Taylor Swift has hinted that her close friend and fellow pop star Ed Sheeran could perform at her wedding.
Swift's 12th studio album, 'The Life Of A Showgirl', was released on Friday (October 3), following last year's 'The Tortured Poets Department'. Swift announced her engagement to Travis Kelce back in August.
Swift joked on UK's Hits Radio Breakfast Show that nothing excites her and Sheeran more than being asked to perform at a major event.
"We spoke to Ed Sheeran a few weeks back, and he told us he is constantly asked to perform at people's weddings," she said. The host, Fleur East, then asked Swift if Sheeran could sing at her wedding. "Oh, it would be difficult to keep him from it, I believe," Swift replied.
Swift invited Sheeran as a special guest to the first night of her five-night 'Eras' tour, which took place at Wembley Stadium in 2017. The pair's friendship dates back over a decade, when Sheeran opened for Swift on her 'Red' tour. The album also included a collaboration between the two titled 'Everything Has Changed'.
After 2013, the pair continued to work together on Swift's 'End Game' and a re-record of 'Everything Has Changed' for her 'Red (Taylor's Version)' album. They also worked together on the remix of Sheeran's 'The Joker And The Queen'. Sheeran has previously revealed that he regularly confides in Swift and discusses their collaborative work.
In an interview with UK Hits Radio, Swift also discussed her friendship with Sheeran, revealing that the two recently caught up while attending Selena Gomez's wedding to Benny Blanco in California.
"I saw him last weekend, at the wedding of one of our closest friends. We were just talking about how much we love when he came out onstage with me at Wembley Stadium during the Eras Tour," she said, referring to Sheeran's appearance at her London concert in 2024.
Swift also agreed with Sheeran, stating that they frequently discuss their music, particularly when "rehearsing, writing, or working together". She continued, "There's really like a sort of strange mind-meld thing that happens between us two, and we've always had it," before concluding, "We always will."
In other news, Swift previously stated that she was concerned her songwriting would "dry up" if she were "ever truly happy in a relationship."
Swift, who has famously used her relationships as inspiration for her songs throughout her career, told Greg James on BBC Radio 1 that she feared her writing abilities would dry up if she felt "happy and free."
She shared, "I used to have this dark fear that if I ever were truly happy and free, being myself and nurtured by a relationship, what happens if the writing just dried up? What if writing is directly related to my anguish and pain? And it turns out that is not the case at all, and we were simply catching lightning in a bottle with this record.
"But it's nice because you've come from a place of happiness and love; you can return to those places. You can look forward to other things," she explained.
Swift has also responded to rumours that 'The Life Of A Showgirl' will be her final album, saying, "It's a shockingly offensive thing to say."
NME rated 'The Life of a Showgirl' three stars, writing: "To seek escapism is not a sin, but the best pop music makes the personal feel like life or death." Her greatest works, including 'Speak Now', 'Reputation', and 'Folklore', have the potential to be truly transformative. For the first time, 'The Life of a Showgirl' shows Swift not being catalysed into artistic growth by love, but rather being comfortably secured by it."
Swift also released a music video for 'The Fate of Ophelia' yesterday, marking the album's first official single.
