Taylor Swift makes surprise appearance at Grammys 2026 afterparty after skipping the awards ceremony

Taylor Swift was spotted attending a Grammys afterparty, after skipping the main show.

The singer, 36, mingled with guests at a bash on Sunday night, in a clip shared via X on Monday. 

The superstar — whose text messages calling director Justin Baldoni a ‘b***h’ amid his legal battle with Swift’s pal Blake Lively were recently unsealed — sipped on a cocktail and chatted with friends.

She wore a chic black top along with her trademark red lipstick. The star accessorized with gold necklaces and wore her blonde hair down in a straight style. 

‘Taylor Swift spotted at a Grammys after party,’ the caption of the clip read. 

Daily Mail has reached out to Swift’s representatives for comment, but has not heard back. 

Swift was not nominated for an award this year, after her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, missed the cutoff for 2026 nominations.

One fan wrote, ‘I missed her.’

Another fan thought they spotted Swift’s brother in the clip as well, writing ‘That’s Austin [Swift] next to Taylor!’ 

It’s unclear whose party Swift was attending.  

Many fans were hoping to see the star presenting or performing at the show, as plenty of her famous pals, including Sabrina Carpenter, Haim and Lady Gaga, were in attendance and up for awards.

At the 2025 Grammys, Swift was nominated for Album of the Year for The Tortured Poets Department, but lost out to Beyonce.

Her song ‘Fortnight’ was also nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Swift was also nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album, which Carpenter won for her album Short n’ Sweet.

Lastly, she and Gracie Abrams were nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance but lost to Gaga and Bruno Mars.

Swift has a total of 14 Grammys.

In 2010, Swift secured her first four Grammy wins, including Album of the Year and Best Country Album for Fearless, as well as Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance for ‘White Horse.’

Grammys executive producer Ben Winston addressed, clarified and shut down the rumors that the superstar would be present at this year’s annual award ceremony a few days prior to the show.

This comes amid reports that Swift and her fiancé Travis Kelce are facing their ‘first real test’ in their relationship while wedding planning.

After HITS Daily Double published a rumor that she would be performing, he cleared it up in an interview with the same publication on January 22.

‘The only reason people think Taylor might be performing or coming is because HITS decided to print it this week and put it in their HITS List, and it was picked up globally,’ he told the outlet.

‘But HITS just totally made that up. And now I am getting asked about it by you, as if it’s a real thing, when it was made up in your office! That really is a full-circle rumor!’

This comes just a little over a month after Swift hinted at her next album being released sooner rather than later.

She dropped The Life of a Showgirl in October 2025 and has released nine albums in the span of five years.

In her Disney+ docuseries, The End of an Era, she hinted at a forthcoming album release to eclipse The Life of a Showgirl, which she referred to as ‘the biggest album of her career to date.’

Swift is also busy planning her upcoming summer wedding to the Kansas City Chiefs tight end Kelce, who proposed to her in August in a flower-filled garden.