When Taylor Swift embarked on her “1989 World Tour” in 2015, she got a lot of attention for hanging out with her girl squad. She occasionally invited members to join her on stage, and she cast them in her “Bad Blood” music video. The squad, which the New York Post described as “a cult,” included supermodels such as Cara Delevingne, Martha Hunt, and Karlie Kloss, as well as entertainers including Selena Gomez, Blake Lively, and Lena Dunham. 2015 was also the year Swift dated Calvin Harris and was spotted on a double date with him, her ex Joe Jonas, and the Jo Bro’s girlfriend at the time, Gigi Hadid.
Fast forward to 2023, and Swift was, of course, touring again. She also debuted a new girl squad at a Kansas City Chiefs game that October. Lively was still there, along with newbs Sabrina Carpenter and Sophie Turner — the latter of whom had recently separated from Jonas.
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Swift’s apparent embrace of being in the spotlight after her breakup with longtime boyfriend Joe Alwyn earlier that year left some fans wondering whether she was trying to intentionally recreate her OG “1989” era ahead of releasing “Reputation (Taylor’s Version).” One fan on the Taylor Swift subreddit wrote, “It’s very clearly on purpose, then after the inevitable backlash from the overexposure, she’ll release ‘Reputation TV.’ Makes perfect sense to try and recreate those circumstances I feel like, who knows if it’ll work though.” A Swiftie who agreed with this theory added, “Everything she does is intentional.”
