--- title: Selena Gomez Has a Great Story About Meeting Taylor Swift description: Selena Gomez talks about the possibility of a collaboration with Taylor Swift and how they became friends. canonical: https://time.com/5052045/selena-gomez-taylor-swift-friends/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-06T16:10:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:07.688Z og:title: Selena Gomez Has a Charming Story About Meeting Taylor Swift og:description: It involved the Jonas Brothers og:url: https://time.com/5052045/selena-gomez-taylor-swift-friends/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb9e0eb295d0b118/6988f3fd929fad21babeebdd/gettyimages-510725018.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The 58th GRAMMY Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Selena Gomez Has a Charming Story About Meeting Taylor Swift twitter:description: It involved the Jonas Brothers twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb9e0eb295d0b118/6988f3fd929fad21babeebdd/gettyimages-510725018.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Selena Gomez Has a Charming Story About Becoming Friends With Taylor Swift by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Dec 6, 2017 4:10 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 15: (L-R) Singers Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift attend The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Dan MacMedan/WireImage) LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 15: (L-R) Singers Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift attend The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Dan MacMedan/WireImage)Dan MacMedan—WireImage by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Dec 6, 2017 4:10 PM UTC It’s no secret that [Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift](http://time.com/4819995/taylor-swift-selena-gomez-video/) get along famously, but now fans have even more insight into the story behind the power friendship. Gomez, a card-carrying [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/5049659/taylor-swift-interview-person-of-the-year-2017/) squad member who recently released the single _Wolves_, has been buds with the _Reputation_ singer [for more than ten years](http://time.com/4819995/taylor-swift-selena-gomez-video/). During a chat with U.K. radio station [Kiss FM](https://planetradio.co.uk/kiss/entertainment/music/watch-selena-gomez-talks-new-single-instagram-plus/), she got down to the “how we met” story: “We actually dated the Jonas Brothers. It was hysterical,” she said. The details could make for a great song. “She was the girl with the big curly hair and the bracelets and the cowboy boots. I was definitely up-and-coming, and we just clicked,” she said. Gomez and Swift [dated singers Nick and Joe Jonas](http://www.elleuk.com/life-and-culture/culture/news/a40363/selena-gomez-and-taylor-swift-dated-jonas-brothers/), respectively, in 2008\. While neither love story lasted a year, the friendship has endured. In fact, Gomez went on to say it was the duo’s most valuable takeaway from those romantic entanglements. “It was the best thing we got out of those relationships. They’re lovely, by the way. We’re all friends now,” she added. Gomez, who recently underwent a [kidney transplant](http://time.com/4941186/selena-gomez-recovering-from-a-kidney-transplant/), discussed the importance of Swift’s friendship during her recent health challenges. “She had been a fighter and a warrior and friend through all of this, we actually just talked about this a few days ago,” she said. She also offered that she’d be up for a collaborative performance with Swift, “anytime, any place.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5052045/selena-gomez-taylor-swift-friends/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5052045/selena-gomez-taylor-swift-friends/"},"headline":"Selena Gomez Has a Charming Story About Becoming Friends With Taylor Swift","datePublished":"2017-12-06T16:10:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:07.688Z","description":"Selena Gomez talks about the possibility of a collaboration with Taylor Swift and how they became friends.","url":"https://time.com/5052045/selena-gomez-taylor-swift-friends/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb9e0eb295d0b118/6988f3fd929fad21babeebdd/gettyimages-510725018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb9e0eb295d0b118/6988f3fd929fad21babeebdd/gettyimages-510725018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 58th GRAMMY Awards - Arrivals","caption":"The 58th GRAMMY Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Dan MacMedan—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/5052045/selena-gomez-taylor-swift-friends/","name":"Selena Gomez Has a Charming Story About Becoming Friends With Taylor Swift"}}]}] ```