Before the era of the Bad Blood music video, the 10-way red carpet dates and even the 4th of July parties, Taylor Swift had a much smaller, more exclusive squad. 

Back in the day, the singer kept herself surrounded by a pretty tight-knit crew, and believe it or not, Emma Stone was one of them. WE KNOW, IT BLEW OUR MINDS TOO. 

So naturally, we've gone into full 'investigative journo' mode and figured out the exact timeline of this epic, yet criminally forgotten about BFF-ship. #Emaylor forever. 

April 2008: The pair meet

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Emma and Taylor first run into each other at HollywoodLife's Young Hollywood Awards. Look. At. Their. Little. Baby. Faces.

Emma later reveals that the two bonded over email (yes, EMAIL) before taking their friendship IRL. 

December 2009: Ice cream date

Taylor and Emma are spotted out in New York together, going for dinner and then heading to Baskin Robbins for ice cream and sweets. Food AND friendship goals. 

April 2010: Cute quotes

Speaking to MTV, Emma reveals that Taylor has a 'sick sense of humour'. She adds: "Nobody knows that. She's so great. People are seeing it more now, and she's so funny and she's exactly who you think she is, and I love that."

September 2010: Red carpet debut

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Emma takes Taylor as her date to the LA premiere of her film Easy A. Unrelated, but Easy A is one of the greatest movies ever made. 

February 2011: A-list mingling

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The two are pictured getting their cocktail party on at a Weinstein bash in LA. 

February 2011: Fancy Oscars parties ahoy

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Emma and Taylor attend Vanity Fair's Oscars party together (and look suitably incredible).

June 2011: Emma gets her own private listening party

Emma reveals that she got to hear Taylor's album Speak Now before it was released to the public. She tells MTV: "I was lucky enough to hear it pretty early on, so it's so exciting for it to be out and own the songs instead of just be singing them [in my head]."

August 2011: Taylor gets a BFF award

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Not quite, but Emma does present Taylor with the Ultimate Choice Award at the Teen Choice Awards. It's very cute.

August 2011: Sister status confirmed

Tay reveals that Emma and Selena are by far her closest pals, telling PopSugar: "My friends are amazing and I'm so thankful to have them, [but] the ones that are like sisters to me are Selena Gomez and Emma Stone... They can predict my thoughts; I've known them for so long it's really cool to have friends that are that close." 

Yes, Emma used to be on SELENA LEVELS OF SQUAD-SHIP.

October 2012: Long-distance besties

Taylor explains how she doesn't let time zones get in between her, Emma and Selena's friendship, telling Access Hollywood: "I'm definitely a girl's girl. I need to tell my friends everything I'm going through. Like we have these big group texts. One of us is in New York, one of us is in LA, one of us is in Nashville or Paris or something like that, but we always keep in touch."

She adds: "Emma and Selena and I, so many things in our lives has changed over the last couple years, but our friendship has stayed the same." Oh, and she says Emma's the first person she calls after a break up. Agh, imagine the goss. 

October 2012: The BFFs take Paris

Taylor takes a break from shooting promo shots for her Red album to hang out with Emma in Paris. It's the last time they're spotted together for a while. 

September 2013: Taylor and Hailee bond

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Taylor attends Hailee Steinfeld's movie premiere for Romeo & Juliet, which surprises some people. Hailee explains how they know each other to E! News, saying: "We met, oh my gosh, like three years ago through our mutual friend Emma Stone." 

July 2014: 4th of July celebrations

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Emma and Andrew Garfield (SOB) join Taylor for her first official squad holiday. They're joined by the likes of Lena Dunham and Jaime King. 

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December 2014: Broadway meet up

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Taylor watches Emma perform in her Broadway show Cabaret and celebrates with a cute Instagram pic. 

February 2015: Everything Has Changed? (See what we did there?)

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Emma and Taylor both attend Saturday Night Live's 40th anniversary special in New York but aren't pictured together. 'WHY?', we scream.

August 2015: 1989 domination

During Taylor's LA leg of her 1989 world tour, a bunch of celebrities flock to watch (and do a little catwalk up on stage). While Emma doesn't take part in the latter, she's spotted by the soundboards at one of Tay's shows. 

November 2015: Squad 2.0

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SQUAD PLOT TWIST: Emma's pictured out at dinner with Adele and Jennifer Lawrence. The betrayal.

February 2016: Please welcome to the stage…

Emma and new pal J-Law are spotted at Adele's concert in LA having the greatest time ever. Woody Harrelson and Tom Hanks are also there. We'd really like to see what THAT Bad Blood video looks like.

May 2016: Hair twins

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Taylor might've called Emma her 'sister' back in 2011, but in 2016, the closest we get to this is the two having matching hairstyles after they both dye their locks platinum blonde. 

Was their friendship just one long, beautiful dream? We don't know. What we DO know is that we miss it. 

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