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THEN AND NOW: Taylor Swift's 'squad'

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  • Taylor Swift famously made "squad goals" a thing in 2015.
  • Swift's squad consists of more than two dozen individuals.
  • Swift appears to still be friends with most of the squad.

Back in 2015 and 2016, Taylor Swift was the reigning queen of the "squad. " Swift and her crew of (mostly) gal pals graced headlines for years and had some seriously enviable moments. Swift brought her gang of best friends onstage at her 1989 tour , celebrated with them at her annual July 4th parties, and even cast most of them in her "Bad Blood" music video.

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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.

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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.

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Over the years the tabloids liked to speculate that the two had a falling out, but Kloss revealed to Vogue in October 2018 that " Taylor and I are still really good friends ." Kloss is still modeling, still coding, still an entrepreneur, and most recently a wife. She married Joshua Kushner this year , though it's unclear if Swift attended the wedding.

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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.

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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."

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Swift and Delevingne have not been spotted together in a couple years and fans pointed out that the model wasn't name-checked on Swift's "shirt" in the "Look What You Made Me Do" video , so their friendship status is unclear.

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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.

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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.

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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."

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Gomez and Swift met way back in 2005 and Gomez told KIIS FM UK that they met because they were both dating Jonas brothers at the time. "She was the girl with the big curly hair and the bracelets and the cowboy boots, and I was definitely up-and-coming. We just clicked," Gomez said.

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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."

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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.

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Lively's most recent movie roles include "A Simple Favor" and "The Shallows," and clearly Swift is still close with Lively as her daughter James' voice is heard on Swift's 2017 song "Gorgeous" and she and Reynolds recently appeared in photos from Swift's New Year's Eve party.

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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.

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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."

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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.

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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.

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The "Lights" singer was a fixture in Swift's squad during the 1989 tour, appeared in the "Bad Blood" video, and even introduced Swift to her ex Calvin Harris.

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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.

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

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The longtime Victoria's Secret model didn't participate in the annual show this year as she's nearly nine months pregnant with her second child. The veteran model is still working on modeling campaigns and on Swift's birthday this year she posted a #tbt and called Swift her "bestest buddy" in a recent Instagram Story.

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Cabello admitted to Teen Vogue that she first met Swift as a fan at the 2014 American Music Awards and asked for some songwriting advice. Then in March of 2015, Swift thew Cabello an epic 18th birthday party attended by fellow squad members Gomez, Steinfeld, Lorde, and Haim.

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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.

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Stone and Swift reportedly met at the Young Hollywood Awards in 2008 and became fast friends. At the time Stone had already been in "Superbad" and was quickly on her way to the A-list. Stone even brought Swift as her date to the 2010 premiere of her movie "Easy A."

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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.

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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.

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Lucier is now married (Swift was one of her bridesmaids) and though she rarely posts to Instagram and it's unclear what her job is now, Lucier toasted Swift on her 29th birthday calling her a "ray of light."

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Though she had been acting and DJ'ing in Australia for many years, Ruby Rose got her big break in the US when she appeared on "Orange Is the New Black" in 2015. Rose appeared to join Swift's squad sometime after the "Bad Blood" video, and immediately became one of Swift's closest allies, even penning a lengthy Instagram post (via Elle.com) in 2016 defending Swift's relationship with Tom Hiddleston .

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Swift presented Rose with an award at the 2016 GLAAD Media Awards and Rose came to Swift's defense when Katy Perry reportedly shaded Swift on her song "Swish Swish." Rose also gave Swift a birthday shout-out on December 13, 2018 , so they are likely still close. Rose's next big move is playing Batwoman in the forthcoming television series of the same name.

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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 .

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Proving she's still tight with the songstress, on December 8, 2018 King shared a #tbt of Swift dancing at that 2014 Golden Globes after-party . Plus, King's husband Kyle Newman directed Swift's 2015 music video for "Style."

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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.

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From unknown opening act to global phenomenon, Sheeran has become a total star. His album "Divide" was the global best selling album of 2017 , he has been touring since Summer 2018 and will go until next summer, and he reportedly got married in secret to fiancee Cherry Seaborn this past August.

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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."

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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."

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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 .

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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.

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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.

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Avignone attended several Reputation tour stops year, including one where she posted a picture with Swift to Instagram and j okingly captioning it: "Squa...JK." She's still working as a stylist and has added campaigns with Diane von Furstenberg and Saks Fifth Avenue to her resume.

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Gigi Hadid reportedly met Swift in 2014 at a pre-Oscar bash with mutual pal Karlie Kloss . A year later, Hadid appeared in Swift's "Bad Blood" music video. Hadid regularly spoke highly of Swift and told Elle Canada that the "squad" was a source of female empowerment .

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The model has graduated from "Taylor Swift friend" to full-on supermodel in the last few years Forbes put her on the annual " highest paid supermodel" list. She's also 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 and also attended Swift's New Year's Eve party.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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