Katy Perry described ‘Catching Up’ with Taylor Swift years after feud

Katy Perry had the best “catch up” day. Taylor Swift behind the scenes on Eras Tour last year.

“I actually went and did a show in Australia very quickly and had a day off before the show,” Perry, 40, recalled on Friday 17th. TikTok video with a British radio show Capital. “I had one day off and I was like, ‘Hey girl, I’m coming to the show,’ and she was so excited.”

She continued: “I was so excited. People gave me bracelets and I think Rita Ora gave me a bracelet. I loved it. It just is as a large community – an adorable, sweet community.”

Perry attended one of the Swift’s February 2024 shows in Sydney, he later met the pop star backstage.

“I need to see her and we need to catch up with her,” Perry blurted out Capitalreferring to an Instagram selfie the pair took to capture the moment. “I love her so much.

Swift, 35, and Perry became friends in 2009 after they both first hit the music scene. They later sparked speculation of a feud after they fell out with each other John Mayer and rumors surfaced that Perry had lured Swift’s backup dancers to her own tour.

“She he did something so terrible. I was like, “Oh, we’re just direct enemies.” And it wasn’t even about a guy! It was business related,” Swift claimed Rolling Stone in 2014. “She basically tried to sabotage the whole arena tour. She tried to hire a lot of people under me. And I’m surprisingly non-confrontational — you wouldn’t believe how much I hate conflict. So now I have to avoid her. It’s embarrassing and I don’t like it.”

At the time, Swift said she vowed never to publicly mention Perry again. They eventually buried the hatchet to 2018, a year before the “I Kissed a Girl” singer. appeared surprisingly in Swift’s “You Need to Calm Down” music video.

“I just thought, you know, he’s about to embark on something new and big and he needs support,” Perry said. is on KIIS 1065 The Kyle & Jackie O Show in July 2018, referencing her music video and Swift’s Reputation Tour. “And actually, when I was finishing mine, I realized how much we have in common. And maybe there’s only five other people in the world who can have the same type of conversation and understand where we’re coming from and that we should celebrate our commonality and our friendship and be there for each other.”

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