Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran’s enduring bond: from music collabs to Selena Gomez’s wedding

Disney icon-turned-pop star and business mogul Selena Gomez has tied the knot with her musician beau, Benny Blanco. The ceremony was a private affair held at the Sea Crest Nursery in Santa Barbara, California, on September 27.

The star-studded guest list included Gomez’s Only Murders in the Building co-stars Steve Martin, Martin Short and Paul Rudd, as well as Édgar Ramirez and Zoe Saldaña, who she starred alongside in Emilia Perez, per People magazine. The bride’s long-term BFF, Taylor Swift, and the groom’s frequent collaborator and close pal Ed Sheeran were also present and made speeches at the wedding.

Swift, who is engaged to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, quipped in her speech about her bestie “[beating] her to the altar”, per the Daily Mail. Meanwhile, Sheeran is married to his childhood friend, Cherry Seaborn.

The “Blank Space” singer has never shied away from showing her appreciation for fellow artists. In 2012, for a show in Australia, she famously wrote the lyrics to Sheeran’s “Lego House” on her arm, prompting the English singer-songwriter to set up a meeting with her via her manager, reports People. Speaking of the early days of their friendship, Sheeran revealed on the Call Her Daddy podcast that he “spent almost every single day with [Swift] for about six months”, though he only sees her “four times a year” now.

In the year Swift and Sheeran met, the pair collaborated on her songs “Run” and “Everything Has Changed”. He also opened for her on her Red Tour. Years later, the two made “End Game,” and she hopped on his remix of “The Joker and the Queen”. They’ve since done many joint performances, and Sheeran even popped up to do a duet with Swift during one of the London shows on her Eras Tour.