THEN AND NOW: Taylor Swift’s star-studded ‘squad’ of friends
Karlie Kloss was once considered Swift’s best friend.
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.
Kloss confirmed that she and Swift are still close in 2019, but some fans aren’t convinced.
Over the years, the tabloids liked to speculate that the two had a falling out, but in a 2019 interview with Time magazine, Kloss confirmed she is still friends with Swift.
But the model was spotted in pH๏τos on social media vacationing and hanging out with Scooter Braun amid Swift’s feud with the music manager, which led fans to speculate another rift.
Fans have also recently theorized that Swift’s song “It’s Time to Go” is about the model.
In addition to modeling, Kloss now stars as the host of Bravo’s “Project Runway” and runs the free camp “Kode with Klossy” to help young girls learn how to code.
In March 2021, Kloss welcomed her first child with her husband Joshua Kushner.
Swift and Cara Delevingne seemingly met at the 2013 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.
Cara Delevingne and Swift seemed to link up after the 2013 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, which Swift performed at and Delevingne modeled 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.
Delevingne has spent a lot of time acting, and she and Swift are still social-media friends.
Since meeting Swift, Delevingne has mostly transitioned from modeling to acting, playing Enchantress in “Suicide Squad” (2016) and starring in “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” (2017).
Recently, she was on the TV series “Carnival Row” and appeared in Halsey’s “Nightmare” music video.
The two friends have not been spotted together in a few years — 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 latest album, “Lover.”
Delevingne was featured on the June 2020 issue of Variety, and Swift sent an email to the publication for the cover story, writing, “Cara is extreme, eccentric, hilarious, loving and deeply loyal.”
Swift also sent her a promotional cardigan for her “Folklore” album, which she wore with Kaia Gerber for an Instagram Story.
Delevingne supported Swift at the opening night of her Eras Tour in Arizona.
Todrick Hall met Taylor Swift after she saw his YouTube cover of her “1989” album.
Todrick Hall got his start on YouTube doing mash-ups and covers of iconic songs and musicals.
He created an epic Swift-inspired mashup in 2015, and the “Red” singer loved it so much she invited him backstage to her 1989 tour and they became real-life friends.
He also appeared in the “Look What You Made Me Do” music video in 2017.
Hall rose to mainstream fame quickly, and he and Swift are still close collaborators.
Hall is widely known for his visual albums and his roles as guest judge and choreographer on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”
He also starred on Broadway as Lola in “Kinky Boots” in 2017, and Swift saw him perform.
Plus Hall and Swift are still close collaborators.
He appeared in and was an executive producer of the “You Need to Calm Down” music video, which won for video of the year at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards.
In a June 2020 interview with Entertainment Tonight, Hall praised Swift for using her platform to promote activism amid the Black Lives Matter movement.
When Swift announced the drop of her new album “Folklore” (stylized as “folklore”), Hall posted to Instagram to say he would “be listening on repeat. AAAAAHHHHHHHH.”
After Swift announced her ninth studio album, “Evermore” (stylized as “evermore”), Hall once again showed his support for his friend with a series of tweets.
In 2021, he posted pH๏τos wearing his “Red (Taylor’s Version)” merch on Instagram.
Hall was also supportive of Swift’s latest album, “Midnights,” on Instagram.
Martha Hunt likely met Swift at a Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.
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 apartment.
Hunt is still modeling and supporting her friend, Swift.
Hunt is still a Victoria’s Secret Angel and continues to be one of Swift’s closest friends.
Hunt attended Swift’s Pennsylvania Reputation tour stop in July 2018 where she took a trip to Swift’s childhood home. Shortly after, she was spotted hanging out in New York with Swift during one of the singer’s rare paparazzi snaps of 2018.
In 2019, Hunt shared a touching post for Swift’s 30th birthday and helped her celebrate a few days later.
When “Taylor Swift City of Lover Concert” was released online in 2020, Hunt replied to a tweet about it calling it, “just heavenly.”
Swift gifted Hunt with a cardigan from her “Folklore” merch, and Hunt posted a few pictures on Instagram of herself wearing it with the caption “peter losing wendy” — a line from “Cardigan.”
Hunt celebrated Swift’s win at the 2021 Grammys by posting a screensH๏τ of the singer’s acceptance speech on her Instagram Story.
