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Taylor Swift and Katy Perry are not only on speaking terms, after putting their ongoing feud to rest last year, but are starting a habit of supporting each other. Swift added Perry's new single, Never Really Over, which was released Friday, to her Apple Music playlist as soon as it was released.
This is the first time Swift has obviously supported Perry since the pair's feud began in 2013, when a handful of Swift's dancers left her Red tour to support Perry on her Prism tour. This was seemingly the backbone of the artist's public distaste for each other, which lasted until May 2018.
Perry also showed support for Swift on Twitter this week when she was seen liking a photo of Swift and her new cat, Benjamin, according to fan screenshots. Swift and Perry have not publicly interacted much since their feud's end, but the way it ended was enough to fuel media reports of a peaceful, and mature way to move on.
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It seems like Perry officially ended the feud with Swift when she sent the singer an olive branch and note ahead of her Reputation World Tour. Swift shared the gift in an Instagram story, which tagged Perry and thanked her. The note, which was barely visible, gave insight into the point of Perry's message. "Hey, old friend – I've been doing some thinking on past miscommunications and feelings between us and wanted to clear the air," it read, according to People.
Perry had previously spoken on wanting to stop the public fighting. "I am ready to let it go," Perry explained in a conversation with Thrive CEO Arianna Huffington. "I forgive her and I'm sorry for anything I ever did, and I hope the same from her. I love her, and I want the best for her. And I think she's a fantastic songwriter."
She added: "Maybe I don't agree with everything she does and she doesn't agree with everything I do, but I just really, truly want to come together in a place of love and forgiveness and understanding and compassion."
Swift and Perry had formerly released diss tracks, which fans assumed were aimed at each other. Swift's "Bad Blood" spoke of a friend who stabbed her in the back, while Perry's "Swish Swish" was assumed to be an answer by many of her supporters.
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