1. Karlie Kloss
Karlie Kloss was once famously considered to be Swift’s best friend. At the time they met, Kloss was a new model on the scene, and she and Swift solidified their new friendship with a well-documented road trip to Big Sur.
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2. Cara Delevingne
Cara Delevingne and Swift seemed to link up after the 2013 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, which Swift performed at and Delevingne modelled in. Soon after, the two were spotted hanging out in New York City. Delevingne was one of Swift’s friends who appeared in the “Bad Blood” music video.
The two pals had not been spotted together in a few years though – and, in 2017, fans pointed out that the model wasn’t name-checked on Swift’s “squad shirt” in the “Look What You Made Me Do” music video.
But, in 2019, Delevingne made it clear the pair are still friends by posting on Instagram to congratulate Swift on the release of her album Lover.
3. Martha Hunt
Swift likely met model Martha Hunt at the 2014 Victoria’s Secret fashion show. After that event, the two were often seen hanging out around Swift’s New York flat. Hunt was still a Victoria’s Secret Angel as of 2018 and continues to be one of Swift’s closest friends.
In 2019, Hunt shared a touching Instagram post for Swift’s 30th birthday and helped her celebrate a few days later.
Hunt celebrated Swift’s win at the 2021 Grammys by posting a screenshot of the singer’s acceptance speech on her Instagram Story.
4. Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez and Swift met way back in 2005. Gomez told KIIS FM UK that they met because they were both dating Jonas brothers at the time. Gomez furthered her own music career and even performed “Hands to Myself” with Swift during a May 2018 Reputation tour stop.
Swift and Gomez are still close friends. When Swift released “Lover” and Gomez released “Lose You to Love Me” from her album Rare, both of them promoted the other’s songs on their respective Instagram Stories.
Since the release of Evermore, fans have started to theorise that the song “Dorothea” is about Gomez. The friends also celebrated Fourth of July together in 2023 a few days before Swift released Speak Now (Taylor’s Version).
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Gomez also attended an LA show of Swift’s Eras Tour, and the friends have periodically been spotted hanging out in LA and NYC.
5. Blake Lively
It’s unclear when Blake Lively and Swift first met, though they were spotted hanging out at a theme park in Australia together in 2015. Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds also attended Swift’s iconic “Taymerica” Fourth of July party in 2016.
6. Lorde
After Lorde burst onto the scene with her breakout single “Royals”, Swift sent her flowers. Eventually, the two singers met up (at Shake Shack) and formed a friendship. In fact, Swift told PopCrush that Lorde was one of the first people to hear 1989 before it was released, because Swift said the young singer gives awesome advice. Lorde also performed as one of Swift’s guest stars during her Washington DC 1989 tour performance.
In 2017, after a publication mistakenly reported that she and Swift were on the outs, Lorde posted on X (formerly Twitter): “I want to say one more time that Taylor has been there for me in all my dark and light moments these past five years. All of them.”
Since then, however, Swift and Lorde haven’t been seen together much.
7. Hailee Steinfeld
The actress/singer appeared in a ton of Swift’s Instagram posts in the pre-2015 “squad era”, was in the “Bad Blood” video, and even walked onstage during one of the famous “squad” appearances from the 1989 tour.
The actor told People in 2023 that she will always “run to the phone” whenever Swift calls.
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8. Ellie Goulding
It’s unclear if Swift and Goulding are still friends, as the two haven’t publicly interacted in years.
9. Camila Cabello
The two hit it off quickly as friends and, in March of 2015, Swift even threw Cabello an epic 18th birthday party attended by fellow “squad” members Gomez, Steinfeld, Lorde and Haim. Later that month, they were photographed together at the iHeart Radio Music Awards.
Cabello opened for Swift on her Reputation tour in 2018. In 2019, Cabello and Halsey performed with Swift during her medley at the American Music Awards, the same show where Swift freaked out over Cabello’s “Señorita” performance with Shawn Mendes.
Cabello attended one of Swift’s New Jersey shows on her Eras Tour.
10. Emma Stone
Although Stone doesn’t have Instagram and actually didn’t appear in many of the Swift “squad” photos from the 2015-2016 era, she appears to still be acquainted with the singer and even attended the Reputation tour in New Jersey in July 2018.
The actor was also spotted at Swift’s Eras Tour in Arizona.
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11. Abigail Anderson Berard
Abigail Anderson Berard is Swift’s hometown friend. The two met in high school, and Swift’s song “Fifteen” is even inspired by Berard. In 2017, Swift was a bridesmaid at Berard’s first wedding.
Berard has also attended most of Swift’s events including “Taymerica” in 2018 and the singer’s Christmas-themed 30th birthday party in 2019. After the surprise release of Folklore in July 2020, Swift gifted Berard the cardigan from the album’s merch, and Berard posted a picture of herself wearing it on Instagram.
