--- title: Celebrity: Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris on Boat Ride Date in London description: Also enjoying a private tour of London by Karlie Kloss canonical: https://time.com/3939773/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-london/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-29T14:05:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:22.201Z og:title: See Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris Enjoying a Boat Ride in London og:description: Also enjoying a private tour of London with Karlie Kloss og:url: https://time.com/3939773/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-london/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris Enjoying a Boat Ride in London twitter:description: Also enjoying a private tour of London with Karlie Kloss twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris Enjoying a Boat Ride in London > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ## Video: 25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds [Watch (HLS stream): 25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/I8WlXTNY.m3u8) (0:35)  _Published 2014-12-11. 25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds_ by [Jacqueline Andriakos / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Jacqueline Andriakos / People Contributor Jun 29, 2015 2:05 PM UTC by [Jacqueline Andriakos / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Jacqueline Andriakos / People Contributor Jun 29, 2015 2:05 PM UTC [Taylor Swift](http://www.people.com/people/taylor%5Fswift) and her famous posse got a private tour of London along the River Thames on Sunday. The “Bad Blood” singer, 25, joined [rumored boyfriend](http://www.people.com/article/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-holding-hands-dinner-date) Calvin Harris, model pal [Gigi Hadid](http://www.people.com/article/taylor-swift-gigi-hadid-calvin-harris-joe-jonas-hang-out-la) and ex [Joe Jonas](http://www.people.com/people/joe%5Fjonas/) for an afternoon on the river. But it wasn’t a [double date](http://www.people.com/article/gigi-hadid-joe-jonas-kissing-los-angeles-photos), as the [rumored couples](http://www.people.com/article/joe-jonas-gigi-hadid-dating-denise-jonas-weighs-in) were joined by model bestie [Karlie Kloss](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:KarlieKloss,00.html) – and [Swift’s parents](http://www.people.com/article/taylor-swift-mom-andrea-diagnosed-with-cancer)! [The squad](http://www.people.com/article/taylor-swift-karlie-kloss-gigi-hadid-nyc) was spotted smiling and laughing on the charter boat, decorated with the British flag. The songwriter also [took to Instagram](https://instagram.com/p/4gJuioDvFB/?taken-by=taylorswift) to show off their private ride, sharing a snapshot from the day, in which she can be seen with [her arms wrapped around](http://www.people.com/article/5-thing-calvin-harris-taylor-swift) Harris. She joked in the caption, “Little known fact: Karlie is secretly an unofficial historian/London tour guide. Kind of.” On Saturday night, Swift kicked off the group’s fun by inviting several of her buddies out on stage during her [_1989_ tour stop](http://www.people.com/article/taylor-swift-london-1989-tour-show-friends-photos). She performed in front of an audience of more than 65,000 in Hyde Park, writing on Instagram that the crowd “went on forever, as far as I could see in each direction.” The artist first brought on Hadid and [Kendall Jenner](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:KendallJenner,00.html), followed by tennis star [Serena Williams](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:SerenaWilliams,00.html). She also brought out model mates [Martha Hunt](http://www.people.com/article/taylor-swift-gigi-hadid-martha-hunt-detroit-tour) and Kloss. Last but not least, the starlet introduced British model-actress [Cara Delevingne](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:CaraDelevingne,00.html). Monday night, Swift takes her show to Dublin, Ireland. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-boat-ride-river-thames) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3939773/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-london/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3939773/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-london/"},"headline":"See Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris Enjoying a Boat Ride in London","datePublished":"2015-06-29T14:05:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:22.201Z","description":"Also enjoying a private tour of London with Karlie Kloss","url":"https://time.com/3939773/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-london/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Taylor Swift","london","Instagram","celebrity","Calvin Harris","karlie kloss"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jacqueline Andriakos / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3939773/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-london/","name":"See Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris Enjoying a Boat Ride in London"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds","description":"25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/I8WlXTNY/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-11T16:58:18.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/I8WlXTNY.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3939773/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-london/","duration":"PT35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3939773/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-london/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```