2015 The 1989 tour. Taylor battles Spotify and Apple Music over royalties for songwriters. Shows up in the gossip columns with her “Girl Squad” of friends, including Karlie Kloss, Lena Dunham, the Haim sisters, and sundry actresses and models. Taylor and then-BFF Kloss appear together on the cover of Vogue (“Inseparable, Unstoppable, Adorable”). She appears at the MTV VMAs to give the lifetime achievement award to “my friend Kanye West.”