Lorde gives rare glimpse into Taylor Swift friendship with screenshot of private text

New Zealand singer Lorde has shared a screenshot of her private exchange with longtime BFF Taylor Swift in a very rare glimpse into their friendship.

Taylor Swift and Lorde have been friends for years.

Lorde has shared an intimate text between her and longtime friend Taylor Swift, giving fans a rare look into their bond.

The All Too Well singer told the Royals songstress in a sweet message from 2017, “You will always be imagined in my mind in a rowboat with Annie Lennox floating down a river of cool cerebral ethereal dreams but don’t-f**k-with-me vibes all around you.”

Swift continued, “And I don’t think first week record sales singularly define a legacy,” referencing her friend’s album Melodrama.

Lorde, who has been friends with the Wildest Dreams singer for nearly decade, shared the text on her Instagram Story in honour of her second album’s sixth anniversary, reports Page Six.

She wrote over the touching screenshot, “Taylor was very kind and not wrong.”

Lorde has marked the anniversary of her album launch by sharing a sweet text exchange with her friend. Picture: Larry Busacca/Getty Images

In it, Swift wrote that she imagined Lorde “in my mind in a rowboat with Annie Lennox”.

The musicians’ friendship has at times been complicated, though, as Lorde once insinuated that being Swift’s pal was like being around someone with an “auto-immune disease.”

“It’s like having a friend with very specific allergies,” the songstress told the Guardian in June 2017.

“There are certain places you can’t go together. Certain things you can’t do. There are different sets of considerations within the friendship.”

Swift embracing Lorde at the Grammys in 2014. Picture: Kevin Mazur/WireImage

While Lorde, 26, never mentioned Swift’s name, fans quickly caught onto her reference and the Ribs singer later issued an apology.

“Didn’t mention taylor, but regardless, i f**ked up & that was really insensitive. i’m sorry,” she wrote in a since-deleted tweet.

The pair have previously shared pictures together on social media. Picture: Instagram

It is unclear just how close Swift and Lorde are currently. The Bad Blood singer has not publicly returned the New Zealand singer’s love online, but she may be too busy with her Eras tour.

Swift, 33, is currently three months into her eight-month-long tour and is performing next in Minneapolis, Minn., on June 23.

The Blank Space singer was also recently in a short-lived romance with The 1975 frontman Matty Healy following her break-up with Joe Alwyn in April.

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission