Taylor Swift and Blake Lively's friendship? It's honestly aspirational at this point. The duo has been linked since 2015, which means they're coming up on a decade of absolute bestie vibes. Taylor and Blake have been through a ton together, from the Grammy winner's iconic Fourth of July parties to post-breakup GNOs.
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Not to mention, Blake and her husband Ryan Reynolds have supported Tay and her music from day one—their daughter, James, is *literally* the baby voice in the intro of Reputation's "Gorgeous," and the names of their other daughters, Betty and Inez, are featured in the trilogy of songs depicting Folklore's fictional love triangle. Blake also directed a full-on music video for Red (Taylor's Version) in 2021 in 2021. So, yeah, it's safe to say that these two are ride or die for each other. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Let's get into all 10 years of Taylor Swift and Blake Lively's friendship timeline.
September 14, 2015
Blake shared an Instagram post referencing Taylor's song, "Bad Blood" (which was pretty much...everywhere at this point), according to Entertainment Tonight. The post has since been deleted, but its caption reportedly read:
"Soooo, turns out this WASN'T a video shoot for John Legend's cover of Bad Blood," Lively wrote. "@lorealparisofficial blew it out for this one. My #pinkobsession is exposed now. Ok your turn. I won't tell! #AlsoTurnsOutJohnLegendIsntCoveringBadBlood Time to start a petition!"
December 7, 2015
Tay and Blake had a wholesome hang during Taylor's day off from her 1989 World Tour in Australia. Per People, they spent the day riding roller coasters and petting kangaroos at Warner Bros. Movie World theme park.
July 4, 2016
Blake and Ryan are among the few couples who cozied up at Taylor's annual Fourth of July bash—including Tay and her then-boyfriend, Tom Hiddleston.
December 15, 2016
Blake shared a sweet post celebrating Taylor's birthday on Instagram, writing, "People Who I Not Only Really Love, But Also Really LIKE, That Were Born Yesterday: Part 1 of 2.🎈 @taylorswift you know how I feel. 💜"
November 11, 2017
Taylor releases her sixth album, Reputation, featuring the voice of Blake and Ryan's daughter, James on "Gorgeous."
September 21, 2018
According to Just Jared, Taylor gushed about Blake's movie, A Simple Favor, on her Instagram Story after watching it with her dad. "So we just went to go see A Simple Favor," she said, as her dad chimed in, "Best movie. Loved it."
"Best movie, so incredible. Everyone did such an amazing job – Blake, Anna, the whole cast. It was so insane," Taylor added. "You gotta see it, you really do. Like, just go see it."
Also, moment of silence for Blake, who looked 🥵🥵🥵 in the movie:
January 1, 2019
Blake and Ryan are some of the star-studded guests at Taylor's New Year's "childhood hero"-themed costume party. Tay dressed as Ariel from The Little Mermaid while Blake went as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz.
December 13, 2019
Another birthday, another par-Tay. Blake and Ryan posed for pics with Taylor at her 3oth birthday party, which was *heavily* documented on Instagram (sigh, miss those days, tbh).
July 24, 2020
Taylor surprise dropped her Grammy-winning album, Folklore, which featured a sweet nod to Blake's daughters in multiple songs. "Betty" is named after her youngest daughter while one of Taylor's fictional "teenage love triangle" characters is named after her oldest, James. Another character in the saga? The town gossip, Inez, who's also named after Blake's 7-year-old daughter. Honestly, where is Taylor's award for Best Auntie Ever?
December 13, 2020
Blake wished Taylor a happy birthday with a stunning pic on her Instagram grid and a wholesome caption celebrating the release of Evermore. "...There was happiness because of you♥️ Happy happy birthday. Thank you for #Evermore Absolutely nothing better than getting presents on other people’s birthdays. 🎈 love you," Blake wrote, referencing lyrics from Taylor's track, "Happiness."
March 14, 2021
Taylor made history when she won Album of the Year for the third time at the Grammys for Folklore. She gave Blake, Ryan, and their kids a sweet shoutout during her acceptance speech.