Berard attended the second Nashville show on the Eras Tour, and Swift dedicated “Fifteen” to her friend during the surprise-song set. The long-time friend even showed up on the Spotify canvas for “New Romantics” on Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version).
12. Ruby Rose
Though she had been acting and DJing in Australia for many years, Ruby Rose got her big break in the US when she joined the cast of Orange Is the New Black for a nine-episode arc in 2015.
Rose appeared to befriend Swift sometime after the “Bad Blood” video made its debut, and the actress made an appearance during Swift’s 1989 tour stop in New Orleans in 2015. Rose also wrote a long post on her Instagram to congratulate Swift on the tour.
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In 2016, Swift presented Rose with an award at the 2016 GLAAD Media Awards. Rose posted to her Instagram for Swift’s birthday in 2017 and 2018, and made an Instagram Story for her in 2019.
13. Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran and Swift performed together at the Z100 Jingle Ball in 2012 after Sheeran was featured on a song from her album Red that released that same year. Swift also had Sheeran open for her Red tour, solidifying his place in the “squad”. Sheeran collaborated with Swift again on her Reputation album, which was released in 2017.
Sheeran returned on his original “Red” duet, “Everything Has Changed”, for Red (Taylor’s Version), and he also collaborated with her on the vault track “Run”. In a 2021 Instagram post, he shared with fans that “Run” was actually the first song he and Swift wrote together. The friends have also been spotted hanging out in NYC.
14. Claire Winter Kislinger
Claire Winter Kislinger, a jewellery designer, has been friends with Swift for years. While nine months pregnant, Kislinger attended the American Music Awards in October 2018 as Swift’s date. Swift gave her a shout-out during one of her speeches and on Instagram.
Kislinger now jokingly refers to Swift as “Aunty Tay” and, in 2019, she wished Swift a happy birthday on Instagram. In October 2021, Kislinger shared with her Instagram followers that she helped create the ring that Swift is wearing in the Red (Taylor’s Version) cover photo.
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15. Dianna Agron
Dianna Agron was starring on Glee when she met and befriended Swift sometime in 2011. She and Swift haven’t been seen together on or offline in a few years, so it’s unclear if they’re still friends.
In May 2023, Rolling Stone asked Agron about the reports that she dated Swift in 2012. Her response was, “That is so interesting. I mean, there have been many stories about my dating life that are so wildly untrue. That’s funny.”
16. Ashley Avignone
Ashley Avignone is a noted fashion stylist who counts Stone as a client, which might have been how she met Swift. Avignone attended several Reputation tour stops in 2018, including one where she posted a picture with Swift to Instagram and jokingly captioned it, “Squa … JK”.
In 2018, Avignone hung out with Swift at the singer’s childhood home, and the next year she attended Swift’s 30th birthday party.
17. Gigi Hadid
Gigi Hadid reportedly met Swift in 2014 at a pre-Oscar bash with mutual pal Kloss. Hadid has regularly spoken highly of Swift to the press, and the model told Elle Canada that the “squad” was a source of female empowerment.
She’s still close with Swift and called her a “blessing and an inspiration to me and so many” in an Instagram Story on Swift’s 29th birthday. That same year she attended Swift’s New Year’s Eve party.
Hadid has been photographed hanging out with Swift and other friends in New York City, and she attended Eras Tour shows in both Nashville and Santa Clara.
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18. Haim
Haim is a band comprised of three sisters: Este Haim, Danielle Haim and Alana Haim. Swift and Haim’s relationship began online after both of them posted on X (formerly Twitter) about their love for one another’s music.
Swift hung out with the band at a Golden Globes party in January of 2015, and later that month they all took a trip to Hawaii together. Swift then invited the band to open for her 1989 tour later that year. The band recently collaborated with Swift on her album Evermore. They were featured on the track “No Body, No Crime”.
In July 2022, Swift surprised fans by coming on stage with Haim at the band’s London concert. They performed a mash-up of Haim’s “Gasoline” and Swift’s “Love Story” in matching leather pants. When Swift released a teaser trailer for her Midnights music videos, the Haim sisters were credited at the end.
The sister group joined as an opening act for a leg of Swift’s Eras Tour, and they were also photographed hanging out with Swift on her days off. They joined Swift and Gomez to celebrate the Fourth of July in 2023.
19. Lena Dunham
In 2012, breakout actress and writer Lena Dunham praised Swift’s music on X saying she would have written papers about the singer in university had the Red album existed then. Swift responded and said she loved Dunham’s HBO show Girls, and then Dunham supposedly sent her a DM saying she was excited to become friends.
Dunham also showed her support for Swift in 2018 after the singer broke her political silence by publicly endorsing two Democrat candidates in Tennessee.
In September 2021, Swift was one of Dunham’s bridesmaids at her wedding to Luis Felber, according to Vogue. Dunham attended the second Philadelphia Eras Tour show on her birthday, and Swift announced during the surprise-song set that the actor requested “Forever and Always”.
