Lorde Posts Tweet Clearing Up Taylor Swift Squad Confusion: 'Taylor is a Dear Friend'

Lorde has responded to all of the headlines saying that she is no longer a member of Taylor Swift‘s squad by reaffirming that she is dear friends with the country-turned-pop singer.

“Something of a frustrating thing to have to address online,” the 20-year-old “Green Light” singer wrote in a statement on Twitter. “Taylor is a dear friend. I love her very much. In the interview in question I had been talking about Bowie and Patti Smith” as idols of hers, “not Taylor!”

She goes on to describe the “squad,” saying that she finds the idea of it “frustrating.”

“It was never some exclusive club,” she says, “but a wide circle of people, some of whom I know…forgive me for the mild eyeroll I popped when it was brought up as if we’re all blood members of a secret cult.”

She goes on to say that she hates the rumors and headlines, and clarifies that Taylor “has been there for me in all of my dark and light moments these past 5 years.”

There you have it — squad or no squad, Lorde and Taylor are still fast friends.