Taylor Swift "Prioritizing" Her Famous Friendships: They "Like Me For Who I Actually Am"

Singer talks about relationships with stars like Lena Dunham, Lorde andJaime King and reveals "the one common thread" between them all

By Rebecca Macatee Oct 09, 2014 4:30 PMTags
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Taylor Swift is looking for her bridesmaids, not her groom!

Because, as the 24-year-old singer tells People's 40th anniversary issue, her "group of friends," which includes Lena Dunham, Lorde, Selena Gomez and Jaime King (just to name a few), "are the most important thing to me right now."

"They are so fun and know me and like me for who I actually am," she says. "It's really wonderful to have someone like Lena Dunham in my life. We have the same responsibility and the same pressure that's on you when you write every single word you end up performing."

The "Shake It Off" singer loves to "geek out over music" with Lorde, 17, she says, "and we play each other new music we've written." Taylor and Jaime, 35, like to hang out, too, she tells People, "and just sit around and talk and cook or just order in Chinese food."

Taylor and her varyious gal-pals "relate on different levels," she says, "but the one common thread between all of my friends is I can trust them."

Members of her celeb-centric crew also "aren't really much for going out to bars or clubs or anything," Taylor says. "They're not really as interested in that, and I'm not either, so it works out pretty well."

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And Taylor, who insists she's sworn off dating for the time being, is "prioritizing my girlfriends, my family and my music above everything else," she says, "and trying things I never thought I'd try."

"I made the decision to spend time on my own and figure out who I am," she explains. "When you're in love you tend to prioritize that other person's opinion and almost value it as much, if not more, thank your own opinion. When you take the other person out of the scenario and you're walking through life on your own, you end up figuring out what you actually like without anyone else's input."

For more from Taylor, pick up People's 40th anniversary issue, available Friday.