Many media outlets, including ours sadly, misread Lorde when she spoke Friday about her relationship with Taylor Swift. 
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In response to reports claiming she wasn't actually a part of Swift's squad after comments she made during a。 Sunrise 。interview, Lorde released a statement on Twitter later in the day, clarifying her answers and setting the record straight about her and Taylor's friendship.
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Taylor is a dear friend. I love her very much. In the interview in question I had just been talking about [Davie] Bowie and Patti Smith -- those were the 'idol's I was referring to that I was saying I'm not friends with, not Taylor! 。

I've always found people's perception of this 'squad' idea frustrating in the past; it was never some exclusive club or secret society, but a wide circle of people, some of whom I know, and some of who I've never met, like most wide groups of friends. Forgive me for the mild eye roll I popped when it was popped when it was brought up as if we're all blood members of a secret cult.。

Really shitty to wake up to headlines about whether or not you've jumped ship on someone you deeply respect and ride for. I want to say one more time that Taylor has been there for me in all my dark and light moments these past five years. All of them. I feel truly terrible that it would ever seem like I wasn't faithfully her person. 。

I fucked up in an interview question, now go sip a beverage and head out on a walk.
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In the statement, she says she loves her "dear friend" Taylor very much, and that the "squad" everyone refers to is not a "secret cult," but a "wide circle of people."。

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She continues to say that Swift has been there for her in all her "dark and light moments these past five years."
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