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Taylor Swift Resurrecting Her Girl Squad Is Intentionally Provocative

EVERYTHING 2015 IS NEW AGAIN

By revisiting a time when the general public couldn’t have been more annoyed by her, the newly single star is communicating that she’s far too powerful to care anymore.

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Drop everything, now. Fresh off her reported split from Joe Alwyn, Taylor Swift was photographed in New York City on Thursday in a formation that’s instantly recognizable to anyone familiar with her lore: She is, once again, surrounded by her squad.

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