{"id":382413,"date":"2026-04-16T11:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/382413\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:52:09","slug":"taylor-swift-says-friend-dakota-johnsons-honesty-is-refreshing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/382413\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Says Friend Dakota Johnson’s Honesty Is ‘Refreshing’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tTaylor Swift <\/a>likes Dakota Johnson\u2019s style. On Wednesday (April 15), TIME<\/a> unveiled its \u201c100 most influential people\u201d list featuring the actress, paired with a thoughtful tribute the pop star penned in her friend\u2019s honor. <\/p>\n

\n\tCalling Johnson\u2019s career \u201cfascinatingly varied and eclectic,\u201d Swift began her blurb by writing that \u201ceveryone is still getting to know Dakota.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt seems the more they learn, the more there is to fall in love with,\u201d the 14-time Grammy winner continued. \u201cIn recent years, as she\u2019s promoted her films, the name Dakota\u202fJohnson has become synonymous with refreshing honesty in a world of media-trained answers. Maybe it\u2019s her sing-song vocal delivery, serenely answering questions with such frank candor it makes you feel like maybe this girl just\u202f\u2026\u202fcan\u2019t lie?!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAs her friend, I can vouch for her realness, but add that she\u2019s also one of the most empathetic people I\u2019ve ever known,\u201d Swift continued. \u201cAnd maybe it\u2019s true that she can\u2019t lie. But I\u2019ll tell you a few more things she can\u2019t do. She can\u2019t stop asking people questions about their lives, endlessly curious about everyone else\u2019s human experience.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tThe hitmaker also shouted out Johnson for starting her own production company, TeaTime Pictures, and for \u201cexploring the most intricate relationship complexities\u201d in films such as Splitsville and Materialists. \u201cCaptivating in front of the screen and inquisitive behind it, her unfailing truthfulness helps to shape her ever\u202fevolving storytelling into art that feels as real and timeless as she is,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Swift pointed out, the Hollywood star has been in the industry since young adulthood \u2014 but her breakout role was as leading lady Anastasia Steele in the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise. In 2017, the Eras Tour headliner teamed up with Zayn Malik to create \u201cI Don\u2019t Wanna Live Forever\u201d for the second film in the series, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe two women have been friends for years, and in May 2025, Johnson stepped out for dinner with Swift<\/a> in New York City shortly after the the pop superstar announced that she\u2019d purchased her master recordings.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther artists on this year\u2019s TIME100 list are JENNIE of BLACKPINK, Luke Combs and Noah Kahan, whose blurbs were written by fellow stars Gracie Abrams, Ed Sheeran and Marcus Mumford, respectively. <\/p>\n


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