Taylor Swift and Emily Ratajkowski have crossed paths multiple times in recent years, but there’s little evidence to suggest they are close friends. Their relationship appears to be friendly, marked by mutual respect and shared social circles, rather than personal closeness.
Both were present at Gigi Hadid’s 30th birthday party in April 2025, held at L’Avenue in New York. This was a relatively intimate event attended by a small group of Gigi’s close friends, including Zoë Kravitz, Bradley Cooper, and Anne Hathaway. Taylor’s attendance was unsurprising—she and Gigi have been friends for nearly a decade. Emily’s presence, though less expected, suggests she’s become part of Gigi’s regular social group. However, there were no signs of Taylor and Emily spending time together at the party or arriving or leaving together.
They haven’t been seen out one-on-one or attending each other’s events. Taylor is often photographed going to dinner or events with her close circle—Blake Lively, Selena Gomez, Brittany Mahomes, and others. Emily hasn’t appeared in those settings. There’s no record of Emily being at any of Taylor’s birthday parties, tour afterparties, or album release gatherings. Similarly, Taylor hasn’t attended any of Emily’s book events or podcast tapings.
What has existed between them is a series of public nods. In 2022, Emily posted a TikTok lip-syncing to Taylor’s song “Karma,” to which Taylor responded positively in the comments. In 2023, Emily publicly defended Taylor over a resurfaced Ellen DeGeneres interview clip, calling out the sexist framing Taylor faced. Around the same time, Emily admitted on her podcast that she had previously dismissed Taylor’s work, but had come to appreciate her songwriting and saw her own earlier attitudes as “internalised misogyny”. Taylor didn’t comment publicly on these remarks, but they were widely circulated.
There’s also overlap in their extended circles. Both are close with Gigi Hadid and have been spotted at similar events, including some fashion-week-adjacent gatherings. But proximity doesn’t necessarily mean closeness.
In short, Taylor Swift and Emily Ratajkowski seem to be friendly acquaintances. They’ve shown mutual respect and move in some of the same spaces, but there’s no strong indication of a personal friendship. They haven’t gone out to dinner together, they don’t appear in each other’s inner circles, and they haven’t made time for one-on-one public or private outings. The evidence suggests they like and admire each other, but they’re not especially close.
