Lorde's friendship with Taylor Swift gathers pace with Instagram snap

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 09:54 EST, 23 February 2014 | UPDATED: 10:05 EST, 23 February 2014

It's hard to believe that New Zealand singer Lorde once referred to Taylor Swift as 'too flawless and unattainable' - because the pair have been acting like inseparable twins recently.

Posting gushing tributes to each other on Twitter after awards ceremonies is one thing, but posting Instagram snaps of loving embraces - as Taylor did recently - takes things to a whole new level.

Taylor kept the good vibrations alive on Sunday with an Instagram pic of the two of them enjoying a day at the beach.

Turning to smile at the camera - each wearing complementary outfits of shorts and skirt, similar blue tops and sunglasses - the two looked like they were shooting promo photos for an impending girl group.

Seeing as 17-year-old Lorde has just been in London attending the BRIT awards, and Taylor was recently spotted going about her day-to-day business in West Hollywood, it's safe to say that the picture wasn't taken recently.

Taylor posted the photo on Sunday and kept the caption purposefully vague, by keeping the location a secret and simply writing: 'Bare feet in the sand on a Saturday...'

Fair enough. If they are enjoying a close friendship together, the last thing Taylor wants to do is tell her eight-million-plus Instagram followers where to find them.

And the idea of them starting a girl group is not as ridiculous as it sounds.

Taylor's cute picture comes only a couple of days after Lorde spoke on London's Capital FM Radio about a possible collaboration between the two.

Lorde said that the very fact that their musical styles were so radically different could be the thing that made working together interesting - and successful.

She said: 'The cool thing about Taylor is she is pretty willing to go a lot of places with music. I think that last record [Red] in particular, everyone was, like, 'Woah, a lot of ground has been covered'.

'And I think with an artist like her the sky is the limit.'

With record industry money men no doubt dreaming of such a collaboration, what could possibly be stopping these two BFFs getting started?