Whether you’re a fan of public displays of celebration or not, one thing that we all can’t deny is that whenever the 4th of July comes around, you can’t help but think about the Queen of the US Independence holiday, Taylor Swift. Killer outfits, a solid girl gang of hotties and loads of baked sugary goods to wind down to. We take a look back at how T Swift celebrated over the years:

2013: PRe girl gang taylor

GUEST LIST: Red tour backing dancers and signers

SETTING: Taylor’s Rhode Island Chateau

HIGHLIGHT: Body painting

2014: Yacht-LIfe

GUEST LIST: Jaimie King, Rachel Szor, Andrew Garfield

SETTING: A yacht

HIGHLIGHT: The yacht

2015: a star-spangled affair

GUEST LIST: Gigi, Cara, Este Haim, Uzo Aduba, Karlie Kloss, Abigail Anderson, Martha hunt, Calvin harris

SETTING: Taylor’s Rhode Island Chateau

HIGHLIGHT: Patriotic inflatable slide

2016: New year, Same Squad

GUEST LIST: Same Squad & Ruby Rose

SETTING: Taylor’s Rhode Island Chateau

HIGHLIGHT: Star spangled onesies 

2017: radio silence…

After a solid four year run, it seemed as though the now-iconic Independence bash had come to an imminent close. No pictures, the squad vacationed apart with family and close friends. Taylor went into virtual hiding…

By 2018  it became clear; we may not ever get another highly anticipated Insta-extravaganza from the Queen of January 4th specials. We’ll just have to live vicariously from the Insta posts of those that had the privilege of attending… if Instagram isn’t still down that is…