{"id":1017322,"date":"2026-08-22T16:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1017322\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T16:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T16:00:27","slug":"the-2005-juliette-lewis-song-about-her-love-affair-with-brad-pitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1017322\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2005 Juliette Lewis song about her love affair with Brad Pitt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Juliette<\/p>\n

Credit: Far Out \/ 20th Century Fox \/ Universal Pictures <\/p>\n

Sat 22 August 2026 12:22, UK <\/p>\n

In 1993, Juliette Lewis and Brad Pitt<\/a> were Hollywood hopefuls cast in the Dominic Sena-directed film Kalifornia. <\/p>\n

The movie revolves around two journalists and their teenage girlfriends going on a tour of famous murder sites across America, unaware that one of them holds a grisly secret. With casual, equanimous violence at its core, it unspools with the same odd mixture of brutality and ease, like a razor blade embedded in a bar of soap, that Terrence Malick\u2019s masterful Badlands had achieved a few decades earlier. <\/p>\n

While such an intensely savage reflection of the darkness in American society might not seem like an ideal place for a romantic affair to flourish, two of its young leads were enjoying the boon of puppy love as they looked to make their mark on the industry. Juliette Lewis dated Brad Pitt for four formative years, from 16 to 20, before estrangement set in. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not in my universe at all now,\u201d she later told the Guardian. \u201cIt seems like a high-school relationship because now he\u2019s a very famous person.\u201d In fact, the two-time Oscar winner (one as a producer) may well be Hollywood\u2019s most recognisable male lead<\/a>. <\/p>\n

While Lewis herself is, of course, a star, Pitt resides in rarified echelons with Quentin Tarantino referring to him as \u201cone of the last remaining big-screen movie stars\u201d. So, Lewis reminisces curiously with each passing coffee advert or Oscar jaunt, adding, \u201cI look at this person that I shared a bit of history with. I hope he finds happiness because I genuinely loved him.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Los Angeles-born multi-hyphenate adoringly continues, \u201cHe\u2019s a very stand-up, good guy. Four years was an eternity at that time. It was my longest relationship, and we both lost our anonymity together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their relationship arose at a crucial time as they dealt with the rigours of fame, and both credit each other as supportive partners as they made sense of their new lives. \u201cHuge life changes all occurred, all connected to that person,\u201d Lewis recalled. In their youthful love, they even started dressing alike and sharing a haircut, an odd theme Pitt has continued with each new partner.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Credit: Alamy<\/p>\n

Oddities aside, Lewis muses, \u201cWe\u2019re strangers now. Isn\u2019t that weird? I don\u2019t know him as an adult, and he doesn\u2019t know me. I know that he likes interesting women, always has, and I know that he\u2019s a guy from Missouri that grew up in a very small world and it took huge courage for him to leave.\u201d It\u2019s a thought that singer-songwriter Emma Tricca<\/a> gave voice to with the gorgeous \u2018Lost in New York\u2019 line, \u201cSo strange how people walk into someone\u2019s life, changing the weather once and forever, then you don\u2019t remember their face anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the relationship at the time was not without a touch of controversy. When Lewis was 17, and when the pair had entered a full relationship, Pitt was soon turning 27. Naturally, this age gap raised a few eyebrows at the time. Despite this, Lewis has always downplayed the disparity and the fanfare behind the entire relationship itself, for that matter, remarking, \u201cIt amazed me that people are still fascinated that we went out for four years,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

She added, \u201cI was in my high-school years, and it was a wonderful, loving relationship with a fun, smart guy.\u201d She claims that the similar trajectories of their life put them on a more even keel than their ages might have suggested. <\/p>\n

Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, and a 2005 rock song<\/p>\n

However, this blas\u00e9 attitude hasn\u2019t stopped Lewis from continually revisiting the subject of the different phases people face in their lives and the impact that has on love affairs throughout her creative work. In 2004, she formed the raucous indie grunge band Juliette and the Licks after attending a Blondie concert<\/a> with Hole drummer Patty Schemel. At the time the band started, Lewis endeavoured to give it all of her effort and decided to forgo romance as a result. <\/p>\n

She commented, \u201cYou know, I get lonely \u2013 I\u2019m not going to lie about that \u2026 I kind of signed up in my mind that I\u2019m giving myself wholeheartedly, full-throttle to my creative life, and I don\u2019t want to be distracted.\u201d So, for years, she wilfully shunned romance. <\/p>\n

From this fervent creative mantle, Lewis often looked at the relationships she had set to one side in a sort of subconsciously reflective fashion. None more so than on the Juliette and the Licks track \u201920 Year Old Lover\u2019. The song traverses the pitfalls of an age gap in a relationship, a subject Lewis knows very well, with lines like: \u201cI was wondering maybe I could pick you up, At your mother\u2019s house, And you could gimme a little kiss before she kicks me out.\u201d <\/p>\n

Although ostensibly a pithy rock ditty, having been in the same shoes as the protagonist, the song is no doubt informed by her time with the aspiring star who ascended to the lofty perch of Hollywood\u2019s leading frontman. While the old couple still remains estranged, Lewis looks back on her relationship fondly and thanks Pitt for being a stable and loving presence as they rapidly rose towards bewildering fame, even if question marks still remain. <\/p>\n

As for Pitt, he clearly looks back fondly. \u201cI still love the woman. There\u2019s some real genius there. I had a great time with her,\u201d he admitted in an interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was one of the greatest relationships I\u2019ve ever been in. The problem is, we grow up with this vision that love conquers all, and that\u2019s just not so, is it?\u201d he told Vanity Fair. In many ways, while \u201920 Year Old Lover\u2019 is ostensibly a song about figuring out a complex romance in the moment, the sentiment Pitt reflects clearly lingers over the endeavour with angsty dissonance. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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