You'll have to wait longer than a fortnight for Taylor Swift's Met Gala return.
The "Cruel Summer" singer skipped this year's event in New York City to prepare for the European leg of her sold-out Eras Tour, E! News confirms.
The fundraiser—which is themed around the Metropolitan Museum of Art's new "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" exhibit, with an official "Garden of Time" dress code—took place on May 6, just three days before Taylor is scheduled to hit the stage at the Paris La Défense Arena in France.
As for her boyfriend Travis Kelce? He appeared to sit it out as well, with TMZ reporting last week that the Kansas City Chiefs tight end has RSVP'd "no" on his invitation to the 2024 bash, co-chaired by Zendaya, Bad Bunny, Jennifer Lopez and Chris Hemsworth. See all the stars who did step out on the red carpet here—including Taylor's pals Gigi Hadid, Cara Delevingne, Ed Sheeran and Nicki Minaj.
Still, Taylor is very familiar with the Met Gala. After all, she's attended six previous iterations of fashion's biggest night, even co-chairing the 2016 version celebrating the "Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology" exhibition.
As the Swiftie folklore goes, that was the star-studded gathering where the Grammy winner first saw sparks fly with Joe Alwyn, who she went on to date for six years before their 2023 breakup.
On her Reputation track "Dress," Taylor appeared to touch on their red carpet looks at the lavish affair, singing, "Flashback when you met me / Your buzzcut and my hair bleached."
And on her Midnights song "Mastermind," she seemingly alluded to having a hand in orchestrating their meeting. "What if I told you none of it was accidental / And the first night that you saw me, nothing was gonna stop me?" she sang. "I laid the groundwork and then, just like clockwork / The dominoes cascaded in a line."
Since then, Taylor has not stepped back onto fashion's holy ground. Last year, she also missed out on the Met Gala in order to focus on her Eras Tour in Nashville.
Read on to see photos from inside the 2024 Met Gala:
Ed Sheeran and Chris Hemsworth
Venus Williams and Serena Williams
Kendall Jenner and Gracie Abrams
Kris Jenner, Usher, Rosalía and Kylie Jenner
Brie Larson and Ariana Grande
Barry Keoghan and Sabrina Carpenter
Phoebe Dynevor and Simone Ashley
Gabrielle Union and Taraji P. Henson
Sydney Sweeney and Colman Domingo
Hari Nef and Gwendoline Christie
Demi Moore and Taika Waititi
Ed Sheeran and Cherry Seaborn
Brooklyn Peltz Beckham and Jaden Smith
Steven Yeun and Donald Glover
Lauren Sánchez, Gigi Hadid, Riley Keough and Emily Ratajkowski
Jimmy Fallon
Kieran Culkin and Matthew Macfadyen
Chris Hemsworth and Hugh Jackman
Sienna Miller and Sam Smith
Matt Damon and Ed Sheeran
Jerry Seinfeld and Jeff Goldblum
Tessa Thompson and Michelle Williams
Jennifer Lopez and Zendaya
Gayle King and Jack Harlow
Rebecca Ferguson and Ayo Edebiri
Cara Delevingne, Stella McCartney and Ed Sheeran
Rita Ora, Gracie Abrams and Camila Morrone
Jeremy Strong and James Corden
Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes
Colman Domingo