THEN AND NOW: Taylor Swift's 'squad'

Publish date: 2024-07-29

This group of individuals became known as Taylor Swift's "squad," but in the last two years, the squad has gone seemingly silent on social media.

Here's what Taylor Swift's "squad" is up to now.

Karlie Kloss was once considered Swifts best friend.

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Karlie Kloss was once famously considered Swift's "best friend" and the highest ranking member of "the squad." At the time they met, Kloss was the buzziest new model on the scene and she and Swift solidified their new friendship with a well-documented road trip to Big Sur.

Kloss recently got married and confirmed that she and Swift are still close.

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Cara Delevingne met Swift at the 2013 Victorias Secret Fashion Show.

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Like a lot of Swift's model friends, Cara Delevingne and Swift seemed to link up after Swift performed at the 2013 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Soon after they were often spotted hanging out in New York City. Delevingne was another of the friends to appear in the "Bad Blood" music video.

Delevingne is now acting more than modeling, and its unclear if theyve stayed in touch.

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Since meeting Swift, Delevingne has mostly transitioned from modeling to acting. She played Enchantress in "Suicide Squad" and starred in "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets."

Serayah met Swift after being cast in the "Bad Blood" music video.

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Serayah's breakout role as Tiana on the musical drama "Empire" caught Swift's eye and she knew she had to cast her in the "Bad Blood" video. "Yeah, actually [Swift] and the director of the video [Joseph Kahn] had seen me on "Empire" and they were like, 'Oh my gosh, let's have her on the video!'" Serayah told Billboard in 2015 . After the shoot, the two women stayed friends and popped up all over each other's Instagram feeds.

Serayah is set to release her first EP soon.

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The "Empire" actress is still appearing on "Empire" and released the single "Lost and Found" in October 2018. According to her Instagram bio, her first EP is on the way. Swift and Serayah have not appeared in any Instagram photos lately, but Serayah still does follow Swift on the gram.

Todrick Hall met Taylor Swift after she saw his YouTube cover of her 1989 album.

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Todrick Hall got his start on YouTube doing mash-ups and covers of iconic songs and musicals. When he created an epic Taylor Swift-inspired mashup in 2015 , Swift loved it so much she invited him backstage to her 1989 tour and became real-life friends. He also appeared in the "Look What You Made Me Do."

Hall sells out stadiums and wows with his visual albums.

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Hall is known for his "visual albums" like "Straight Outta Oz" and "Forbidden" and embarked on a world tour in 2018 to support the "Forbidden" album. He starred on Broadway in Kinky Boot, which Swift saw , and has been on "RuPaul's Drag Race" as a guest judge several times since 2016. He and Swift still appear together often.

Martha Hunt likely met Swift at Victorias Secret fashion show.

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Swift met model Hunt around 2015 and the friendship propelled the model into the celebrity stratosphere. The two were always seen hanging out at Swift's New York apartment.

Hunt is still modeling and still a supportive friend.

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Hunt walked in the 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show this year and continues to be one of Swift's closest friends. Hunt attended Swift's Pennsylvania tour stop in July 2016 and was later (along with Hadid and the Haim sisters) spotted hanging out in New York with Swift in July during one of the singer's rare paparazzi snaps of 2018.

Selena Gomez and Swift go way back.

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Gomez and Swift are now one of Hollywoods power-couple friendships.

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Selena Gomez continued on to be a superstar and even performed "Hands to Myself" with Swift at her May 2018 Reputation tour spot and took the mic onstage to tribute her longtime pal.

"The reason why she's one of my best friends is because this person has never, ever judged me for a decision I've made. She's always met me where I've been," Gomez said onstage. "She encouraged me when I had nothing to be encouraged about. And I don't know if I would be as strong as I am if I didn't have you and your family."

Blake Lively met Swift around 2015 but laid low when it came to the squad pics.

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It's unclear when Blake and Swift met, though they were spotted hanging out at a theme park in Australia together in 2015 and Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds attended Swift's iconic "Taymerica" July fourth party in 2016.

Lively is now a bona-fide movie star and her daughter made a cameo on a Swift song.

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Lorde and Swift met after Swift admired her musical success from afar.

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Lordes career took off but she battled rumors about her friendship with Swift.

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In 2017 after a publication mistakenly reported that she and Swift were on the outs, Lorde tweeted : "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." Lorde, for her part, has had a sensational career and followed up her debut album with 2017's critically acclaimed "Melodrama."

Hailee Steinfeld was also an early Swift friend.

