Dakota Johnson has featured on TIME Magazine’s Most Influential People of 2026, and as a tribute, her friend, Taylor Swift, wrote a sweet message for the actress for “Time 100.” Going by the message, it seems the pop icon has a lot to say about her friend, who is “endlessly curious” about others’ “human experience.”
Taylor Swift writes for Dakota Johnson on TIME Magazine’s Most Influential People of 2026
On Wednesday, April 15, TIME unveiled its “100 most influential people” list, featuring actress Dakota Johnson, among others. And it was her friend, Taylor Swift, who penned a thoughtful tribute to her in Time’s column, revealing much about the Hollywood star.
To begin with, the singer revealed that Johnson had “nearly 20 years” of a “fascinatingly varied and eclectic career,” and people are still getting to know her, confessing that the more they learn, the more they fall in love with Johnson. Swift even called her friend’s approach to promotions and interviews “refreshing honesty in a world of media-trained answers.”
“Maybe it’s her sing-song vocal delivery, serenely answering questions with such frank candor it makes you feel like maybe this girl just … can’t lie?!,” Swift wrote in her friend’s honor. The singer even vouched for Johnson’s “realness,” revealing that “she’s also one of the most empathetic people” she knows.
Swift then listed several things Johnson can’t do. “She can’t stop asking people questions about their lives, endlessly curious about everyone else’s human experience. She can’t stop challenging herself, taking newer and bolder risks like building her production company TeaTime Pictures,” Swift mentioned, adding that Johnson “can’t stop exploring the most intricate relationship complexities like in last year’s Splitsville and Materialists.”
Swift concluded her tribute by sharing that Johnson is “captivating in front of the screen and inquisitive behind it.” Moreover, Swift claimed Johnson’s “truthfulness helps to shape her ever-evolving storytelling into art that feels as real and timeless as she is.” “She comes by it honestly,” the pop sensation added.
