Excuse me, hi, if you're one of the Swifties who believes "When Emma Falls In Love" is about one Oscar winner Emma Stone, then this one's for you. It's not a far-fetched theory—especially since Emma playfully addressed it at the New York premiere of her movie Poor Things in 2023. The actor's sweet friendship with Taylor Swift goes way back—like, all the way back to the OG Fearless era in 2008, which means they've been connected for 16 years (!!!).
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^ In the mood to be all like this? Let's take a trip down memory lane and revisit the most wholesome moments of Taylor Swift and Emma Stone's friendship timeline.
April 27, 2008
Teenage Taylor and Emma first meet at Hollywood Life's Young Hollywood Awards in 2008, where they both match in purple dresses and pose for cute pics:
Emma opened up about meeting Taylor at the event during an interview with MTV News in 2010, saying, "We met at the Young Hollywood Awards for Hollywood Life magazine. We met there three years ago, and then I listened to some of her music, and I wrote her an e-mail saying I liked her music, I swear. And then we started talking and hanging out."
March 15, 2009
Taylor sends a tweet to Emma (you know, when that was the main way we all communicated with each other):
Important to note that Emma's old account, @ijustmight, is no longer in service. This is also the first of many Twitter interactions between them, so expect to see more of these later, 'kay?
March 22, 2009
While T. Swift was probably dating Lucas Till or beginning to write Speak Now around this time... she was also doing whatever this is:
March 29, 2009
Taylor catches a cool cat sweater during a shopping trip, which reminds her of Emma and her "hip-ness."
April 13, 2009
Really wishing we had Emma's OG tweet for context here.
April 21, 2009
Another day, another tweet for Emma.
April 22, 2009
The girlies are starting to have inside jokes with each other, as proven by Tay's tweets at the time:
May 18, 2009
Emma wasn't answering her phone and the result? Taylor tweeted that she knitted her a crochet hat (and I would like to see the hat in question, tysm).
December 10, 2009
Emma and Taylor grab some ice cream at Baskin Robbins, according to pics obtained by Just Jared Jr.
April 5, 2010
Emma gushes about her friendship with Taylor during an interview with MTV News, saying, "She's so great! We're very different, but she has such a sick sense of humor."
"Nobody knows that. She's so great. People know ... how hilarious she is. They've seen her on SNL. People are seeing it more now, and she's so funny and she's exactly who you think she is, and I love that," she continued. Emma also praised Tay for how she handled Kanyegate at the 2009 MTV VMAs, saying she was "so awesome and so gracious and fine" after the "ridiculous" incident.
September 13, 2010
Taylor pulls up to the premiere of Emma's cult-classic teen flick, Easy A. The pair chat on the red carpet, share a hug, and pose for pics together.
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February 26, 2011
Taylor and Emma attend the Montblanc Cocktail Party in West Hollywood to celebrate that year's Academy Award Nominees.
February 27, 2011
The next day, the girlies pull up to the Vanity Fair Oscar party with their friend, Ashley Avignone.
May 2, 2011
Emma and Taylor attend the 2011 Met Gala in New York City.
June 3, 2011
Emma reveals that Taylor played Speak Now for her before it dropped in an interview with MTV News. "I was lucky enough to hear it pretty early on, so it's so exciting for it to be out and own the songs instead of just be singing them [in my head]," she told the outlet.
She also noted that Tay is a "pretty normal girl" and "she's not [like], 'I am one of the world's most popular singers.'"
August 7, 2011
Both Taylor and Emma had a huge night at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards, where the singer snagged a few awards. Emma presented her with the surfboard for the teens' Ultimate Choice of the year:
And of course, they posed together backstage:
October 2, 2012
Taylor and Emma meet up for lunch during Paris Fashion Week, according to pics published by The Daily Mail.
October 23, 2012
During her Red press run, Taylor chats with Access Hollywood and dishes about her sisterhood with Emma and Selena Gomez. "I'm definitely a girl's girl," she revealed. "I need to tell my friends everything I'm going through. We have these big group texts where I'll just, like, text them everything that's going on with my day and one of us in New York, one of us is in Los Angeles, one of us is in Nashville or Paris."
She added, "It's just so important to have people that you trust, and Emma and Selena and I, we've had so many things in our lives that have changed over the last couple years, but our friendship has stayed the same. So that's really good."
July 4, 2014
Taylor throws one of her iconic Fourth of July parties, and according to pics published by The Daily Mail, Emma and her boyfriend at the time, Andrew Garfield, were some of the many celebs in attendance.
