The Swiftie Guide To What Friendship Bracelets To Make For The Eras Tour (2024)

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It may have started with a simple line, an invitation, if you will. Make the friendship bracelets, take the moment, and taste it, Taylor Swift implored her fans in her 2022 hit “You’re On Your Own Kid” from her latest album Midnights. In true Swiftie style, the song’s bridge (“make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it”) became a worldwide phenomenon as fans embraced it, sang it at the top of their lungs, and took her suggestion to make friendship bracelets quite seriously.When Swift embarked on her Eras Tour in March 2023, suddenly, the accessory, more commonly associated with preadolescent sleepovers than concert fashion, became the year's fashion currency and a symbol of community.

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“Taylor Swift has led the charge on bringing beaded friendship bracelets, out of their past lives at summer camps, into the forefront of fashion culture this year,” says Emilia de Poret, the fashion director at Klarna, which saw an increase of 915% in purchases of friendship bracelet kits this year.

Similarly, on eBay Australia, searches for terms like “friendship bracelets” and “Taylor Swift friendship bracelets” have increased by more than 15,200%. The accessory has reached such popularity that the Pennsylvania hospital where Taylor Swift was born handed friendship bracelets to babies born on December 13, the pop star’s birthday.

Following the Eras Tour on TikTok — where videos with #friendshipbracelet got 200 million views and #erastourfriendshipbracelet collected over 30 million — it was hard to not feel a sense of FOMO over the craze. Fans shared tutorials on how to make bracelets, while others simply showed off their creations. Even celebrities like Channing Tatum, Sydney Sweeney, Selena Gomez, Jennifer Lawrence, and Gigi Hadid wore and exchanged beaded friendship bracelets with Taylor Swift fans. Later, we all found out that it was an undelivered friendship bracelet that Travis Kelce made for Swift that started the year’s most talked-about romance.

If you want to participate in the friendship bracelet trend, below is an unabridged list of what friendship bracelets to make, by each Taylor Swift era.

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Taylor Swift Friendship Bracelet Ideas

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Song titles:

Tim McGraw, Picture To Burn, Teardrops On My Guitar, A Place In This World, Cold As You, The Outside, Tied Together With A Smile, Stay Beautiful, Should’ve Said No, Mary’s Song (Oh My My My), Our Song, I’m Only Me When I’m With You, Invisible, A Perfectly Good Heart.

Lyrics:

- Georgia stars
- Play it again
- Realllll Slow
- Obsessive and crazy
- Slamming scream door
- Old pickup truck
- Just a girl
- State the obvious
- You're Gay
- On a wishing star

References:

- Debut
- Taylor's Version
- 13

Fearless Friendship Bracelet Ideas

Song titles:

Fearless, Fifteen, Love Story, Hey Stephen, White Horse, You Belong With Me, Breathe, Tell Me Why, You're Not Sorry, The Way I Loved You, Forever & Always, The Best Day, Change, Jump Then Fall, Untouchable, Come In With The Rain, Superstar, The Other Side of the Door, Today Was A Fairytale, You All Over Me, Mr. Perfectly Fine, We Were Happy, That's When, Don't You, Bye Bye Baby.

Lyrics:

- Best dress
- Head first fearless
- IDK how it gets better than this
- This ain't a fairytale
- Small town
- Screaming and fighting
- Kissing in the rain
- 2 am
- Casually cruel
- Magic in the air
- Just say yes
- Once upon a time
- Cheer captain
- Short skirts
- Not a princess

References:

- Tired of drama
- Sorry :(
- Junior jewels
- Abigail
- In my monologue

Speak Now Friendship Bracelet Ideas

Song titles:

Mine, Sparks Fly, Back To December, Speak Now, Dear John, Mean, The Story of Us, Never Grow Up, Enchanted, Better Than Revenge, Innocent, Haunted, Last Kiss, Long Live, Ours, Superman, Electric Touch, When Emma Falls In Love, I Can See You, Castles Crumbling, Foolish One, Timeless.

