Have we been transported back to 2014? Katy Perry is making pop music again, TV is all about the game of Thrones Universe, and now Taylor Swift is throwing more parties in Rhode Island.
In 2013, Swift purchased High Watch (formerly Holiday House, featured in her 2020 song “The Last Great American Dynasty”) in Westerly, Rhode Island, becoming the most expensive private home in the entire state and the perfect place for house parties. Not long after her purchase, the pop singer began a tradition of hosting annual Fourth of July Independence Day parties at the property, attended and documented by some of her most famous friends—to the envy of everyone who visited the property. didn’t get an invitation – on Instagram.
When Swift stepped out of the spotlight in 2016 (when she started dating Joe Alwyn), the parties at High Watch stopped — that is, until she revived them in 2023, the same year she launched her earth-shattering Eras Tour. (She skipped that year because she was doing the tour around the world.)
Now, Swift seems ready to get the party started again, as she just hosted another bash at the New England mansion, where she reunited with her NFL boyfriend Travis Kelce and hosted some of her other A-list pals. Below, find out everything we know about the star-studded gathering.
The event brought Taylor and Travis back together.
As Swift wrapped up the European leg of her Eras Tour, she had to spend a few weeks apart from Kelce, who she was last seen with in mid-July when he attended one of her shows in Germany. However, the two finally had their reunion last weekend, as captured in a series of photos obtained by TMZ.
In the photos, Swift and Kelce can be seen getting some fresh air on one of High Watch’s balconies. Swift wore a white spaghetti strap top under a patterned shirt, while Kelce kept it casual in a white muscle shirt.
Members of Kelce’s family were reportedly accompanying the couple, including his brother Jason and Jason’s wife Kylie.
Other prominent friends also took part in this event.
This wasn’t just a family affair, though. In addition to members of the Kelce family, friends like Kelce’s teammate on the Kansas City Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes, and Mahomes’ wife Brittany were also in attendance. Swift’s close friends Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds were also spotted at the residence, as was Bradley Cooper (which leads us to believe his girlfriend and longtime Swift friend Gigi Hadid was likely in attendance as well).
It served partly as a celebration for Blake Lively’s birthday.
Speaking of Lively, the It ends with us Star turned 37 on Sunday, meaning the gathering in Rhode Island likely also served as a birthday celebration.
In photos shared by Deuxmoi, Lively can be seen giving her husband a kiss in front of their Rhode Island home, where the gossip Girl The star rocked an orange bikini top and floral shorts, while Reynolds wore a salmon-colored short-sleeved shirt and a navy baseball cap.
There were several generations there.
While Swift’s Fourth of July parties tend to be geared toward adults, at her last bash, many guests brought their children — including Kylie and Jason, the Mahomeses, Cooper, and Reynolds and Lively. When you have over 10,000 square feet of indoor space, a pool, expansive balconies, and more, why not let the kids run around and have fun, too?
Joel is an editorial and social media assistant at HarpersBAZAAR.com, where he covers all the celebrity news. When he’s not behind the keyboard, you can probably find him singing off-key at concerts, scouring thrift stores for eye-catching clothing, or browsing bookstores for the next great gay novel.
