Controversial hip hop star Kanye West might be ready to finally quash the long-held bad blood with Taylor Swift — and it all started with a single social media move via US Magazine.
As of Saturday, February 1, West is now following Swift, 35, on Instagram. He also dropped a screenshot of his “Following” list on his Instagram Stories, noting that Swift is the only one included. (As of Sunday, February 2, West also started following a private account named “eylulrhyme.”)
He later took to the platform to celebrate his 2025 Grammy nomination — also leaving a Swift-themed Easter egg.
“Thank you to the Grammies [sic] for nominating ‘Carnival,’” West captioned a photo of the Grammy trophy, tagging the likes of Swift, Ty Dolla Sign, Playboi Carti, Rich the Kid and the Recording Academy.
West’s “Carnival” is up for “Best Rap Song” at Sunday’s awards show, while Swift scored five nods for her album The Tortured Poets Department and an additional nomination for her and Gracie Abrams’ duet, “us.”
Swift and West go way back to 2009 as the rapper interrupted her MTV Video Music Awards acceptance speech, proclaiming that Beyoncé should have taken home the trophy instead.
Later, Swift had issued a call for peace in Speak Now’s “Innocent” before West mentioned her by name in “Famous,” citing, “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / I made that bitch famous.”
West had claimed that Swift gave him permission to include the vulgar lyric, which she repeatedly vehemently denied. West’s then-wife, Kim Kardashian, subsequently released footage of an alleged phone call between the two Grammy winners that corroborated West’s version of events. It has since come to light that the call was edited.
