Selena Gomez revealed that her BFF Taylor Swift has yet another talent up her sleeve: painting.
The actress shared that Swift gifted her a handmade, sentimental painting for her 30th birthday.
“She did it on an actual cloth, and she painted a beautiful lake,” Gomez described during her Tuesday appearance on the “Friends Keep Secrets” podcast.
Selena Gomez revealed that her BFF Taylor Swift (the duo pictured above in 2025) gifted her a handmade painting for her 30th birthday. selenagomez/Instagram
“She did it on an actual cloth, and she painted a beautiful lake,” Gomez described during her Tuesday appearance on the “Friends Keep Secrets” podcast (seen above). Friends Keep Secrets/YouTube
“It was at night, and the moon was there and in the stars… she painted our exact star signs. So for hers [Sagittarius] and mine [Cancer], and she said, ‘Here’s to the next 30 years,’ hand sewn, ‘From Taylor to Selena,’ and it was all sewn by hand, so she had it painted or she painted it.”
“It’s just, instead of writing, ‘Here’s to the next 30 years,’ or printing it, she sewed every letter,” Gomez, 33, continued. “It was the sweetest gift.”
On top of the beautiful display, Swift, 36, also hand-wrote the lyrics to a song she wrote about Gomez.
“It was at night, and the moon was there and in the stars… she painted our exact star signs,” the actress (pictured with Swift at the 58th Grammy Awards in 2016) continued. Getty Images for NARAS
Gomez’s husband, Benny Blanco, (seen above with his wife during Tuesday’s episode) shared that he was “fully blown away” by Swift’s piece of art. friendskeepsecrets/YouTube
Although the “Only Murders in the Building” star didn’t say which song lyrics they were, she also revealed in the episode that Swift wrote “Dorothea” about her, as well as a vault track titled “Family” about their friendship.
Gomez’s husband, Benny Blanco, who joined her for the podcast interview, shared that he was “fully blown away” when his wife pulled the piece of art out of storage while going through old belongings.
“She pulls out this piece of art, and I’m like, ‘Ah, this is perfect for the living room,’ and I said, ‘Who made this painting?’ It’s like one of the best paintings I’ve ever seen.”
“I said, ‘Who made this painting?’” Blanco recalled. “It’s like one of the best paintings I’ve ever seen.” Friends Keep Secrets/YouTube
The singers (seen above at the 81st Annual Golden Globes in 2024) have been best friends since 2008. CBS
The singers have been friends since 2008 when they were each dating a Jonas Brother — Gomez was with Nick and Swift was with Joe.
“It was cute. We were young … We didn’t know what we were doing,” the former Disney Channel star recalled on the “Therapuss” podcast last August.
The duo “became best friends, bonded over the breakup,” and the rest was history.
They have been by each others’ sides ever since, with Swift supporting Gomez at her wedding last September (seen above). selenagomez/Instagram
Gomez (seen above with Swift at a Chiefs game last December) is even slated to be one of Swift’s bridesmaids at her wedding to fiancé Travis Kelce. readingchica/TikTok
Since then, they have been there for each other through huge milestones in their professional and personal lives.
Swift supported Gomez when she walked down the aisle at her lavish Santa Barbara, Calif. wedding last September.
Now, Gomez is slated to be one of Swift’s bridesmaids in her highly anticipated wedding to fiancé Travis Kelce.