Dakota Johnson’s Dating History Proves Why She’s Every Musician’s Muse

Over the years, Dakota Johnson has proved that she’s pretty much everyone’s dream girl—especially musicians. While fans have previously shipped her with on-screen love interests like Jamie Dornan and Chris Evans, she’s actually been linked to several artists on our Spotify Wrapped IRL.She coyly dropped some crumbs about her love life in a recent Vogue interview, where the interviewer claimed she “knows a lot of musicians.”“They like me. I don’t know what to say,” Dakota said, before adding, “And I like them.” She cheekily shared that there’s “a lot” to her famous exes (and rumored romances) that’s “not to like,” referring to them as “tricky motherfuckers.”With her new movie, Verity, hitting theaters and a buzzy cameo in Taylor Swift’s “Patient Zero” music video—as well as those dating rumors with MGK—now seems like a good time to scroll through Dakota Johnson’s dating history.Jump to:Jordan Masterson: 2012–2014Matthew Hitt: 2014–2016Chris Martin: 2017–2025Role Model: 2025–2026MGK: 2026Jordan Masterson: 2012–2014Amanda Edwards//Getty ImagesDakota was linked to actor Jordan Masterson before her breakout role in Fifty Shades of Grey, and kept their relationship largely out of the spotlight aside from some family vacays and rare public appearances. In a 2014 interview with Elle, she dished that he renovated her bathroom and installed double sinks as a Christmas gift at one point. “I think double sinks are the key to any relationship,” she joked.Unfortunately, they ended things by the time the first Fifty Shades movie was released. While the reason for their split has never been publicly confirmed, several reports claimed that Jordan might have been “uncomfortable” with her role in the sexy flicks.Matthew Hitt: 2014–2016Bruce Glikas//Getty ImagesAfter her split from Jordan, Dakota was in an on-again, off-again relationship with model and The Downers frontman, Matthew Hitt. They went public with their relationship back in September 2013 before they first split in 2015. Per E! News, they reconciled shortly after until 2016, when they called it quits for good.“Dakota and Matthew have dated on-and-off for the past two years,” a source close to the pair told Just Jared at the time. “They didn’t get a chance to see much of each other recently because their work schedules didn’t align. She’s been up in Vancouver shooting the Fifty Shades trilogy.”Chris Martin: 2017–2025Getty ImagesDakota and Coldplay’s Chris Martin were together for nearly eight years, making this her longest public relationship. Dating rumors surfaced when they were spotted walking around Los Angeles together in 2017. For the most part, they remained relatively low-key and out of the spotlight, with minimal public appearances. At the time, Dakota even built a friendship with Chris’ ex and the mother of his children, Gwyneth Paltrow.Chris and Dakota also publicly supported each other’s careers, with the Verity star directing Coldplay’s “Cry Cry Cry” music video in 2020.By 2024, their relationship got more serious as several outlets reported that they were quietly engaged for years. However, in June 2025, a source told Page Six that they broke up because Dakota “was sick of him dragging his feet on setting a date for the wedding.”Another insider told The Sun, “They really tried to work through their issues but the age gap was often a problem and she’d expressed that she may want children in the future, whereas Chris is kind of done with that part of his life but they discussed it... They made some beautiful memories as a family and it’ll be hard for both of them to move on after such a long relationship but they will do it.”It doesn’t seem like there was any bad blood between them post-split, though, since Chris fully told his sold-out concert crowd to watch Dakota’s movie, The Materialists.Role Model: 2025–2026Getty ImagesIn December 2025, Dakota was rumored to be dating Tucker Pillsbury, AKA Role Model, after TMZ’s eyewitnesses spotted them getting “very close” while “huddled over a candlelit dinner over the holiday with friends.”They continued to be spotted at several outings, eventually holding hands and packing on PDA.A few months later, Dakota surprised fans with a spoken-word cameo on Role Model’s track, “Love I You.”The artist opened up about how her cameo came to be during an interview with Nylon, saying, “I had a lot of names to pick from for that, and then Dakota came to the studio one day, and Mason [Stoops, guitarist and producer] was like, ‘Why don’t you do it?’ I was like, ‘Stop! We’re not mixing work and relationships.’ She was like, ‘I’ll do it,’ and stood right up and got in the booth and knocked it out better than we could have imagined. So I was like, okay, if she’s down—I mean, that’s an amazing cameo.”Very shortly after fans spiraled about their musical hard launch in August, a source told People that they actually broke up “a while ago.”MGK: 2026Getty ImagesMost recently, Dakota is rumored to be linked to Machine Gun Kelly, and the two first sparked rumors when they were spotted pulling up to Taylor Swift’s NYC apartment for a “private meetup” on September 12. Mysterious!!BACKGRIDApparently, they met at Taylor and Travis Kelce’s wedding in July and “hit it off.” A source initially told People that Dakota and MGK “have been hanging out and seeing each other under the radar for months now” after they “started off as friends and were texting often, but now they’re spending more time together. It’s a very new start, but they’re smitten with each other right now.”The latest intel: A source told Us Weekly that “they are seriously dating and their relationship has moved quickly since they met at Taylor [Swift]’s wedding,” adding, “There was an instant spark and they have been keeping in touch, talking and FaceTiming every day for the last month.”Per the Us Weekly insider: “Everyone knew this was actually serious when Dakota traveled to support Colson in Milan [for Vogue World]. Dakota has a thing for musicians and is a hopeless romantic. Colson has this charm about him, which she was drawn to and she is really into him.”Well…more as we have it, I guess!