Taylor Swift confirms who the characters in Betty are named after and it’s very sweet

metro.co.uk:

Taylor Swift has revealed who ‘Betty’, ‘James’ and ‘Inez’ in her new song Betty are named after – and it’s to do with her celebrity pals.

Speaking about the track from Folklore, which is written from the perspective of a 17-year-old boy who lost the love of his life, Taylor revealed that the characters’ names were inspired by Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ children.

Blake and Ryan share three daughters – five-year-old James, three-year-old Inez and a 10-month-old now thought to be called Betty, and their names are all mentioned in the song.

Taylor told Country Radio: ‘I’ve always loved that in music you can kind of slip into different identities, and you can sing from other people’s perspectives.