Scooter Braun, who?!
Taylor Swift made it clear she isn’t letting anything or anyone rain on her parade! The Lover songstress rang in a new decade on Friday night with a star-studded birthday bash after performing at the Z100 Jingle Ball in New York.
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The 30-year-old kicked off the evening by performing some of her biggest hits and new holiday track Christmas Tree Farm in Madison Square Garden for the annual show, where she was serenaded by the crowd:
Remember that time that @elvisduran prompted all of Madison Square Garden to wish @taylorswift13 a happy birthday? We do. ???? #iHeartJingleBall pic.twitter.com/yL1Ab2TEfV
— iHeartRadio (@iHeartRadio) December 14, 2019
Several of her celeb pals including Katy Perry, Niall Horan, Ryan Seacrest, Lizzo, Samuel L. Jackson, and Camila Cabello, sent in their well wishes for the milestone year in a sweet video message shared by iHeartRadio:
Wishing a very happy 30th birthday to Ms. @taylorswift13! ????#iHeartJingleBall pic.twitter.com/pH2xAz3fQo
— iHeartRadio (@iHeartRadio) December 14, 2019
Then came the REAL celebration: a holiday-themed party complete with a festive photo booth and cat cake! Attendees included Halsey, Gigi Hadid, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Cazzie David, Jack Antonoff, Antoni Porowski, Martha Hunt, Jonathan Van Ness, the guys of 5 Seconds Of Summer, and more!
Along with the Instagram photo slideshows, she wrote:
“Happy birthday but make it santa ?”
“Honestly spending my 30th with the fans who have made my life what it is at jingle ball, then throwing the most aggressive holiday party known to womankind… I just.. seriously feel so lucky for you all and will spend forever trying to find ways to say thank you. *cries in Christmas tree*”
Ch-ch-check out all the silly photos (below):
Looks like such a fun night!
Obviously, the night wouldn’t be complete without something cat-themed for the Cats star. The momma to Olivia Benson, Meredith Grey, and Benjamin Button enjoyed a cake (above) with her fur babies front and center:
What a wonderful way to round off an epic week!! As you’ve likely heard by now, the songstress accepted the Woman of the Decade award at Billboard’s Women In Music event on Thursday night, and touched on far more than just music in her speech.
Describing the past ten years as “magnificent, happy, free, confused, sometimes lonely but mostly golden,” the Grammy Award winner acknowledged Braun’s deal to buy the rights to her master recordings which happened without her “approval, consultation, or consent.” She explained:
“Let me just say that the definition of the toxic male privilege in our industry is people saying, ‘But he’s always been nice to me’ when I’m raising valid concerns about artists and their rights to own their music. Of course he’s nice to you. If you’re in this room you have something he needs. The fact is that private equity enabled this man to think, according to his own social media post, that he could ‘buy me.’ I’m obviously not going willingly. Yet the most amazing thing was to discover that it would be the women in our industry who would have my back and show me the most vocal support at one of the most difficult times and I will never, ever forget it. Like ever.”
Here’s hoping 30 is your best year yet, Tay!!
[Image via Taylor Swift/Instagram.]
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