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Lyrics:

- Don't say yes
- Gown shaped like a pastry
- Next chapter
- Wonderstruck
- Enchanted to meet you
- Careless man's careful daughter
- Drop everything now
- That September night
- Wishful thinking
- Moth to the flame
- Remember this moment
- Crowds went wild
- Book you can't put down
- Lights go wild
- Life in pictures
- Promise me this
- Start of an age

References:

- RIP mattress
- Tay and Tay
- Back To December (TSITP Version)
- Taylor's Version

Red Friendship Bracelet Ideas

Song titles:

State of Grace, Red, Treacherous, I Knew You Were Trouble, All Too Well, 22, I Almost Do, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Stay Stay Stay, The Last Time, Holy Ground, Sad Beautiful Tragic, The Lucky One, Everything Has Changed, Starlight, Begin Again, The Moment I Knew, Come Back ... Be Here, Girl At Home, Ronan, Better Man, Nothing New, Babe, Message In A Bottle, I Bet You Think About Me, Forever Winter, Run, The Very First Night.

Lyrics:

- Casually cruel
- f*ck the patriarchy
- Omg she's insane
- Twin flame
- Idk about you
- Feeling 22
- Just feel used
- Night at the hotel
- Indie music
- It was rare
- I was there
- Passionate as sin
- Autumn leaves
- Made of starlight
- Burnin Red
- U could be the one
- Lovely jewel
- Wednesday in a café

References:

- Taylor's Version
- ATW10MV
- ATWTMVFTVSGAVRALPS (All Too Well Ten Minute Version From The Vault Sad Girl Autumn Version Recorded At Long Pond Studios)
- Sad Girl Autumn
- Who’s Taylor Swift anyway, ew
- A lot going on at the moment

1989 Friendship Bracelet Ideas

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Song titles:

Welcome To New York, Blank Space, Style, Out of the Woods, All You Had To Do Was Stay, Shake It Off, I Wish You Would, Bad Blood, Wildest Dreams, How You Get The Girl, This Love, I Know Places, Clean, Wonderland, You Are In Love, New Romantics. slu*t. Say Don't Go. Now That We Don't Talk. Suburban Legends. Is It Over Now?

Lyrics:

- Red Lip Classic
- Young and reckless
- Shake, shake, shake
- Good girl faith
- This sick beat
- James Dean Daydream
- Nothing in my brain
- Take me home
- Haters gonna hate
- Players gonna play
- Mad love
- Drunk in love
- Moonlit swimming pools
- Blue dress
- White snow
- Handsome as hell
- In the silence
- Finally clean
- You say nothing back
- Sunrise BLVD

References:

- She wasn't doing anything
- Hey! Stop!
- Starbucks lovers
- Taylor's version
- No it's Becky
- I <3 TS

Reputation Friendship Bracelet Ideas

Song titles:

... Ready For It?, End Game, I Did Something Bad, Don't Blame Me, Delicate, Look What you Made Me Do, So It Goes..., Gorgeous, Getaway Car, King of my Heart, Dancing With Our Hands Tied, Dress, This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, Call It What You Want, New Year's Day.

Lyrics:

- Let the games begin
- Island breeze
- Ratatatata
- Cuz she's dead
- Big Reputation
- Home to my cats
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Poison Ivy
- I'm Your Daisy
- Karma
- Want your midnights
- Love made me crazy
- Worst of crimes
- U fancy me
- Not fancy stuff
- Starry eyes
- Isn't it
- Light me up

References:

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- 1, 2, 3 LGB
- RIP Taylor
- Here lies Taylor Swift's Reputation
- Is Karma real?

Lover Friendship Bracelet Ideas

Song titles:

I Forgot That You Existed, Cruel Summer, Lover, The Man, The Archer, I Think He Knows, Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince, Paper Rings, Cornelia Street, Death By a Thousand Cuts, London Boy, Soon You'll Get Better, False God, You Need To Calm Down, Afterglow, Me!, It's Nice To Have A Friend, Daylight. All Of The Girls You Loved Before.

Lyrics:

- Alls well that ends well
- You are what you love
- Spelling is fun
- Golden, like daylight
- Grinning like a devil
- I'm NYC
- Worship this love
- Devils roll the dice
- Angels roll their eyes
- My heart
- My hips
- My body
- My love
- IDK
- Can you see right through me?
- Bitch not a baller
- Lyrical smile
- Indigo eyes
- The moon is high
- Who could stay?

