Before the era of the Bad Blood music video, the 10-way red carpet dates, and even the Fourth of July parties, Taylor Swift had a much smaller, more exclusive squad—one where Emma Stone—yes, that Emma Stone—was the star. They may not be photographed as much together today, but the history between these two is intriguing. Below, the exact timeline of their epic yet criminally forgotten-about BFF-ship.
April 2008: The Pair Meet
Emma and Taylor first run into each other at HollywoodLife's Young Hollywood Awards. Look at their little baby faces!
Emma later reveals that the two bonded over email (yes, EMAIL) before taking their friendship offline.
December 2009: Ice Cream Date
Taylor and Emma are spotted out in New York together, going for dinner, and then heading to Baskin Robbins for ice cream and sweets.
April 2010: Emma Gushes About Taylor to the Press
This is the friendship honeymoon phase! Speaking to MTV, Emma reveals that Taylor has a "sick sense of humor." She adds, "Nobody knows that. She's so great. 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: Red Carpet Debut
Emma takes Taylor as her date to the LA premiere of her film Easy A.
February 2011: A-List Mingling
The two are pictured getting their cocktail party on at a Weinstein bash in LA.
February 2011: Fancy Oscars Party Hanging
Emma and Taylor attend Vanity Fair's Oscars party together (and look suitably incredible).
June 2011: Emma Gets Her Own Private Listening Party
Emma reveals that she got to hear Taylor's album Speak Now before it was released to the public. She tells MTV: "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]."
August 2011: Taylor and Emma Have an Award Show Moment
Not quite, but Emma does present Taylor with the Ultimate Choice Award at the Teen Choice Awards. It's very cute, starting at the 0:20 mark. (Look out for vintage Jelena too.)
August 2011: Sister Status Confirmed
Tay reveals that Emma and Selena are by far her closest pals, telling PopSugar: "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... They can predict my thoughts; I've known them for so long it's really cool to have friends that are that close."
October 2012: Long-Distance Besties
Taylor explains how she doesn't let time zones get in between her, Emma, and Selena's friendship, telling Access Hollywood: "I'm definitely a girl's girl. I need to tell my friends everything I'm going through. Like we have these big group texts. One of us is in New York, one of us is in LA, one of us is in Nashville or Paris or something like that, but we always keep in touch."
She adds: "Emma and Selena and I, so many things in our lives has changed over the last couple years, but our friendship has stayed the same." Oh, and she says Emma's the first person she calls after a break up. Just imagine those conversations!
October 2012: The BFFs Take Paris
Taylor takes a break from shooting promo shots for her Red album to hang out with Emma in Paris. It's the last time they're spotted together for a while.
September 2013: Taylor and Hailee Bond
Taylor attends Hailee Steinfeld's movie premiere for Romeo & Juliet, which surprises some people. Hailee explains how they know each other to E! News, saying: "We met, oh my gosh, like three years ago through our mutual friend Emma Stone."
July 2014: 4th of July celebrations
Emma and Andrew Garfield (R.I.P., that ship) join Taylor for her first official squad holiday. They're joined by the likes of Lena Dunham and Jaime King.
December 2014: Broadway Meet Up
Taylor watches Emma perform in her Broadway show Cabaret and celebrates with a cute Instagram pic.
February 2015: Everything Has Changed?
Emma and Taylor both attend Saturday Night Live's 40th anniversary special in New York but aren't pictured together.
August 2015: 1989 Domination
During Taylor's LA leg of her 1989 world tour, a bunch of celebrities flock to watch (and do a little catwalk up on stage). While Emma doesn't take part in the latter, she's spotted by the soundboards at one of Tay's shows.
November 2015: Squad 2.0
Emma's pictured out at dinner with Adele and Jennifer Lawrence. The internet goes crazy.
February 2016: Please Welcome to the Stage…
Emma and new pal J.Law are spotted at Adele's concert in L.A. having the greatest time ever. Woody Harrelson and Tom Hanks are also there. Taylor isn't this time.
May 2016: Hair Twins
Taylor might've called Emma her "sister" back in 2011, but in 2016, the closest we get to this is the two having matching hairstyles after they both dye their locks platinum blonde. Both have changed their hair since.
So was their (public) friendship just one long, beautiful dream? Time will tell but these memories last forever.
