--- title: Taylor Swift Celebrated Selena Gomez's Birthday With a Cake description: The 'Reputation' singer didn't let distance stop her from making her friend Gomez a birthday cake, even if they were far apart for the day. canonical: https://time.com/5345870/selena-gomez-birthday/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-23T15:20:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T09:35:14.324Z og:title: Taylor Swift Has a Sweet Gesture for Selena Gomez's Birthday og:description: The ever-theatrical and pastry-minded Swift celebrated with a sweet gesture og:url: https://time.com/5345870/selena-gomez-birthday/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltabcd38026dcf040a/698935fc4ee262b85131265e/taylor-swift-selena-gomez.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3677 og:image:height: 2068 og:image:alt: Taylor Swift reputation Stadium Tour og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Taylor Swift Has a Sweet Gesture for Selena Gomez's Birthday twitter:description: The ever-theatrical and pastry-minded Swift celebrated with a sweet gesture twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltabcd38026dcf040a/698935fc4ee262b85131265e/taylor-swift-selena-gomez.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Taylor Swift Didn't Let Distance Stop Her From Making a Sweet Gesture for Selena Gomez's Birthday > Sponsored content. 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Selena Gomez is feelin’ 26._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 23, 2018 3:20 PM UTC Selena Gomez is feelin’ 26.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 23, 2018 3:20 PM UTC Leave it to [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/5341750/taylor-swift-national-snake-day/) to celebrate her friend’s birthday with a very sweet gesture — quite literally. Swift, currently on the East Coast for her [_Reputation_ stadium tour,](http://time.com/money/5269294/taylor-swift-reputation-tour-cheap-tickets/) may be far away from her friend [Selena Gomez](http://time.com/5050179/selena-gomez-instagram-private/). But that didn’t mean the ever-theatrical and [pastry-minded](https://firstwefeast.com/eat/2016/04/taylor-swift-birthday-cake-jay-z) Swift couldn’t pull out all the stops to make sure that Gomez’s big day was marked properly. “Will I let distance stop me from celebrating my best friend’s birthday? I mean I could but WHY WOULD I WANT 2 \[sic\],” the singer posted on an Instagram story. The star image of the story: a pink-frosted birthday cake, decorated with the appropriately-chosen phrase “Gomez or go home.” At the center of the cake, a number “26” took pride of place, as Gomez turned 26 on July 22. It’s been just a minute since Gomez and Swift, known for their [friendship over the years](http://time.com/5052045/selena-gomez-taylor-swift-friends/), have hung out together publicly; Gomez last popped up to join Swift onstage during the Pasadena stop of her _Reputation_ tour in May. But while Gomez herself remained silent on social media for her birthday, Swift clearly didn’t want the world to forget to send some good wishes in the direction of her fellow pop star. Swift just finished performing three consecutive nights at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, keeping the show going despite torrential rain on two evenings. She is next [headed to Massachusetts](https://www.ticketmaster.com/Taylor-Swift-tickets/artist/1094215) as her tour continues, although perhaps the biggest Swift news of late has been her casting in an upcoming [movie adaptation of _Cats_.](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/movies/cats-james-corden-taylor-swift.html) ## Transcript Tracks with a very happy birthday to Selena Gomez. And Selena Gomez had a bicoastal birthday. The singer turned 26 on Sunday and celebrated with America's Got Talent winner Grace VanderWaal. VanderWaal shared pics on her Instagram of Selena wearing an adorable blue jumpsuit And the Pixar tag at the forum where Grace was opening for Imagine Dragons. Now she captioned the sweet set of images huge happy birthday today for Selena thank you for everything, I hope you have the best day baby girl. Now that wasn't the only celebration for the pop star, however Taylor Swift who was on her reputation tour in New Jersey was Careful to make sure that her bff knows that she was not forgotten. Not sharing her own cake decorated with the very funny phrase Gomez or Go Home on her Instagram story with the caption, will I let distance stop me from celebrating my best friend's bday? I mean I could but why would I want to? Quoting Selena's hit song Hands to Myself. Now no word on who ate that cake. But Taylor listen, if they're any leftovers the studio is not too far away from your Tribeca apartment. 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