For Beyoncé's 40th birthday celebration, Harper's Bazaar released a star-studded video tribute of celebrities sending their well wishes, including Swift. She told the "Renaissance" icon, "Happy birthday, Beyoncé, it's Taylor," and later added, "The fact that you have paved the road that every female artist is walking down now, then the fact that you've done so with such kindness and such grace. I just... To say I admire you — there's just not a word for it."