2 min readIn a new Esquire interview, Joe Jonas said he has “heard some” of Taylor Swift’s album The Life of a Showgirl and offered a non-committal review.This comes amid theories that “The Life of a Showgirl” may interpolate the Jonas Brothers’ 2019 track “Cool.” Joe, who dated Taylor in 2008 and later married then divorced Sophie Turner, told Esquire he’s now single and focused on touring.
Mr. Perfectly Fine has entered the chat, and apparently, he thought The Life of a Showgirl was…perfectly fine. During a new interview with Esquire, Joe Jonas was asked his opinion on his ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift’s latest album, and his answer was a bit cagey.
“I’ve heard some of it,” Joe said of the album. “I think she’s obviously the biggest artist out there, and I think it’s good. Everybody’s got an opinion about it, but from what I’ve heard, there are some catchy melodies.” Now, of course, fans are reading into things, especially amid the rumors that “The Life of a Showgirl” interpolated the 2019 Jonas Brothers’ track “Cool.”
First: a quick refresher on interpolation and how it’s different from covering or sampling. While a cover is a new performance of an existing song and a sample uses a fragment of an original sound recording, an interpolation is kind of something in between.
It’s defined as re-performing part of a song—such as a melody, lyric, or riff—within a new composition, such as how Taylor interpolated George Michael’s “Father Figure” in her song of the same name, or how Olivia Rodrigo interpolated Taylor’s “New Year’s Day” for “1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back”…and possibly interpolated Taylor’s “Cruel Summer” for “Deja Vu” (which led to no shortage of drama).
And while “Cool” by the Jonas Brothers was previously listed under “The Life of a Showgirl Interpolations” among the credits on Genius, that credit has seemingly since been removed, so it’s unclear whether Taylor purposefully interpolated “Cool” for the track.
Following his short-lived romance with Taylor, Joe went on to marry Sophie Turner, with whom he shares two kids. The two split in 2023, and while Joe briefly dated model Stormi Bree after the divorce, he told Esquire that he’s currently single.
As he explained, “Five shows in a row doesn’t make it easy to meet someone for coffee.” Luckily, it seems he and Sophie are ~cool~, despite her friendship with Taylor. More on that, below.
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