The songs “Dear John”, "Ours", "Superman", "The Story of Us", and “I Knew You Were Trouble” are rumored to be about him, whom she dated briefly after collaborating with him on a song, “Half of My Heart”. Their relationship was one of the many mentioned in the song "Coney Island" from Evermore, specifically the line "did I paint your bluest skies the darkest grey" which calls back to a lyric from the song, Dear John.