THEN AND NOW: Taylor Swift's star-studded 'squad' of friends

Dunham attended Swift's Reputation tour in 2018 and told The Cut in November of that year that even she was surprised that she was still friends with the superstar.

Dunham also showed her support for Swift in 2018 after the singer broke her political silence by publicly endorsing two Democrat candidates in Tennessee.

In 2019, she praised Swift on Instagram for her "ME!" music video and posted a heartfelt message for Swift's 30th birthday later that year.

Dunham has been working on her HBO series "Camping," and in 2019 she was in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."

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In 2012, breakout actress and writer Lena 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 supposedly sent her a DM saying she was excited to become friends.

In 2013, the two met in person at the Grammys, and in 2015 Dunham was a part of the "Bad Blood" music video.

The band 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.

Since then, Swift hasn't been seen much with the Haim sisters, so it's unclear if they're still close.

HAIM is a band comprised of three sisters: Este Haim, Danielle Haim, and Alana Haim. Swift and HAIM's relationship began online after both of them tweeted about their love for one another's music.

Swift hung out with the band at a Golden Globes party in January of 2015, and later that month they all took a trip to Hawaii together.

Swift then invited the band to open for her 1989 tour later that year.

Forbes put Hadid on the annual "highest-paid supermodel" list in 2018.

She's 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. That same year she attended Swift's New Year's Eve party.

She was also present for Swift's jolly 30th birthday celebration at the end of 2019.

Hadid is reportedly expecting her first child with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, musician Zayn Malik.

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, and in May 2015, Hadid joined Swift on stage as a special guest for one of her 1989 tour stops.

Hadid has regularly spoken highly of Swift to the press, and the model told Elle Canada that the "squad" was a source of female empowerment.

Avignone attended several Reputation tour stops in 2018, including one where she posted a picture with Swift to Instagram and jokingly 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.

In 2018, Avignone hung out with Swift at the singer's childhood home, and the next year she attended Swift's 30th birthday party.

Ashley Avignone is a noted fashion stylist who counts Emma Stone as a client, which might have been how she met Swift.

She is another friend whose name was supposedly mentioned in the secret "Red" notes.

Agron married Winston Marshall from the band Mumford & Sons in 2016 and has continued to act in independent features.

She also directed a series of shorts — including a video for Tory Burch in 2015 — and spends a lot of time doing charity work with the UN regarding the global refugee crisis.

She and Swift haven't been seen together on or offline in a few years, so it's unclear if they're still friends.

Dianna Agron was starring on "Glee" when she met and befriended Swift sometime in 2011.

Agron was also a member of the supposed "22" liner-notes shout-outs, and Swift even helped throw her pal a circus-themed 26th birthday party.

While nine months pregnant, Kislinger attended the American Music Awards in October 2018 as Swift's date. Swift gave her a shout-out during one of her speeches and on Instagram.

Kislinger now jokingly refers to Swift as "Aunty Tay," and in 2019, she wished Swift a happy birthday on Instagram.

Claire Winter Kislinger, a jewelry designer, has been friends with Swift for years.

Swift reportedly used to hide messages in her album liner notes, and for the song "22" on "Red," Swift hid the names Ashley, Dianna, Claire, and Selena — likely as an ode to her friends Ashley Avignone, Dianna Agron, Claire Kislinger, and Selena Gomez, her original "squad."

After the Red tour, Sheeran's career continued to bloom.

His album "Divide" was the global best selling album of 2017, and the album's tour broke the record for the highest-grossing tour in music history.

Sheeran collaborated with Swift again on her "Reputation" album, which was released in 2017.

Sheeran is currently on a hiatus from music and social media, but he and Swift still seem to be friendly.

Earlier this month, an eyewitness source told E! News that Sheeran and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, were spotted at dinner with Swift and her boyfriend, Joe Alwyn. They were reportedly celebrating Alwyn's 29th birthday in a high-end London restaurant.

Ed Sheeran and Swift performed together at the Z100 Jingle Ball in 2012 after Sheeran was featured on a song from her album "Red" that released that same year.

Swift also had Sheeran open for her Red tour, solidifying his place in the "squad."

On December 8, 2018, King shared a throwback photo of Swift dancing at that 2014 Golden Globes party where they met.

King seemingly attends fewer of the big events than other members of the squad, but the two have been known to have quiet nights together, just like this post from a few days before Swift's 30th birthday depicts.

Jaime King was starring on The CW's "Hart of Dixie" when she met Swift at a 2014 Golden Globes party.

In 2015, King's husband Kyle Newman directed Swift's 2015 music video for "Style."

They became such fast friends that Swift was named godmother to King's son Leo Thames in 2016.

Rose posted to her Instagram for Swift's birthday in 2017 and 2018, and made an Instagram story for her in 2019.

When Rose was cast as Batwoman in The CW's show based on the DC Comics, Swift took to Instagram to support her on her next endeavor.

