Taylor Swift just made history as the youngest songwriter ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame – and her other writing talents, private texts with Blake Lively, have now gone public.
At 36, Swift beat the previous youngest honoree Carole Bayer Sager by seven years, cementing her status as a pop icon turned songwriting legend.
Her Hall of Fame submission included hits like All Too Well (10-Minute Version), Blank Space, Anti-Hero, Love Story, and The Last Great American Dynasty, all meeting the 20-year composition rule.
The Class of 2026 is stacked, featuring KISS’s Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, Alanis Morissette, Kenny Loggins, Walter Afanasieff, and Tricky Stewart.
Swift’s induction ceremony is set for June 11 at New York’s Marriott Marquis, but the drama hit just hours ago.
Lively’s texts with Swift about Justin Baldoni, the It Ends With Us director and Lively’s co-star, were revealed as part of the ongoing sexual harassment lawsuit.
Taylor Swiftjust made history as the youngest songwriter ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame – and her other writing talents, private texts with Blake Lively, have now gone public
Lively’s texts with Swift about Justin Baldoni, the It Ends With Us director and Lively’s co-star, were revealed as part of the ongoing sexual harassment lawsuit
According to court papers, Lively referred to Baldoni as the ‘doofus director of my movie,’ while Swift pledged her support, texting: ‘I’ll do anything for you!’
After a meeting about revising the script, Lively praised Swift, calling her the ‘absolute greatest friend ever.’
In other exchanges, Swift weighed in on using one of her songs in the film and suggested that Baldoni was not ‘strategic.’
Just before a bombshell New York Times story was set to drop in December 2024 detailing Lively’s claims, Swift wrote: ‘I think this b**** [Baldoni] knows something is coming because he’s gotten out his tiny violin.’
The court documents also show that Lively criticized Baldoni to other high-profile friends, including Matt Damon, his wife Lucy, and Ben Affleck, whom she allegedly described him as a ‘chaotic clown.’
The texts were submitted in a lengthy federal court filing in New York, where Lively responded to multiple allegations from Baldoni.
In the file, Baldoni’s lawyers wrote: ‘On April 12, 2023, Lively asked her friend, the world-famous musician Taylor Swift, for help.
‘Referring to Baldoni as “this doofus director of my movie,” she went on to describe him as “a clown” who “thinks he’s a writer now.”
At 36, Swift beat the previous youngest honoree Carole Bayer Sager by seven years, cementing her status as a pop icon turned songwriting legend
According to court papers, Lively referred to Baldoni as the ‘doofus director of my movie,’ while Swift pledged her support, texting: ‘I’ll do anything for you!’
‘She asked Swift to endorse the revised script she was proposing even without having read it.’
One text to the singer from Lively read: ‘You don’t have to read of course’.
Lively’s side disputed that she asked Swift to endorse the script without reading it, only that she ‘hoped she would’.
In another part, the court document states: ‘Swift agreed to do Lively’s bidding, texting Lively: “I’ll do anything for you !!”
‘Lively and Taylor Swift met with Baldoni at Lively’s apartment, where Swift endorsed the revised draft. Afterward, Lively wrote to Swift: ‘You were so epically heroic today. I recapped every moment to Ryan [Reynolds, Lively’s husband].
‘I kept remembering stuff. You making s*** up about me and lenses. And referring to yourself as my doll. This clown’, an apparent reference to Baldoni, ‘falling for all of it. But also resisting it. You are the world’s absolute greatest friend ever.’
In their response, Lively’s side disputed that Swift agreed to do Lively’s ‘bidding.’
