On the Friends Keep Secrets podcast, Selena Gomez revealed that Taylor Swift wrote a song about their friendship, inspired by their early aspirations in Hollywood and the music industry.
Gomez explained that the previously unreleased song, titled “Family,” features lyrics that speak to “You have these amazing dreams, you want to be in movies, like, in every crowd I still see you.” In contrast, Swift’s part speaks to “You believe in my stupid dreams, like, playing stadiums.”
Gomez explained that the song was written during the early days of their careers when they were both reaching for their aspirations that seemed out of reach at the time.
“Now, when I listen to that song, both of those things have happened for us,” Gomez said. “And that’s really sweet because back then she was just like, ‘I wrote this song about us.’ It was just like our story, kind of, and it was the sweetest thing.”
Gomez has been in the entertainment industry for years after rising to fame in film before becoming a chart-topping musician. Swift is one of the most successful touring acts in music history and is known for playing to sold-out stadium crowds around the globe.
The two have been friends since 2008, when they were both dating members of the Jonas Brothers. Over the years, they have talked about their friendship and how they have supported one another through their career highs and lows.
The song “Family” has not been previously known to have been recorded by Swift.
However, for Gomez, the significance of the unreleased song is that “It was just our story.”
