Taylor Swift has built her career on storytelling, and some of her most memorable musical moments have come when she has invited other voices to share the mic.
From early Nashville sessions to surprise stage sets, the pop star’s collaborations span nearly two decades and cross every genre she has touched.
Scroll below to revisit Swift’s most memorable duets through the years:
Taylor Swift and Colbie Caillat: ‘Breathe’ (2008)
Swift’s first major duet came on her 2008 album, Fearless, when she teamed up with Colbie Caillat for “Breathe.”
“She’s just how she [seems]. She’s, like, warm and friendly,” Caillat exclusively told Us Weekly in June 2024, recalling their songwriting session. “I was watching her and I was like, ‘She’s just this mature woman, who is so intelligent and knows exactly what she wants.'”
When Swift re-recorded Fearless (Taylor’s Version) in 2021, Caillat also returned for a new version of the track.
Taylor Swift and John Mayer: ‘Half of My Heart’ (2009)
Before Swift was a headliner, she was a featured guest. In 2009, the then-19-year-old appeared on John Mayer‘s “Half of My Heart.” The pair subsequently dated briefly, which ended in February 2010 and reportedly inspired several Swift songs.
Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran: ‘Everything Has Changed’ (2012)
Swift and Ed Sheeran‘s friendship began in 2012, the same year they debuted “Everything Has Changed” on her album Red. The pair first performed the song at the 2012 Jingle Ball that December before dropping a music video with child actors Ava Ames and Jack Lewis the next year.
Sheeran later opened the North American leg of Swift’s Red tour.
“We used to fly to and from the gigs together and do all sorts of [stuff],” Sheeran said on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast in April 2025. “I literally spent almost every single day with her for about six months.”
Swift and Sheeran later teamed up for “Endgame,” “Run” and “The Joker and the Queen,” the latter which featured now-adult actors Ames and Lewis in the music video.
Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik: ‘I Don’t Wanna Live Forever’ (2016)
Written for the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack, Swift’s duet with One Direction alum Zayn Malik dropped in December 2016 and shot to No. 1 on iTunes.
“We were kind of in separate places when I mentioned the idea to her. I spoke to her on the phone,” Malik said during a radio interview at the time. “She went in the studio the next day to record it. She mentioned to me that she liked the song, and I already kind of knew in the back of my head that she liked it.”
Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie: ‘ME!’ (2019)
Swift kicked off the Lover era with “ME!,” teaming up with Panic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie. The whimsical video — featuring a snake transforming into butterflies — dropped at midnight on April 26, 2019.
Taylor Swift and The Chicks: ‘Soon You’ll Get Better’ (2019)
Also on Lover, Swift teamed with The Chicks for the deeply personal “Soon You’ll Get Better,” which has been widely interpreted as a tribute to the pop star’s mother, Andrea, amid her cancer battle.
Taylor Swift and Maren Morris: ‘You All Over Me’ (2021)
When Swift began rerecording her catalog with Fearless (Taylor’s Version), released in April 2021, Maren Morris joined her on the vault track “You All Over Me.” During Swift’s second Eras Tour concert in Chicago in June 2023, the pair performed the song live together for the first time.
“It was so nice and so generous of you to lend your voice to the very first rerecording I had because nobody knew if this was going to be, like, a success or a very embarrassing project,” Swift told Morris on stage. “It could have been very embarrassing for you.”
As for Morris, she gushed that it was “an honor” to join Swift on the new version of Fearless.
Taylor Swift and The National: ‘The Alcott’ (2023)
Swift teamed up with The National in April 2023 for “The Alcott,” a ballad on the band’s album First Two Pages of Frankenstein.
“And the last thing you wanted is the first thing I do / I tell you my problems, you tell me the truth,” Swift sings in the chorus. “It’s the last thing you wanted, it’s the first thing I do / I tell you that I think I’m falling back in love with you.”
“The Alcott” was a reunion for The National and Swift, who released “Renegade” in 2021.
Taylor Swift and Hayley Williams: ‘Castles Crumbling’ (2023)
Swift unlocked another vault track with Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams on Speak Now (Taylor’s Version). The pair performed the song live at London’s Wembley Stadium in June 2024, with Williams paying tribute to Swift’s original Speak Now era in a lilac dress with lyrics Sharpied on her arm.
Taylor Swift and Fall Out Boy: ‘Electric Touch’ (2023)
Fall Out Boy also joined Swift on her Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), after Swift’s longtime fandom.
“I love Fall Out Boy so much. Their songwriting really influenced me, lyrically, maybe more than anyone else,” Swift told Rolling Stone in 2019. “They take a phrase and they twist it. ‘Loaded God complex/Cock it and pull it’? When I heard that, I was like, ‘I’m dreaming.’”
Taylor Swift and Gracie Abrams: ‘Us’ (2024)
Gracie Abrams released her sophomore album The Secret of Us on June 21, 2024, featuring a duet with Swift. The song was cowritten by Abrams, Swift and Aaron Dessner, and produced by Dessner and Jack Antonoff.
Swift and Abrams debuted the track live during the 14-time Grammy winner’s London concert in June 2024.
“When I tell you I just love this girl so much,” Swift gushed at the time. “Wwhen you write with someone it’s like you see the whole thing [and] all the artistry, you see who this person is really and writing with her, she’s like so badass. Like, that’s a writer.”
Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter: ‘Life of a Showgirl’ (2025)
Swift enlisted Carpenter for the only collaboration on her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl.
“I wanted Sabrina to be the person who did the duet with me on it because I just think she’s so smart and cut out for this job, if you want to call it a job,” Swift said on Elvis Duran‘s Z100 morning show in October 2025. “It’s really an all-encompassing life path, and I think she’s just so brilliant and tough in a way. She’s very sensitive in terms of being an artist, but she can handle herself. I just thought that she would be a great person to collaborate with on that song in particular, nd it’s the last song on the record. It really ends the story of the album.”
Taylor Swift and Lainey Wilson: ‘Love Story’ (2026)
Swift surprised fans with a live rendition of “Love Story” at fiancé Travis Kelce‘s Tight End University benefit concert in June 2026, teaming up with Lainey Wilson for the occasion.
“[It] was a very special request from a very special tight end,” Swift told the crowd. “He wanted to hear this particular song and that tight end … is named George Kittle.
Kittle cofounded TEU with Kelce and Greg Olsen.
This story was compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists.
