--- --- # Here's How Taylor Swift Surprised Her Best Friend For Her Birthday by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 6, 2015 2:41 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 6, 2015 2:41 PM UTC For those who wished they were a part of [Taylor Swift’s high-power girlfriend crew](http://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/kaylor-forever), here’s another instance of the pop star being the world’s best best friend. Swift decided to give her high school friend, and often [award show date](http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-style/news/taylor-swift-s-grammys-date-abigail-anderson-see-the-flashback-pic-201592), Abigal Anderson a 25th birthday surprise: A special sing-along performance by her all-time favorite band Dashboard Confessional. Here’s how it unfolded, as told by Instagram: It was very well received. Here's How Taylor Swift Surprised Her Best Friend For Her Birthday ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3772095/taylor-swift-dashboard-confessional-best-friend/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3772095/taylor-swift-dashboard-confessional-best-friend/"},"headline":"Here's How Taylor Swift Surprised Her Best Friend For Her Birthday","datePublished":"2015-04-06T14:41:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:24.013Z","description":"Reconfirming your suspicions that she's the best friend ever","url":"https://time.com/3772095/taylor-swift-dashboard-confessional-best-friend/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Friendship","entertainment","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"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/3772095/taylor-swift-dashboard-confessional-best-friend/","name":"Here's How Taylor Swift Surprised Her Best Friend For Her Birthday"}}]}] ```