Taylor Swift (Kind of) Came Out of Hiding to Praise BFF Ed Sheeran

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published 20 April 17

The annual TIME 100 list is out (you know, the 100 most influential people in the world, as decreed by Time magazine) and Ed Sheeran is on it. The ginger Brit has had a pretty big year. He released his first new album in three years and returned to social media after an extended hiatus.

But maybe the biggest sign that he's actually an influential human is the fact that Taylor Swift herself penned his TIME 100 bio. Winning a Grammy? Meh. Getting Taylor Swift to (even kind of) come out of her 2017 hermit-ude? Now, that proves you wield influence.

So what did Swift have to say about her guy BFF? Nothing but good things, obviously.

Here she is on the secret to Ed's success:

And on the moment he (wrongly) thought he'd never, ever win a Grammy:

Congratulations, Ed. Now, use that influence to get Taylor to post even one Instagram that proves she's alive. We'll settle for an Instagram Story at this point.

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Kayleigh Roberts

Kayleigh Roberts is a freelance writer and editor with more than 10 years of professional experience. Her byline has appeared in Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Harper’s Bazaar, The Atlantic, Allure, Entertainment Weekly, MTV, Bustle, Refinery29, Girls’ Life Magazine, Just Jared, and Tiger Beat, among other publications. She's a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.