Friendship never goes out of style. Taylor Swift and Emma Stone have remained one of Hollywood’s closest pairs of celebrity besties over the years.
The two first met at the 2008 Young Hollywood Awards. “I listened to some of her music, and I wrote her an e-mail saying I liked her music, I swear,” Stone told MTV News of their friendship’s early days in April 2010. “And then we started talking and hanging out.”
The Cruella star went on to reveal that Swift has a “sick sense of humor,” adding, “She’s so funny and she’s exactly who you think she is, and I love that.”
Swift and Stone have enjoyed everything from the surprisingly mundane to the luxurious throughout their friendship, including an ice cream run in New York in 2009 and a meetup in Paris three years later. The “Anti-Hero” singer has even attended several of Stone’s movie premieres, including 2010’s Easy A and 2018’s The Favourite, the latter of which starred her then-boyfriend Joe Alwyn.
Despite being one of the world’s biggest pop stars, Stone told MTV News in June 2011 that the Pennsylvania native is “a pretty normal girl,” in addition to revealing that Swift let her listen to her 2010 album Speak Now before its release. “I was lucky enough to hear it pretty early on, so it’s so exciting for it to be out and own the songs instead of just be singing them [in my head],” Stone shared.
While Swift has built strong connections with several famous faces — including the HAIM sisters, Lorde, Hailee Steinfeld, Ed Sheeran, Lena Dunham and more — her friendship with the Amazing Spider-Man actress is one she doesn’t take for granted.
“It’s just so important to have people that you trust and Emma and Selena [Gomez] and I, we’ve had so many things in our lives that have changed over the last couple years, but our friendship has stayed the same,” the “Shake It Off” songstress told Access Hollywood in October 2012. “So that’s really good.”
Swift even said the House Bunny star and Gomez are like “sisters to me” in an August 2011 interview with PopSugar. She added: “They can predict my thoughts; I’ve known them for so long it’s really cool to have friends that are that close.”
Several years later, Stone supported her BFF at the opening night of The Eras Tour in Glendale, Arizona, in March 2023. Swifties captured video of the La La Land star singing and dancing along to “You Belong With Me” and more songs throughout the night.
“The concert was pretty amazing,” Stone told Vanity Fair in June 2023. When it came to securing tickets to the highly-anticipated tour, the Battle of the Sexes star said Swift “hooked me up,” calling the move “very nice” on Swift’s part. “She’s a wonderful friend,” she added.
Stone’s love life may have also served as the inspiration for one of Swift’s songs. Swifties have theorized that the vault track “When Emma Falls in Love” from 2023’s Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) could be about her relationship with former boyfriend Andrew Garfield, whom she dated from 2011 to 2015.
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“We met at the Young Hollywood Awards for Hollywood Life magazine,” Stone told MTV News in April 2010 of their first meeting at the 2008 awards ceremony. “I listened to some of her music, and I wrote her an e-mail saying I liked her music, I swear. And then we started talking and hanging out.”
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December 2009
The duo were photographed grabbing ice cream together at Baskin-Robbins in New York City.
April 2010
“She’s so great! We’re very different, but she has such a sick sense of humor,” the Help actress told MTV News of her friendship with Swift. “People know … how hilarious she is. They’ve seen her on SNL. People are seeing it more now, and she’s so funny and she’s exactly who you think she is, and I love that.”
September 2010
The “Enchanted” singer supported Stone at the premiere of her teen rom-com Easy A.
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February 2011
Swift and Stone sported sparkly dresses and blonde hair at the Vanity Fair Oscars party.
June 2011
Following the release of Swift’s third studio album, Speak Now, the Zombieland actress revealed that she got to hear it before the rest of the world. “I was lucky enough to hear it pretty early on, so it’s so exciting for it to be out and own the songs instead of just be singing them [in my head],” Stone told MTV News at the time.
She went on to reveal that Swift is “a pretty normal girl” despite her pop star status. “She’s not [like], ‘I am one of the world’s most popular singers,’” Stone added.
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August 2011
“My friends are amazing and I’m so thankful to have them, [but] the ones that are like sisters to me are Selena Gomez and Emma Stone,” the Amsterdam star told PopSugar of her close celebrity friendships. “They can predict my thoughts; I’ve known them for so long it’s really cool to have friends that are that close.”
August 2011
Stone presented her pal with the Ultimate Choice Award at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards.
October 2012
The same month she and the Crazy, Stupid, Love actress were spotted hanging out in Paris, Swift opened up about her relationship with Stone and more friends in an interview with Access Hollywood.
“It’s just so important to have people that you trust and Emma and Selena and I, we’ve had so many things in our lives that have changed over the last couple years, but our friendship has stayed the same. So that’s really good,” she said at the time.
December 2012
A source told Us Weekly that Swift introduced Stone to her then-boyfriend Harry Styles at one of their friend’s birthday parties in NYC, noting that the “Cardigan” singer was “all over” the former One Direction member at the event.
July 2014
The Superbad actress was among Swift’s star-studded guests at her 2014 Fourth of July party in Rhode Island. Stone attended the celebration alongside her then-boyfriend and Spider-Man costar, Garfield.
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December 2014
Swift supported Stone at a performance of the Broadway revival of Cabaret. The show marked the Arizona native’s Broadway debut, as she played the musical’s leading lady Sally Bowles.
February 2015
Swift and Stone were both in attendance at Saturday Night Live’s 40th-anniversary celebration, and each made an appearance during the show.
November 2018
The “Fearless” singer joined her then-boyfriend Alwyn at the premiere of his 2018 period dramedy The Favourite, which starred Stone as Abigail Hill.
June 2023
“The concert was pretty amazing,” the Aloha actress told Vanity Fair of her experience at Swift’s The Eras Tour opening night show. She continued: “I’ve known her since we were 17 and 18, so she hooked me up [with tickets], which was very nice ’cause I know those tickets are impossible to get.”
Later that month, Swift announced the titles of her vault songs for Speak Now (Taylor’s Version). Almost immediately, Swifties began to theorize that one of the songs — titled “When Emma Falls in Love” – could be based on Stone’s relationship with Garfield, whom she met filming The Amazing Spider-Man in 2010.
