From Lena Dunham to Pitbull: Taylor Swift’s Wonderfully Weird 1989 Tour Guests

To honor Taylor Swift’s latest rerecording, we’re celebrating 1989 (Taylor’s Version) Week at The Daily Beast’s Obsessed. That means we’re throwing it back to 2014, to re-live everything that Taylor—and the rest of pop culture—was up to.

For me, Taylor Swift’s 1989 era had two major takeaways: One: Swift was capable of making an iconic, purely pop album. And two: She had a seemingly endless rolodex of celebrity friends.

In 2014, there was hardly an outing where Swift wasn’t photographed with a Victoria’s Secret Angel or fellow, usually less-popular musician by her side. Thus, the infamous “squad” was born. She even capped off the year with a star-studded 25th birthday party, which included guests like Justin Timberlake, the Haim sisters, Sam Smith, and, most shockingly, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, who couldn’t be bothered to attend Kimye’s wedding some months prior.

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