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The actress/singer appeared in a ton of Swift's Instagram in the pre-2015 squad era, was in the "Bad Blood" video, and even walked onstage during the famous squad appearances from the 1989 tour.

Its unclear if Swift and Steinfeld are still close, but Steinfelds career is better than ever.

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Steinfeld admitted to Seventeen in 2016 that she didn't spend as much time with Swift as people might have assumed. Today Steinfeld's music career continues to rise and her hotly anticipated "Transformers" spin-off film "Bumblebee" came out on Christmas Day 2018.

Ellie Goulding introduced Swift to ex-boyfriend Calvin Harris.

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Goulding has been in the studio working on her album.

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It's unclear if Swift and Goulding are friends anymore as she hasn't been seen publicly with the singer in years. For her part, Goulding told Billboard in December 2018 that she has been in the studio for the last two years working on her album and enjoying her engagement to Caspar Jopling.

Lily Aldridge seemed to meet Swift at the Victorias Secret Show.

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Swift and Aldridge appeared to have met at the 2013 Victoria's Secret show.

Aldridge is still modeling and is pregnant with her second child.

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Camila Cabello met Swift in 2014 when she asked for songwriting advice.

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Years later, Cabello ended up opening for Swift on her Reputation tour.

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Camila Cabello opened for Swift on her Reputation tour this year and toasted her on her birthday in December 2018, so they're obviously still close.

Emma Stone is one of Swifts original squad members.

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Stone is one of Swifts most low-key friends, but did show up for the "Reputation" tour.

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Although Stone doesn't have Instagram and actually didn't appear in many of the Swift squad photos of the 2015-2016 era, she's clearly still friends with the singer and even attended the Reputation tour in New Jersey in July 2018 . Stone is currently starring in "The Favorite," recently appeared in Netflix's "Maniac," and picked up an Oscar since she first met Swift.

Abigail Anderson Lucier has been friends with Swift since she was 15.

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Lucier is Swift's hometown friend. The two have been friends since high school and Swift famously wrote the song "Fifteen" about her.

Lucier just got married, where Swift served as a bridesmaid.

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Ruby Rose and Swift have only been friends for a few years.

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The two are still friends and Rose is set to star in the upcoming "Batwoman" series.

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Jaime King and Swift are so close that Swift is Kings sons Godmother.

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Jaime King was starring on CW's much-beloved show "Hart of Dixie" when she met Swift at a 2014 Golden Globes after-party. They became such good friends after the event that in 2016, Swift was named Godmother to King's son Leo Thames .

King recently shared a throwback video to that fateful night when she first met Swift.

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Ed Sheeran solidified his place in Swifts squad when he opened for her in 2013.

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Swift's manager saw Sheeran perform in Nashville and was so impressed that the manager introduced him to Swift who invited him to open for her during her Red tour. This turned out to be Sheeran's big break and introduction to the squad.

Sheeran went on to become the best selling global recording artist of 2017.

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Claire Winter Kislinger is another original pre-squad Swift friend.

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Kislinger, a jewelry designer, was a member of Swift's squad long before the "squad" became a pop culture phenomenon. Swift used to hide messages in her album liner notes and for the song "22," Swift hid the names "ASHLEY DIANNA CLAIRE SELENA" likely as an ode to her friends Ashley Avignone, Dianna Agron, Claire Kislinger, and Selena Gomez aka her original "squad."

Kislinger attended the AMAs with Swift in October 2018.

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Kislinger recently gave birth to her first child and attended the American Music Awards in October 2018 with Swift when she was nearly nine months pregnant. Kisling now jokingly refers to Swift as "Aunty Tay."

Dianna Agron met Swift at the height of "Glee" fame.

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Dianna Agron was starring on "Glee" when she met and befriended Swift sometime around 2011. Agron was also a member of the "22" liner-notes friendship shoutout and Swift even threw her pal a circus-themed 26th birthday party .

Agron is married, still acting, but its unclear if she and Swift are friends.

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Agron married Winston Marshall from Mumford & Sons in 2016 and has continued to act in independent features, has directed a series of shorts including a video for Tory Burch in 2015 , and spends a lot of time doing charity work like working with the UN regarding the global refugee crisis. It's unclear if she and Swift are still friends.

Ashley Avignone is a stylist who met Swift during the pre-squad era.

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Ashley is a noted fashion stylist who counts Emma Stone as a client. Perhaps it's this Stone connection that linked Avignone with Swift. Avignone is another friend from Swift's "Ashley, Dianna, Claire, Selena" era of friends.

