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She spent her 33rd birthday “in the studio, of course” with her close friend and longtime producer Antonoff – presumably working on her 11th studio album The Tortured Poets Department.

“I wouldn’t have it any other way,” she wrote on Instagram alongside the photo, in which she held up three fingers on each hand (presumably for 33, but there was a lot of speculation).

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I refer to her Red When she hit 22, she captioned her 32nd birthday post: “*Don’t say it, don’t say it OKAY I’ll say it:* I’M FEELING 32.” She danced the night away with Alana Haim, whose Birthday is two days after hers.

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On her 31st birthday, Swift was the one who gave her fans a gift: her ninth studio album Always.

“I’ve been looking forward to turning 31 since I was 13 because it’s my lucky number backwards, so I wanted to surprise you with it now,” she said on Instagram. “You’ve all been so caring, supportive and thoughtful on my birthdays, so I thought I’d get you something this time!”

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On her 30th birthday, she performed at the 2019 Jingle Ball and threw “the most aggressive holiday party the woman has ever seen” with Antoni Porowski, Gigi Hadid, Martha Hunt, Jonathan Van Ness and other celebrity friends.

“I truly feel so happy for you all and will forever try to find ways to thank you. *cries in Christmas tree*,” Swift wrote in the Instagram post.

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After her performance at the Jingle Ball in London on December 10, she commemorated the concert by posting a long shot of the stage and audience on Instagram.

“I couldn’t have asked for a better year, all thanks to you,” she wrote. “I can’t wait to see what 28 will be like. See you on tour 😄.”

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Following her highly publicized feud with Kanye West and his then-wife Kim Kardashian, Swift took an extended break from the spotlight in 2016, which she revealed in her 2020 documentary Miss Americana that “no one physically saw me for a year.” She only returned to the public eye with the release of her single “Look What You Made Me Do” in August 2017.

Although Swift didn’t post anything about her 27th birthday, her friends Hadid, Kloss, Hunt and even Kevin Costner wished her a happy birthday.

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In 2015 Us weekly reported that Swift and her then-boyfriend Calvin Harris attended a Christmas and birthday party at Jimmy Iovine’s home in Malibu, California, for her 26th birthday.

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In a now-deleted Instagram photo, Swift revealed that she had rang in her 24th birthday with a tour in Australia with Lorde and friends.

“My 24th birthday was a garden party in Melbourne,” she captioned the post. “The best birthday I’ve ever had.”

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In photos obtained from E! NewsSwift spent her 23rd birthday in England walking around with her then-boyfriend Harry Styles.

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At the age she immortalized in her song “22,” Swift shared Shine that her last birthday was her “favorite yet.” She revealed that she had thrown a “crazy” and “wild” party at her Nashville apartment with friends in town.

“Everyone was dancing and the music was so loud that we had noise complaints,” she remembers. “It was a real party.”

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On the morning of her 21st birthday, Swift attended a radio show in Nashville with her friend Julianne Hough. According to PEOPLE, she later hosted a party at her family’s home in Hendersonville, Tennessee, with her loved ones, crew and band.

In her song “All Too Well (10 Minute Version),” she famously alluded to an imperfect 21st birthday party, writing about a boyfriend who skipped the celebrations and a father who watched her disappointment.

“But then he watched all night as I watched the front door and wanted you to come/And he said, ‘It’s supposed to be fun turning twenty-one,'” she sang in the 2021 hit.

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PEOPLE reported in 2009 that to mark her 20th birthday, Swift donated $250,000 to schools across the country that she has visited and worked with throughout her career.

“At the end of this great year, and especially on my birthday, I wanted to give back to something I truly believe in, which is education,” she said at the time.