\u201d Adele and Swift are certainly friendly, too. Following a June 2018 London Reputation tour stop that Adele attended, Swift posted an Instagram selfie with the \u201cSomeone Like You\u201d singer. \u201cI\u2019m so grateful for these women, for the words they\u2019ve written and the worlds they\u2019ve created through their art,\u201d she captioned the collage, which also include a shot with Harry Potter scribe J.K. Rowling. \u201cSo stoked to have you at the show in London.\u201d For her part, Adele has also expressed her admiration for Swift in the past. \u201cI love her \u2014 how powerful she is,\u201d the British singer said in a 2015 Time cover story. \u201cWe\u2019ll get lumped together now because of it, but I think we would both feel the ability to say yes or no to things even if we weren\u2019t successful.\u201d Adele, whose most recent release was in 2015, also has a new album in the works, and so \u201cBroken Hearts,\u201d if real, could even find a home there. While hosting Saturday Night Live in October 2020, she shared that her \u201calbum\u2019s not finished,\u201d though fans have since learned she\u2019s previewed some new tracks for friends. \u201cI\u2019ve actually heard some tracks on it. Oh my God, it\u2019s amazing \u2014 so amazing,\u201d pal Alan Carr told Grazia UK in January. \u201cThat voice is like an old friend, because there are some people in the charts who sound a bit like Adele and then when you hear Adele\u2019s voice, you go, \u2018Oh, no, there\u2019s only one.\u2019\u201d Meanwhile, Swifties didn\u2019t have to wait until November for new music. On July 2, Swift dropped a song called \u201cRenegade,\u201d in collaboration with Big Red Machine, the side project of The National\u2019s Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver\u2019s Justin Vernon. Dessner was one of Swift\u2019s key collaborators on her 2020 albums, Folklore and Evermore. (\u201cRenegade\u201d will appear on the indie-rock duo\u2019s sophomore How Long Do You Think It\u2019s Going To Last? album (out Aug.27), however not the Red re-recording.) Regardless of whether \u201cBroken Hearts\u201d ever sees the light of day, fans can only hope, for now.<\/p>\n