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Family
Unreleased | 2017
“Family” is one of Taylor’s many unreleased songs. It was first registered with GEMA, a German rights registry, in 2018 and is believed to be a scrapped track from her sixth studio album, reputation (2017). Lyrically, the song tells the story of her close friendship with American actress and singer-songwriter Selena Gomez.
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Background
“Family” was likely written, recorded and registered in late 2016 or early 2017. The song has the same co-writers listed as the reputation track “Dancing With Our Hands Tied.” In March 2026, Selena Gomez, one of Taylor’s oldest and closest friends, revealed that Taylor wrote the song about their friendship:
«There’s this song Taylor wrote about us, and it was called 'Family.' It was over easily a decade ago, insinuating that, 'You have these amazing dreams, you wanna be in movies, and in every crowd I still see you.' And then her part was, 'You believe in my stupid dreams like playing stadiums.' And now when I listen to that song it makes me want to cry because it has happened for us. And that's really sweet because back then she was just like, 'I wrote this song about us,' and it was just our story. It was just the sweetest thing!»
General Information
| Artist | Taylor Swift |
|---|---|
| Status | Unreleased |
| Leaked | 2018 |
| Written | 2016-2017 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | Unknown |
| Songwriters | Taylor Swift Max Martin Shellback Oscar Holter |
Taylor & Selena
