The Year in Taylor Swift

Today, Taylor Swift turns 27—and will likely document her squad-filled (or cat-filled) celebrations on social media for the world to see. This was a big year in the life of T.Swift: There was no new album, but there were two breakups, new friends (Blake Lively! Dakota Johnson!), multiple makeovers, three ongoing feuds, and one nuclear Snapchat receipt blowout.

So, in honor of her birthday, here's a month by month recap of the year in Swift. You know some of this will make it onto her next (inevitable) best-selling album.

January

Swift started the year fresh off the 1989 tour. She and her boyfriend Calvin Harris were still going strong after getting together in March 2015.

Swift rings in New Year's in Las Vegas, where Harris is playing and dances with new friend Ruby Rose.

Swift releases a very Taylor Swift

clothing line

in China.

She

goes out to dinner with Harris

on January 12, and a kid crashes their date. His post goes viral:

• She celebrates her godson

  Leo Thames' six-month birthday

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February

This is when the Kimye feud gets reignited, and the Katy Perry feud begins to thaw.

Swift's exHarry Styles starts off the month by tweeting a reference to her and her song "22"on his 22nd birthday. Some call it shade; some call it a peace declaration. Styles doesn't say much more, buthis tweet becomes the second-most retweeted of the year:

Kanye West releases "Famous" during his Yeezy Season 3 fashion show on February 11, four days before the Grammys. The lyrics "I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex/I made that bitch famous" shock everyone.

Austin Swift, Taylor's brother, immediately trashes his Yeezy shoes in response, in case there was any doubt how the Swift family feels about it:

Swift's publicist releasesthe following statementtoBuzzFeed Newsthat night:

Kanye did not call for approval, but to ask Taylor to release his single "Famous" on her Twitter account. She declined and cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message. Taylor was never made aware of the actual lyric, "I made that bitch famous."

West goes ona Twitter rant on Feb. 12to maintain again that Swift approved the lyrics, despite her rep denying it:

This all comes back to haunt Swift in July, when Kim Kardashian gets involved.

In other feud news, Katy Perry publicly invites Swift to herSpotify pre-Grammys party the Saturdaybefore the show. Apple Music spokesperson Swift—who waged a war against Spotify and free streaming services in 2014—does not go, but it's an olive branch! (Maybe!)

At the Grammys on Feb. 15, Swift takes Selena Gomez as her date (instead of Harris, who she never walks the red carpet with) anddebuts a bob:

She wins multiple Grammys, includingtwo before the show.

And during the show, she takes the top honor: Album of the Year. She makes the following speech, which includes a thinly veiled jab at Kanye West:

As the first woman to win Album of the Year at the Grammys twice, I want to say to all of the young women out there,there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame. But if you just focus on the work, and you don't let those people sidetrack you, some day when you get where you're going, you'll look around and you'll know that it was you and the people who love you that put you there. And that will be the greatest feeling in the world.

The Following is according to :

http://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/news/a41384/the-year-in-taylor-swift-2016/

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