"I want to thank Joe, who is the first person that I play every single song that I write, and I had the best time writing songs with you in quarantine," Taylor said, referencing her boyfriend at the time, Joe Alwyn, who co-wrote songs with her under the pseudonym William Bowery. "I want to thank—I want to thank James, Inez, and Betty and their parents who are the second and third people that I play every new song that I write but mostly, we just want to thank the fans."
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November 14, 2021
Blake and Ryan pulled up to Saturday Night Live to support Taylor's spot as musical guest, where she performed the 10-minute version of "All Too Well" for the first time. They also attended the SNL after-party together.
November 15, 2021
Blake directed the music video for Taylor's Red vault track, "I Bet You Think About Me," which also featured her other friends Miles and Keleigh Teller, Aaron Dessner, and Jack Antonoff. Tay teased Blake's involvement with the video with a thirsty TikTok, and for that, we are eternally grateful:
February 10, 2022
"I Bet You Think About Me" is nominated at the Academy of Country Music awards, and of course, the besties celebrated together on Instagram. "AHHHHHHH CONGRATS @blakelively, MILES AND @keleighteller!!!! BIG GROUP HUG!" Taylor wrote on her Instagram Story, per People. "I loved making this video and it's so cool to see the @acmawards nominate it for video of the year."
February 15, 2022
"Academy of Country Music was not on my vision board," Blake told Entertainment Tonight at the Michael Kors Fall/Winter fashion show during New York Fashion Week. Blake joked about other potential directing opportunities, saying, "Tell Beyoncé to stop calling me. Beyoncé, you don't have to put them up to this."
June 11, 2022
Blake and Ryan attended a screening of Taylor's "All Too Well" short film at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
September 17, 2022
Blake showed off her baby bump in a photo dump featuring none other than Taylor (FYI: slide 7 for bestie vibes).
November 7, 2022
Blake's husband, Ryan, gushed about Taylor during an interview with Entertainment Tonight. When asked if he'd be open to a T. Swift cameo in Deadpool 3, he said that she would "of course" be welcome to join. "Are you kidding me? I would do anything for that woman. She's a genius," Reynolds told Entertainment Tonight (honestly, perfect response, zero notes).
He also said that his whole family is "obsessed" with Taylor and her album, Midnights. "Oh my God, yes. All of us, whole house, I'm not kidding. I love it so much," he said. "I do, Blake does, my daughters. We love it. Obsessed."
November 20, 2022
Taylor won Favorite Pop Album at the 2022 American Music Awards, and she thanked Blake in her acceptance speech. "I want to take a moment to thank someone who directed the music video 'I Bet You Think About Me,' my beautiful, brilliant friend, my director Blake Lively," she said.
April 20, 2023
Taylor made a slew of public outings in NYC since reports of her split with Joe Alwyn started surfacing, and of course, a GNO with her squad was in order. Her pals Blake, Gigi Hadid, and the Haim sisters? Yeah, they "let her bejeweled."
May 12, 2023
Blake and Ryan go to the Eras Tour in Philadelphia with their kids, where Taylor waves to them on stage and leaves the venue with them:
September 30, 2023
The duo enjoys a night out in NYC alongside Taylor's other pal, Sophie Turner.
October 1, 2023
Taylor, Blake, and Ryan pulled up to the Kansas City Chiefs vs. New York Jets game to cheer on Travis Kelce:
November 30, 2023
The besties went to the world premiere of Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé in London, and, yes, it *should* cost a billion to look as good as they did in the fourth slide of this photo dump:
December 13, 2023
Of course, Blake attended Taylor's birthday party in NYC!
January 10, 2024
New year, same squad. Taylor and Blake attended a private party at Lucalli Pizza in Brooklyn together:
February 11, 2024
Taylor brings her A-list besties to the Super Bowl, including Blake, Ice Spice, Keleigh Teller, and Lana Del Rey, to cheer on Travis in Vegas.