December 9, 2014
According to Just Jared, Taylor supported Emma's Broadway debut in Cabaret by attending a show with her mom. At the time, Taylor posted this sweet pic to Instagram:
"Got to see Emma KILL IT in Cabaret last night!" she wrote in her caption, per People. "Every new project she takes on is even more excellent than her last, and it has inspired me since the day I met her 7 years ago."
November 16, 2018
A few years later, Taylor's boyfriend at the time, Joe Alwyn, starred alongside Emma in The Favourite. Taylor attended the premiere to support them, and according to a People insider, "She and Emma Stone were chatting up a storm. Taylor just stayed by Joe's side the whole night."
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November 22, 2018
A few days later, Taylor posts on Instagram to show her support and promote the film, writing, "The Favourite is absolutely phenomenal, and it opens in NY and LA tomorrow— Swipe to see cities and dates! @thefavouritemovie @joe.alwyn @nicholashoult."
March 18, 2023
Emma attends one of the first shows of the Eras Tour in Glendale and dances her ass off to "Fearless" (as she should).
March 25, 2023
The Oscar winner is one of three (!!!) Emmas in attendance at Taylor's tour stop in Las Vegas.
June 6, 2023
Emma gives a rare glimpse into her friendship with Taylor, telling Vanity Fair that she was thankful she hooked her up with Eras Tour tickets.
"The concert was pretty amazing," she said. "I was lucky 'cause we've been friends for a really long time. I've known her since we were 17 and 18, so she hooked me up, which was very nice 'cause I know those tickets are impossible to get. She's a wonderful friend."
July 7, 2023
Taylor re-releases Speak Now, which includes the vault track "When Emma Falls In Love." Fans pretty much spiraled and theorized that the track is about Emma Stone as it includes lyrics like:
'Cause she's the kind of book that you can't put downLike if Cleopatra grew up in a small town / And all the bad boys would be good boysIf they only had a chance to love her / And to tell you the truth, sometimes I wish I was her
August 10, 2023
Emma receives friendship bracelets at the Eras Tour in Los Angeles.
December 6, 2023
Taylor is named TIME's Person of the Year (casual), and she reveals that Emma actually recommended La La Land's choreographer Mandy Moore for the Eras Tour. "Every day I would run on the treadmill, singing the entire set list out loud," Taylor said of her tour prep. "Fast for fast songs, and a jog or a fast walk for slow songs."
"Then I had three months of dance training, because I wanted to get it in my bones," she explained. "I wanted to be so over-rehearsed that I could be silly with the fans, and not lose my train of thought." She added that "Learning choreography is not my strong suit."
Also December 6, 2023
Taylor supported Emma at the New York premiere of her Oscar-nominated movie Poor Things at the DGA theatre.
Emma also reacted to theories that "When Emma Falls In Love" is about her. "Something that's circulating right now that's seemingly very important to some fans out there is whether 'When Emma Falls In Love' is about you," Entertainment Tonight correspondent Rachel Smith told her before asking if she would be "flattered" to be a subject of Taylor's songwriting. "Oh," Emma responded before coyly adding, "You would have to ask her."
December 31, 2023
During an interview on The Graham Norton Show to promote Poor Things, Emma dishes about her friendship with Taylor and the three times she attended the Eras Tour. She's also asked (again) if she's *the* Emma. "You have to ask her," she jokingly said.
January 7, 2024
Emma was nominated at the Golden Globes for Poor Things, where she earned the award for Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture Musical/Comedy. Naturally, Taylor gave her a well-deserved standing O in the audience:
When asked about Taylor's support during a press conference, Emma jokingly said, "What an asshole, am I right?"
February 21, 2024
In an interview with Variety, Emma says she "won't make a joke" about Taylor again as people took her "asshole" comment out of context.
"I definitely won't make a joke like that again because I saw headlines that really pulled it out of context." She reportedly pointed at herself and said, "What a dope."
April 19, 2024
In a twist of events, Emma was seemingly credited on Taylor's new album, The Tortured Poets Department. According to the official album booklet, her real name Emily Jean Stone is credited for "oddities" on Tay's Florence + the Machine collaboration, "Florida!!!"
What exactly are the "oddities" in question? That's a secret Taylor, Emma, and Florence know.
Aaaand that's all 15+ years of Taylor and Emma summed up! We'll be right here when one of the girls fesses up and admits that Emma Stone is *the* Emma in "When Emma Falls In Love."
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