In a heartfelt revelation, Selena Gomez has confirmed that her close friend Taylor Swift wrote two secret songs about their enduring friendship, with one track remaining unreleased to this day. The former Disney Channel star, now 33, shared this emotional insight during an appearance on her husband Benny Blanco's video series Friends Keep Secrets on Tuesday, 3 March 2026.
Dorothea Confirmed as Tribute to Gomez
Gomez confirmed long-standing fan speculation that Swift's 2020 song "Dorothea" from the album Evermore was indeed about her. The track, which Swift described at the time as being about a "girl who left her small town to chase down Hollywood dreams," contains lyrics referencing someone "sellin' make-up," a clear nod to Gomez's successful Rare Beauty cosmetics line.
"'Dorothea' is about me," Gomez stated during the interview. "I feel like a lot of huge moments that were self-defining, from relationships to family to love to hate, all of it in between - we were figuring it out because I was 15 and she was 18."
The Unreleased Friendship Anthem
More significantly, Gomez revealed that Swift wrote another song about their friendship called "Family" over a decade ago that was never officially released. According to Gomez, the track captured their early dreams and aspirations with remarkable prescience.
"It [was] basically saying you have these amazing dreams. You want to be in a movie, in every crowd I see you," Gomez recalled of her part in the song. "Then her part was, you believe in my stupid dreams, like playing stadiums."
Gomez expressed particular emotion about how both women have since achieved those early ambitions. "Now, when I listen to those songs, both of those things have happened for us. And that's really sweet because back then, she was just like, 'I wrote this song about us and it was just our story,' and it was the sweetest thing."
A Friendship Forged in 2008
The Swift-Gomez friendship began in 2008 when both were dating Jonas Brothers - Swift with Joe Jonas and Gomez with Nick Jonas. According to Gomez, they "just clicked" from the start, with Swift famously referring to Gomez as "the closest thing I've ever had to a sister."
Their bond has endured through nearly two decades of personal and professional challenges in what Gomez has described as a "notoriously cutthroat industry." In fact, in a 2022 interview, Gomez revealed that Swift was her only friend in the entertainment industry.
Modern Milestones Together
The friendship has continued to flourish into adulthood, with Swift serving as a guest at Gomez's wedding to music producer Benny Blanco in September 2025, where she even delivered a speech. Reflecting on their journey together, Gomez shared: "It's absolutely unbelievable to come from 17 years of friendship, from multiple heartbreaks and love stories and fun stories in life. We both ended up, fortunately, being engaged around the same time and that was the coolest part."
Gomez expressed particular admiration for how Swift captured their relationship in song. "When I listen to it, I'm so impressed by how it's eloquently put," she said of "Dorothea," highlighting the songwriter's ability to distill complex emotions into poignant lyrics.
The revelation provides fans with deeper insight into one of Hollywood's most enduring friendships, demonstrating how two of entertainment's biggest stars have supported each other through personal and professional transformations while maintaining a bond that has inspired multiple musical tributes.