Avignone supported Swift at several Reputation tour spots this year.

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Gigi Hadid met Swift through mutual pal Karlie Kloss.

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Hadid is now one of the highest-paid supermodels.

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Swift "met" the band Haim on Twitter and eventually started vacationing with them.

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Haim is a band comprised of three sisters: Este Haim, Danielle Haim, and Alana Haim. Swift and Haim's relationship began online after both parties tweeted about their love for one another's music. Eventually, they all became friends and even went to Hawaii together.

Haim is still making music and hanging with Swift.

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The ladies dropped their second studio album "Something to Tell You" in 2017 and embarked on their Sister Sister Sister Tour in 2018. In July 2018 Este Haim hung out with Swift in her childhood home in Reading, Pennsylvania and checked out the Reputation tour that night.

Lena Dunham and Swifts friendship began on Twitter.

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In 2012, breakout actress and writer Dunham praised Swift's music on Twitter saying she would have written papers about the singer in college had the "Red" album existed then. Swift responded and said she loved Dunham's HBO show "Girls," and then Dunham apparently sent her a DM saying she was excited to become friends, and the rest is history.

Dunham is still friends with Swift and still making content for HBO.

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Dunham attended Swift's Reputation earlier this year and told The Cut in November 2018 that even she was surprised that she was still friends with the superstar. Although Dunham has been grabbing headlines lately for her breakup from Jack Antonoff, she recently created the comedy series "Camping" for HBO.

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THEN AND NOW: Taylor Swift's 'squad'

Karlie Kloss was once considered Swifts best friend.

Kloss recently got married and confirmed that she and Swift are still close.

Cara Delevingne met Swift at the 2013 Victorias Secret Fashion Show.

Delevingne is now acting more than modeling, and its unclear if theyve stayed in touch.

Serayah met Swift after being cast in the "Bad Blood" music video.

Serayah is set to release her first EP soon.

Todrick Hall met Taylor Swift after she saw his YouTube cover of her 1989 album.

Hall sells out stadiums and wows with his visual albums.

Martha Hunt likely met Swift at Victorias Secret fashion show.

Hunt is still modeling and still a supportive friend.

Selena Gomez and Swift go way back.

Gomez and Swift are now one of Hollywoods power-couple friendships.

Blake Lively met Swift around 2015 but laid low when it came to the squad pics.

Lively is now a bona-fide movie star and her daughter made a cameo on a Swift song.

Lorde and Swift met after Swift admired her musical success from afar.

Lordes career took off but she battled rumors about her friendship with Swift.

Hailee Steinfeld was also an early Swift friend.

Its unclear if Swift and Steinfeld are still close, but Steinfelds career is better than ever.

Ellie Goulding introduced Swift to ex-boyfriend Calvin Harris.

Goulding has been in the studio working on her album.

Lily Aldridge seemed to meet Swift at the Victorias Secret Show.

Aldridge is still modeling and is pregnant with her second child.

Camila Cabello met Swift in 2014 when she asked for songwriting advice.

Years later, Cabello ended up opening for Swift on her Reputation tour.

Emma Stone is one of Swifts original squad members.

Stone is one of Swifts most low-key friends, but did show up for the "Reputation" tour.

Abigail Anderson Lucier has been friends with Swift since she was 15.

Lucier just got married, where Swift served as a bridesmaid.

Ruby Rose and Swift have only been friends for a few years.

The two are still friends and Rose is set to star in the upcoming "Batwoman" series.

Jaime King and Swift are so close that Swift is Kings sons Godmother.

King recently shared a throwback video to that fateful night when she first met Swift.

Ed Sheeran solidified his place in Swifts squad when he opened for her in 2013.

Sheeran went on to become the best selling global recording artist of 2017.

Claire Winter Kislinger is another original pre-squad Swift friend.

Kislinger attended the AMAs with Swift in October 2018.

Dianna Agron met Swift at the height of "Glee" fame.

Agron is married, still acting, but its unclear if she and Swift are friends.

Ashley Avignone is a stylist who met Swift during the pre-squad era.

Avignone supported Swift at several Reputation tour spots this year.

Gigi Hadid met Swift through mutual pal Karlie Kloss.

Hadid is now one of the highest-paid supermodels.

Swift "met" the band Haim on Twitter and eventually started vacationing with them.

Haim is still making music and hanging with Swift.

Lena Dunham and Swifts friendship began on Twitter.

Dunham is still friends with Swift and still making content for HBO.