Though she had been acting and DJing in Australia for many years, Ruby Rose got her big break in the US when she joined the cast of "Orange Is the New Black" for a nine-episode arch in 2015.

Rose appeared to befriend Swift sometime after the "Bad Blood" video made its debut, and the actress made an appearance during Swift's 1989 tour stop in New Orleans in 2015.

Rose also wrote a long post on her Instagram to congratulate Swift on the tour.

In 2016, Swift presented Rose with an award at the 2016 GLAAD Media Awards.

In 2017, Swift was a bridesmaid at Lucier's wedding.

Lucier has also attended most of Swift's events including "Taymerica" in 2018 and the singer's Christmas-themed 30th birthday party in 2019.

Abigail Anderson Lucier is Swift's hometown friend. The two met in high school, and Swift's song "Fifteen" is even inspired by Lucier.

Swift brought Lucier as her date to the Grammys in 2015.

Although Stone doesn't have Instagram and actually didn't appear in many of the Swift "squad" photos from the 2015-2016 era, she appears to still be acquainted with the singer and even attended the Reputation tour in New Jersey in July 2018.

In terms of her career, Stone was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar in 2019 for "The Favorite." Her other recent credits include the Netflix mini-series "Manic" and "Zombieland: Doubletap."

Stone has several projects in the works including a live-action prequel to "101 Dalmations" called "Cruella" set to be released on May 28, 2021.

Emma Stone and Swift reportedly met at the Young Hollywood Awards in 2008 and became fast friends. At the time, Stone had already been in the hit comedy "Superbad" (2007) 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."

Cabello opened for Swift on her Reputation tour in 2018. In 2019, Cabello and Halsey performed with Swift during her medley at the American Music Awards, the same show where Swift freaked out over Cabello's "Señorita" performance with Shawn Mendes.

Later that year, Cabello attended Swift's Christmas-themed birthday party.

Swift also supported Cabello when she released her album "Romance" by posting about it on her Instagram story.

Camila Cabello told Teen Vogue that she first met Swift the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards where she worked up the courage to say hello to her and tell her how big of a fan she was.

The two hit it off quickly as friends, and, in March of 2015, Swift even threw Cabello an epic 18th-birthday party attended by fellow "squad" members Gomez, Steinfeld, Lorde, and HAIM.

Later that month, they were photographed together at the iHeart Radio Music Awards.

The longtime Victoria's Secret Angel is still working on modeling campaigns while still raising her two children with husband Caleb Followill.

In 2018, she posted a throwback photo and called Swift her "bestest buddy" in her Instagram story for Swift's birthday. The two haven't had many public interactions since then.

Swift and model Lily Aldridge appeared to have met at the 2013 Victoria's Secret show. The model also appeared in Swift's star-studded "Bad Blood" music video in 2015.

It's unclear if Swift and Goulding are still friends, as the two haven't publicly interacted 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 a new album and enjoying her engagement to Caspar Jopling.

She and Jopling have since gotten married, but her next studio album is still in the works.

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

Swift and Harris dated throughout 2015 and 2016.

Steinfeld told Seventeen magazine in 2016 that she didn't spend as much time with Swift as people might have assumed, but that she does consider her a friend.

Today, Steinfeld's music career has taken a back seat to her successful acting career with recent credits such as "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" (2019), "Between Two Ferns: The Movie" (2019), and "Charlie's Angels" (2019).

She also stars on the TV series "Dickinson."

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

At the time, Steinfeld was best known for her role in the "Pitch Perfect" series and her 2015 album "HAIZ."

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."

Since then, however, Swift and Lorde haven't been seen together much.

Lorde, for her part, has had a sensational career and followed up her debut album with 2017's critically acclaimed "Melodrama." The singer is reportedly working on new music.

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.

Lorde also performed as one of Swift's guest stars during her Washington, DC 1989 tour performance.

Some of the "Gossip Girl" star's most recent movie roles include "The Rhythm Section" (2020) and "A Simple Favor" (2018).

Lively has also had three daughters with Reynolds since she and Swift became friends.

The two still seem to be close. Lively's daughter James' voice is heard on Swift's 2017 song "Gorgeous," she and Reynolds appeared in photos from Swift's 2019 New Year's Eve party, and at the end of 2019, the couple was part of the crowd that helped Swift celebrate her 30th birthday.

It's unclear when Blake Lively and Swift first met, though they were spotted hanging out at a theme park in Australia together in 2015.

Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds also attended Swift's iconic "Taymerica" Fourth of July party in 2016.

Gomez furthered her own music career and even performed "Hands to Myself" with Swift during a May 2018 Reputation tour stop.

While on stage, Gomez gave a tribute to her longtime pal in front of Swift's fans.

"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 during the show. "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."

Swift and Gomez are still close friends, and often show encouragement for each other online.

When Swift released "Lover" and Gomez released "Lose You to Love Me" from her album "Rare," both of them promoted the other's songs on their Instagram stories.

Selena 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.

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.

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.

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. Most recently, 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.

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.

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).

More 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."

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.

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.

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.

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.