Katy Perry was full of praise for Taylor Swift while reflecting on her Eras Tour experience in February, saying, “I got to see her and we got to catch up. I love her so much.”
Katy Perry loved watching Taylor Swift make the whole place shimmer.
The “Teenage Dream” singer was effusive in her praise of Taylor’s Eras Tour, which she got to see in Sydney while performing in Australia herself in February 2024.
“I had one day off before the show,” Katy recalled in a TikTok posted Jan. 17 by Capital, “and I was like, ‘Hey, girl, I’m gonna come to this show.’ And she was so excited and I was so excited.”
The 40-year-old was delighted by how many people gave her friendship bracelets at the concert, adding that she also got one from fellow singer Rita Ora.
“I loved it. It’s just like a community—it’s an adorable, sweet community,” she praised. “And I got to see her and we got to catch up. I love her so much.”
Katy had previously shared a look at her Eras Tour experience on Instagram, posting a selfie alongside Taylor and writing, “Got to see an old friend shine tonight.”
The “Firework” singer—who shares daughter Daisy with fiancé Orlando Bloom—also posted more snaps from the evening, including one with Rita and even a video of Taylor performing “Bad Blood,” a song long rumored to be about Taylor and Katy’s past feud, which reportedly occurred after a disagreement over backup dancers.
The two officially mended their relationship in 2018 when Katy sent Taylor a literal olive branch at the start of her Reputation tour.
“She and I have really been on good terms for a while. She sent me a really nice note and an olive branch—like an actual olive branch—to my tour when it started,” Taylor shared on UK’s Capital Breakfast in 2019. “From that point on we’ve been on good terms.”
The “Karma” singer—who is currently dating NFL star Travis Kelce—then recalled running into Katy at a party where they “hugged it out and talked about things,” adding that they hung out a few more times. “It was just like something felt so much lighter about my life when things became really good between us.”
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“She and I have been fine for a while and really on good terms but we didn’t know if we were ever gonna really tell people about it,” Taylor confessed. “We wanted to make sure that was solid between us before we ever made the public aware.”
And the public certainly became aware of it when Katy appeared in the music video for Taylor’s 2019 song “You Need to Calm Down.”
For a full breakdown of Taylor and Katy’s relationship over the years, keep reading.
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BFFs
Prior to any public bad blood, Perry and Swift appeared to be friends. The duo often spent time together at award shows and celeb events, like at the Grammy Awards – Salute to Icons Honoring Doug Morris event in Jan. 2010.
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Let the Games Begin
Before releasing her album 1989, Swift did an interview with Rolling Stone. In the 2014 interview, T.Swift hinted at a feud with a fellow female artist, not saying Perry’s name specifically.
While explaining the story behind “Bad Blood,” a song featured on 1989, Swift shared, “For years, I was never sure if we were friends or not.”
That changed, Swift said, when the woman “did something so horrible.”
“I was like, ‘Oh, we’re just straight-up enemies.’ And it wasn’t even about a guy! It had to do with business,” T.Swift told RS. “She basically tried to sabotage an entire arena tour.”
Shortly after the interview was released, Perry infamously tweeted, “Watch out for the Regina George in sheep’s clothing…”
“Bad Blood”
In “Bad Blood,” Swift addresses the feud—still not naming names. “Oh, it’s so sad to/Think about the good times/You and I,” the lyrics state. “‘Cause, baby, now we’ve got bad blood/You know it used to be mad love.”
In May 2015, T.Swift dropped the star-studded music video for the track, featuring Kendrick Lamar, Selena Gomez, Gigi Hadid and more celebs.
“Swish Swish”
In May 2017, Perry released a new song called “Swish Swish,” featuring Nicki Minaj. The track’s lyrics—which include a sheep reference—sparked theories that the song is about Swift.
When asked who the track is about, Perry replied, “I think it’s a great anthem for people to use whenever somebody’s trying to hold you down or bully you.”
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Carpool Karaoke
That same month, Perry addressed her feud with Swift during Carpool Karaoke with James Corden. During her chat with the late-night host, Perry said she’s ready for the feud “to be done.”
She went on to add, “I think personally that women together, not divided, and none of this petty bulls–t, women together will heal the world.”
A (Literal) Olive Branch
In May 2018, a year after the release of “Swish Swish,” Perry sent Swift an actual olive branch ahead of her Reputation Stadium Tour kickoff.
“So I just got to my dressing room and found this actual olive branch,” Swift said in an Instagram video at the time. “This mean so much.”
Swift captioned the video, “Thank you Katy.”
A Happy Meal
Perry and Swift appeared together in the “You Need to Calm Down” music video, dressed as a burger and fries.
“The ending of the video is actually pretty emotional,” Swift shared on the Heart Breakfast radio show. “Katy Perry is in the video and she and I definitely like have been on very good terms lately, but I don’t think anybody knew it, ’cause we just kind of reconnecting privately and just wanted to make sure that everything was really good with us and that it was like a very real before we let anyone know, like, we’re not only good but we’re friends again.”
T.Swift added, “So it was really wonderful to get to sort of unveil it to the world in like a cheeky sort of fun way. But it ends up being sort of emotional.”