References:

- Je suis calme
- Benjamin Button
- Clownelia Street
- I am a rich man
- RIP Loverfest

Folklore Friendship Bracelet Ideas

Song titles:

The 1, Cardigan, The Last Great American Dynasty, Exile, My Tears Ricochet, Mirrorball, Seven, August, This Is Me Trying, Illicit Affairs, Invisible String, Mad Woman, Epiphany, Betty, Peace, Hoax, The Lakes.

Lyrics:

- For the hope of it all
- Bottle of wine
- Stars around my scars
- Devils in the details
- Sequin smile
- Lost in the memory
- On some new sh*t
- Bitch pack friends
- Sensual politics
- Summer love
- Don't call me kid
- Don't call me baby
- Tallest tiptoes
- Shining just 4 u
- Key Lime Green
- Loudest woman
- Salt air
- Ahead of the curve
- Auroras and sad prose
- f*ck you forever
- Purple pink skies

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References:

- Folkwhor*
- MILF (Man I Love Folklore)
- Augustine, Betty and James

Evermore Friendship Bracelet Ideas

Song titles:

Willow, Champagne Problems, Gold Rush, 'Tis The Damn Season, Tolerate It, No Body No Crime, Happiness, Dorothea, Coney Island, Ivy, Cowboy Like Me, Long Story Short, Marjorie, Closure, Evermore, Right Where You Left Me, It's Time To Go.

Lyrics:

- f*cked in the head
- Babe for the weekend
- I think he did it
- She was with me, dude
- He did it
- Bandit like me
- Boots beneath my bed
- I'm covered in you
- Dangerous game
- Never gonna love again
- Bluest skies
- Grocery store receipt
- Singing to me now
- Fancy sh*t
- 90s trend

References:

- Olive garden
- Featuring HAIM
- Forgotten album
- Woodvale
- My mind is alive

Midnights Friendship Bracelet Ideas

Song titles:

Lavender Haze, Maroon, Anti-Hero, Snow on the Beach, You're On Your Own, Kid, Midnight Rain, Question...?, Vigilante sh*t, Bejeweled, Labyrinth, Karma, Sweet Nothing, Mastermind, Hits Different, The Great War, Bigger Than The Whole Sky, Paris, High Infidelity, Glitch, Would've Could've Should've, Dear Reader, You're Losing Me.

Lyrics:

- Sexy baby
- It's me
- I'm the problem
- Real f*cking legacy
- Nice!
- Shimmer
- Monster on the hill
- Pathological people pleaser
- He was sunshine
- I was midnight rain
- He wanted a bride
- Making my own name
- Draw the cat eye
- Meet me at midnight
- I miss sparkling
- Karma is a cat
- Karma is my boyfriend
- Like we are in Paris
- So scarlet it was maroon
- Weird but f*cking beautiful
- Make the friendship bracelets
- You can face this
- I'm just too soft for all of it
- Best thing at this party
- Risk something babe
- Now you're mine

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References:

- Guy on the Chiefs
- The erros tour
- Facts
- Featuring more Lana Del Rey
- Featuring Ice Spice
- Shut up wench!
- Karma is my bestie

The Tortured Poets Department Friendship Bracelet Ideas

Fortnight. The Tortured Poets Department. My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys. Down Bad. So Long, London. But Daddy I Love Him. Fresh Out The Slammer. Florida!!!. Guilty as Sin?. Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?. I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can). LOML. I Can Do It With A Broken Heart. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived. The Alchemy. Clara Bow.

Bracelets Without An 'A'

- Shimmer
- You Belong With Me
- Story Of Us
- Burning red
- Cherry lips
- 1989
- 22
- 13
- The 1
- Lets go bitch
- Ours
- Mr perfectly fine
- Wonderstruck
- Shimmer
- How you get the girl
- 10 min version
- Red

Bracelets Without An 'A'

- Midnights
- Karma
- Cardigan
- Mirrorball
- TS
- YOYOK
- ATWTMVTVFTV
- Taylor Swift
- Bad Blood
- Long Story Short
- Mad Woman
- I Wish You Would
- LWYMMD
- Gold Rush
- Willow
- London Boy
- Our Song
- Sparks Fly
- Dear John
- I Wish You Would
- Midnight Rain
- Tim McGraw

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