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In addition, she updated her TikTok bio line to now read: \"This is pretty much just a cat account.\"

Benjamin is Swift's newest kitty, meeting the little guy while filming her 2019 music video, \"Me!\" The singer even shared a sweet behind-the-scenes video of their fateful first meeting, when he stole her heart -- and turned her into a cat lady -- by purring up a storm the moment she held him.

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