Katy Perry Fans Think Her New Song Is a Team-Up With Taylor Swift—Here's Why
Katy Perry and Taylor Swift may be collaborating on some music. After the two buried the proverbial hatchet in Swift's "You Need to Calm Down" music video, fans are speculating that the pop stars have worked together on Perry's upcoming single "Daisies," which will be available to stream on May 15.
Perry and Swift were in a very famous feud for a few years, beginning in 2014. But after plenty of backup-dancer-related drama, bad blood and harsh subtweets, the "Roar" singer sent the Lover hitmaker a literal olive branch. Swift baked her cookies in return and wrote "peace at last" on the plate with frosting.

In 2019, the singers also dressed up as a burger and fries for Swift's "You Need to Calm Down" video and posted coordinating pictures of them hugging online. Captions like "A happy meal," and "this meal is BEEF-free" confirmed that the pop stars were again on good terms.
"She and I have been fine for a while and really on good terms but we didn't know if we were ever gonna really tell people about it," Swift revealed in an interview with the U.K.'s Capital Breakfast at the time. "We wanted to make sure that was solid between us before we ever made the public aware."
Almost a year later, Perry announced a new single, called "Daisies," on May 7. She shared an image of herself lying in a field of daisies. A few hours later, Swift shared a picture of herself wearing a sweater covered with daisies. Fans immediately connected the dots and speculated that a team-up is on the way.
American Idol, where Perry appears as a judge, even added fuel to the fire on its Twitter account. "We can't wait to play this like 1,989 times in a row," the tweet read. One of Swift's albums is titled 1989, and is also the year she was born.
Here's what fans are saying about a potential Katy Perry/Taylor Swift collaboration:
i can feel a katy perry x taylor swift collab coming ð
— dani ðµ [semi-ia] (@dyoberries) May 8, 2020
Katy perry Taylor swift
— s a r a a a a ♡ (@fancysnaake) May 7, 2020
🤝
being the prettiest flowers of the garden pic.twitter.com/DIC9srqMe2
🚨 POP EMERGENCY
— Katy Perry Hub (@katyperryshub) May 8, 2020
Katy Perry replied to a fan asking for a Taylor Swift collaboration with a cryptic emoji "👀"
What do you think? pic.twitter.com/yDErCpAmv1
1989 TIMES IN A ROW?!?! TAYLOR POSTING WITH DAISYâS ON HER SHIRT?!?! KATY PERRYâS LEAD SINGLE FEATURES TAYLOR SWIFT!!! THIS IS GOING TO BE A MOMENT IN POP CULTURE#DAISES #KP5 pic.twitter.com/1DdP3qwInB
— Ben (@TS7Track3) May 7, 2020
Today marks the 2nd anniversary of âreputation Stadium Tourâ where Katy Perry sent an olive branch to Taylor Swift with a letter.
— Taylor Swift Facts (@blessedswifty) May 7, 2020
Katy Perry announced her first single âDaisiesâ today and Taylor Swift shared her photo wearing daisies ð
A possible collab?#MyTheoryOnly pic.twitter.com/mAvBOQwiTP
Taylor used FOUR emojis... and referenced a lyric on Reputation...
— ً (@suddenlyistan_) May 7, 2020
What’s the track four on reputation? Don’t blame me...
“I once was poison ivy but now I’m your DAISY” And their feud ended on 5/08/18..omg maybe Katy Perry x Taylor Swift is coming. #DAISIES pic.twitter.com/AHHZdxu9aK
🚨 COLLAB ALERT 🚨
— average katheryn hudson stan 🎪 (@averagekatheryn) May 7, 2020
this literally CANNOT be a coincidence. i know we've all been 🤡s in the past but cmon now, look at this. either way we will stream kp5 with all our effort❤️ #Daisies #KatyIsComing lets hope taylor swift x katy perry is real 🌼 pic.twitter.com/iAzaw8b8TB