Taylor Swift and Conor Kennedy first met on July 3, 2012, in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. They were introduced by Conor's cousin, Patrick Schwarzenegger. Taylor was initially romantically linked to Patrick, but they most likely never had a thing going on, as Taylor was interested in Conor.
They were later spotted snogging and holding hands, making their romance public. On August 13th, media outlets reported that Taylor bought a house near to Kennedy's compound in Massachusetts. Taylor and Conor were seen together in public for the last time on August 20th.
Breakup rumors sparked in early September, as summer's ended and both got back to their "normal" lives—Taylor got busy with work and Conor went back to school. It was only a month later, on October 25th, that Taylor's reps confirmed that they were no longer together. Taylor reunited with her then ex-fling One Direction's member Harry Styles at the VMAs just weeks after her split from Conor, which led them to start dating again later that month.
Although she never talked about Conor publicly or wrote a song about their split, Taylor may have dedicated her song "Everything Has Changed" to Conor, as the song's secret message is "Hyannis Port"—where Taylor and Conor met.
When talking about the meaning behind "Everything Has Changed," Taylor said: "It's about falling in love [with someone new]. It's about meeting someone and all of a sudden your entire perspective on the world changes—you're thinking for two, instead of one."
On March 6, 2013, it was confirmed by Taylor's reps that she sold her house in Massachusetts after months of renovations.