Taylor Swift reconnected with her close friend and collaborator Ed Sheeran in New York City on Thursday, having recently completed the North American leg of her Eras Tour.
The couple, who have collaborated on several tracks over the years, had supper at Zero Bond, a members-only social club.
They were flanked by security as they exited the celebrity hotspot individually.
Swift, 33, looked effortlessly chic as she exited the building in a rust-colored dress with a flowy satin skirt.
Her dirty blonde hair was twisted into a braid, and she wore black platform loafers that matched her purse.
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The Anti-Hero singer wore gold jewelry and a Louis Vuitton purse hung across her slender body.
Swift makes her way to a chauffeured SUV parked directly outside the establishment.
Meanwhile, Sheeran, 32, dressed casually in a white T-shirt and black skinny pants.
The UK hitmaker wore a ball hat to cover the majority of his ginger hair and a chain tucked beneath his shirt collar.
He walked down the sidewalk wearing Jordan 1 Retro High OG Washed Black sneakers.
Sheeran did not travel with Swift, as he was observed walking in the opposite direction with his security crew.
Swift is taking a rare break after wrapping up the first two North American legs of her Eras Tour with six sold-out gigs at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
Back-to-back gigs attracted a number of A-list celebrities, as well as an estimated 500,000 fans, to see Swift perform.
The tour began in Glendale, Arizona in March and was due to end in Los Angeles on August 9, but additional gigs in the United States and Canada have been arranged for next year.
Swift will go to South America later this month, performing in Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil until November.
Sheeran’s collaboration with Swift comes only days after he admitted that he has yet to appear in his famous pal’s hugely successful series of re-recorded tracks.
During an appearance on Andy Cohen’s SiriusXM program Deep & Shallow on Monday, he stated that he and Swift had not explored the potential of re-recording their 2017 single End Game for future release.
No, I have not. No No. However, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) is the next one coming out. That’s the next one,” the Grammy-winning performer said.
The song, which also features rapper Future, was initially released on Taylor’s successful 2017 album Reputation.
The matter arose after Cohen, 55, asked Sheeran if he planned to attend Swift’s and Beyoncé’s concerts for their respective tours, which are both taking place at the same time as the English musician’s Subtract Tour.
Sheeran mentioned his wish to attend one of the Eras tour events and stated that he appreciates the uniqueness of his fellow musicians’ live performances.
‘I think what’s nice about everyone’s show is everyone’s show is so individual to them. And everyone’s got a different show,’ he explained to Cohen.
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Effortless: Swift, 33, looked effortlessly stylish on Thursday
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Autumn vibes: She strolled out of the building in a rust-toned dress with a flowy satin skirt
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Simple elegance: Her dirty blonde hair was tied in a braid
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Boosted: The already statuesque star sported black platform loafers that matched her purse.
‘We’re all playing. I would love to go and see Taylor’s show, but we’re all playing on the same dates every single weekend. I think there’s a chance next year when she’s in the UK.’
Swift’s Eras Tour will not reach its United Kingdom leg until June 2024, with stops planned in the following four cities: Edinburgh, Scotland; Liverpool, England; Cardiff, Wales; and London, England.
Multiple shows will take place in each of the four cities during the UK leg of the tour.
The single ‘End Game’ was co-written by Swift, Sheeran and Future, all three of whom have won a combined 18 Grammys (Swift has 12, Sheeran has four, and Future, 39, has two).
‘End Game’ was the third single from Swift’s sixth studio album Reputation (2017), which has yet to re-recorded yet.
The pop superstar has to wait until ‘the later of two years following the expiration of the agreement or five years after the commercial release,’ according to common contractual language supplied by Rolling Stone, which indicates that Taylor is not likely allowed to rerecord Reputation, though she has yet to put out the rerecorded version of her previous LP, 1989.
As Sheeran mentioned during his interview with Cohen, 1989 (Taylor’s Version), the re-recorded version of her 2014 album, will be released on October 27, 2023.
Swift, who made the announcement herself during one of her six Los Angeles Eras Tour concerts, told the crowd that the version of 1989 will include five new singles, all of which are unreleased songs written for the original album that were dropped from the final track list.
Her album 1989 (Taylor’s Version) will be her fourth re-recorded LP, which is part of her counteraction to her 2019 masters dispute.
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Golden girl: The Anti-Hero singer was decked out in gold jewelry
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Security: They were flanked by security as they exited the celeb hotspot separately
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Designer darling: She had a Louis Vuitton purse slung across her thin frame
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Casual-cool: Meanwhile, Sheeran, 32, cut a casual figure for his time with Taylor
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Killer fit: He rocked a white T-shirt and black skinny jeans styled with a pair of Jordan 1 Retro High OG Washed Black sneakers
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The UK hitmaker wore a necklace tucked beneath his shirt collar and covered most of his ginger hair with a ball cap.
Sheeran and Swift have developed a close friendship since their collaboration on the tune Everything Has Changed, which appeared on Swift’s fourth studio album Red (2012).
The English singer re-recorded their duet for Swift’s re-recorded album Red (Taylor’s Version), which came out in 2021.
Sheeran told People in May that Swift is ‘one of the only people that actually truly knows where I’m at,’ indicating that their bond goes beyond music.
‘I had an hour-20 chat with Taylor yesterday, and we talked about everything that was on our minds. That, in essence, is a form of therapy because you’re talking to someone who genuinely understands,” he explained.