The INSIDER Summary:
- Taylor Swift's "girl squad" was huge during her 1989 World Tour, but we've seen less of them lately.
- Some of the members, like Selena Gomez and Lorde, are still close friends with Swift.
- Others, like Kendall Jenner and Zendaya, seem to have drifted apart.
Throughout Taylor Swift‘s 1989 World Tour in 2015, the singer made #squadgoals a viral headline as everyone became infatuated with the enviable bond of her huge, glamorous group of friends. Swift’s concerts became a who’s who of A-list models, athletes, and actresses, and her Instagram feed (and her friends’) became albums for the groups’ fun-filled vacations and impromptu baking parties.
But as time passed, the visibility of Swift’s squad has dwindled tremendously. Her members’ Instagram feeds feature other friends, the high-profile parties have stopped, and Swift has taken a noticeable break from social media.
All this left us wondering: WTF happened, and which women are actually still in Swift’s squad? We took a closer look at each former member in an attempt to analyze where she stands with Swift now. Follow along, ahead.
Kendall Jenner
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Status: Not friends
Despite an appearance at a concert at Swift's 1989 World Tour alongside other supermodel besties like Gigi Hadid and Cara Delevingne, Jenner is not as close to Swift as fans might think.
Kim Kardashian confirmed that when the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star appeared on Andy Cohen's "Watch What Happens Live"to admit that Jenner is indeed not in Swift's squad. It might have to do with Kardashian's Snapchat exposure or that Jenner has formed her own supermodel squad, called the Super Natural Friend Group with "It" girls like Hailey Baldwin, who has made public her distaste for the country singer-turned-pop star.
Lorde
Status: Still friends
Amidst her social media hiatus, Swift dedicated one of three recent Instagram posts to Lorde, congratulating her in March when her single, "Green Light," debuted. In July, a Yahoo interview suggested that Lorde and Swift had fallen out based on her saying, "I don't hang out with these people at all."
The singer clarified her comments on Twitter, explaining that she is still good friends with Swift and that her comments were about the squad as a whole. "[The squad] was never some exclusive club or secret society, but a wide circle of people, some of whom I know, and some who I’ve never met, like most wide groups of friends," she tweeted.
Karlie Kloss
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Status: Questionable
For a long time, Kloss was Swift's right-hand woman and the arguable co-captain of her squad. But lately, Kloss's impromptu apartment visits to Swift's downtown Manhattan loft has tremendously dwindled. The duo haven't been photographed together since October 2016.
To add more fuel to the fire, rumors flew that Swift and Kloss had a falling out when Kloss was seen partying with Kendall Jenner (sister of Swift's arch nemesis Kim Kardashian) in Paris last month.
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