Taylor Swift Hosts 4th of July Party w/ Selena Gomez, Haim + More
On Friday, Taylor Swift shared photos to Instagram from a 4th of July celebration at her Rhode Island waterfront home with Selena Gomez, Este, Danielle and Alana Haim, Ashley Avignone and Sydney Ness, all of whom posed outdoors in bathing suits for a group shot.
“Happy belated Independence Day from your local neighborhood independent girlies,” wrote Swift, 33, nodding to the fact that most of the women in the photo are currently single.
Este echoed her statement, sharing the group shot to her Instagram Story and writing, “single summer never looked so good.”
Swift also posted a series of Polaroid photos, which feature the group hanging out in a kitchen, hugging each other, singing together and sharing red, white and blue popsicles.
The “Lavender Haze” musician had a few outfit changes throughout the get-together, as she sported a bikini for the group shot, a yellow sundress in the Polaroids and a patterned, off-the-shoulder dress for a solo shot of herself posing outdoors.
Gomez, 30, also shared a solo image of herself wearing sunglasses and smiling with a daisy in her mouth to Instagram’s new Threads app.
While Swift has hosted many star-studded 4th of July parties in the past, it’s been a few years since she’s shared photos from one of the Independence Day celebrations.
Taylor Swift + “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)”
Friday also saw the release of her latest re-recorded album Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), and she spoke about the process of choosing which previously unreleased tracks to dig up from her vault and share with fans.
“I had to be ruthless with my choices, and I left behind some songs I am still unfailingly proud of now. Therefore, you have 6 From The Vault tracks!” Swift revealed in a reflective Instagram post on Friday about how the new releases were originally left off her 2010 album.
The new tracks — “Electric Touch,” “When Emma Falls in Love,” “I Can See You,” “Castles Crumbling,” “Foolish One” and “Timeless” — sit alongside the original 16 songs on an album Swift described in the post as one she “wrote alone about the whims, fantasies, heartaches, dramas and tragedies I lived out as a young woman between 18 and 20.”
Originally found on People. Stay tuned to MusicOnTheRox.com for all your music news and reviews.