You Need to See the Photos Taylor Swift Posted of Her Vacation With Calvin Harris
Photo: Courtesy of Taylor Swift/Instagram1/9Taylor Swift knows her way around writing songs about relationships. And she's been in a solid relationship with DJ Calvin Harris for the past year — a milestone which they both celebrated very publicly...well, at least as public as social media is. (Hint: it's very public.) So how do you celebrate making it to an anniversary when you can count "talking about love" as part of your job?
Well, when you're two of the biggest music stars in the whole world, you jet off to a tropical island to escape winter for a few days. So, armed with an array of swim suits and — we hope — tons of sunscreen, Taylor and Calvin took off to vacation on the beach, and do they ever have the photos to show for it.
While both artists typically keep their private lives off of social media, they broke that unofficial rule in grand fashion by uploading a ton of photos all at once to multiple platforms. Before you ask: yes, they basically nailed almost every vacation photo trope ever. They could basically give a master class in Instagram.
So while you might not be able to escape to a private island this spring break, just remember: you too can strike a pose like Taylor while someone dutifully documents your sandy frolicking for social media and all posterity. Just, you know...Calvin Harris not necessarily included.
Photo: Courtesy of Taylor Swift/Instagram2/9What do you do in the picturesque waters of a pristine ocean? Why, jump off a gigantic, inflated trampoline. Swans were so last season.
3/9But lest you think they'd ignore the inflatable swans entirely, Calvin Snapped Taylor helping guide one through the sea. (Yeah, and you thought your pool setup was sweet.)
4/9Someone (most likely Taylor) then Snapped Calvin relaxing on his swan, to the calming melody of angry rap music.
Photo: Courtesy of Taylor Swift/Instagram5/9Of course, no vacation would be complete without a little preening for the 'gram. Hey, you do it. We do it. Everyone does it. There's truly no shame in Taylor's game here, and there shouldn't be, either.
Photo: Courtesy of Calvin Harris/Instagram6/9And while Taylor was the one to upload a photo of the two kissing — foot pop and all — Calvin opted for a much chiller portrait of the two of them on total Baywatch patrol.
(Zac Efron, if you need extras in your film, call them.)
Photo: Courtesy of Calvin Harris/Instagram7/9Yes, men are guilty of posing for an artsy Instagram pic here and there, too. We're all equal opportunity offenders here. And we won't ever apologize.
8/9But by far the sweetest photo was the one Taylor uploaded of the duo's initials written in the sand. We already knew that the singer called her boyfriend by his given name — he was born Adam Wiles — so it's only fitting that she'd immortalize their love with the appropriate letters...at least, until the tide washes it away.
