Taylor Swift hooked up for a date Thursday night in London with British singer Tom Odell.
She was seen chatting it up with the 22-year-old performer backstage at the 2013 Brit Awards the previous evening, where he won the Critics’ Choice award, a prestigious honor previously bestowed upon Jessie J and Adele.
Odell is a relative newcomer in the music business, having studied at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music before signing with Columbia Records. With two singles under his belt, he is set to release his debut studio album ‘Long Way Down’ on April 15, 2013.
Swift, who performed ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’ during the high-profile O2 Arena event, was nominated for International Female Solo Artist but that award went to Lana Del Rey.
Dressed last night in casual clothes for their night on the town, the couple started out in a Hackney, East London pub before moving on to the Groucho Club in Soho.
The country singer ended a two month relationship with 19-year-old Harry Styles, a member of the boy band One Direction, in January. Staying true to form, Swift mocked Styles during her recent Grammy performance. In a British accent she said, “So he calls me up and he says ‘I still love you’ and I’m like, ‘I’m sorry but I’m BUSY opening up the Grammys and we are never getting back together.’”
After Taylor performed Wednesday night at the Brit Awards, Styles managed to play nice when asked to critique his former girlfriend. He acknowledged, “She’s a great performer and she always performs great. She’s good on the stage… because she’s been doing it a long time. She knows what she’s doing… it was just another good Taylor Swift performance.”
Check out another photo of Taylor and Tom getting out of a vehicle before heading into a London hot spot:
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