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Taylor Swift mentions the West Village apartment in a song from her album "Lover."
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Taylor Swift (left), the exterior of 23 Cornelia Street (right).
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"I rent a place on Cornelia Street, I say casually in the car," Swift sings in the first verse of her song. According to People, the pop star rented 23 Cornelia Street for a few months in the past.

"Cornelia Street" is an emotional love song where Swift sings about the early days of a relationship, and being unable to walk the street again if the relationship ended. Insider reported that the two have been dating for three years.

Swift explained the meaning of the song on a radio show.

She said that it was about the memories that took place on that street. We bond our memories to where they happened. It ended up being one of my favorites.

Swift lived in a home on the West Village street. To anyone who knows anything about the singer's real estate portfolio, the property is amazing.

If you want to learn more about the song's connection to 23 Cornelia Street, you should read this.

Taylor Swift seen on the streets of Manhattan on September 7, 2016
Taylor Swift is seen on the streets of Manhattan on September 7, 2016.
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At the time Swift was renting it, it was owned by David Aldea, a former executive at Soho House, a hotel chain.

"I'm not a pop-culture guy, and I said to someone, 'I'm meeting a person named Taylor Swift who wants to rent my home,'" Aldea said in 2019.

I had her songs on my running mp3 player. The name didn't match the song. He said it was silly.

Swift was an absolute delight to deal with during the rental process and he was so honored that she wrote a song about his former home.

"For someone like Taylor to come along and see what I saw and love what I created, it was a total compliment and I will always be grateful to her for that," he said. When I heard the song, I thought to myself, "That is the most incredible kind of thank you and nod that anyone could ever get."

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