at the 2024 MTV VMAs Taylor Swift showed support for former rival Katie Perry during her video Vanguard Award performance Swift was seen dancing and singing along to Perry's hits including teenage dream with her friend Suki Waterhouse the Highlight came during Perry's acceptance speech where she made a provocative remark you can be both kind and CT Swift's reaction was captured on video showing her surprise and Amusement as she turned to collaborator Jack Antonoff and smiled despite their past Feud the two pop stars appear to have reconciled Swift's 2014 song Bad Blood was widely believed to be about Perry a claim that Swift indirectly confirmed in interviews Perry had allegedly tried to sabotage Swift's tour but the two have since buried the hatchet they reconciled publicly when Perry appeared in Swift's 2019 video for you need to calm down their friendship continued to evolve as evidenced by Perry's attendance at Swift's Eris tour in Sydney earlier this year where she danced to Bad Blood and shared a backstage selfie with swift the VMAs showcased their ongoing friendship and mutual support