The latest age of Taylor Swift is almost here. In addition to releasing her 12th album in October, the celebrity made her first appearance on New Heights on Wednesday.
The popular, usually football-focused podcast hosted by Travis Kelce, Swift’s boyfriend and tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, and his brother, Jason Kelce, the former center for the Philadelphia Eagles, were part of the rollout for Tuesday’s launch of The Life of a Showgirl.
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On Monday, the show hinted about a very special guest in a special episode on social media by posting an orange backdrop and an enigmatic figure that many people thought was Swift. Later, when Swift revealed her 12th studio album, the show’s social media accounts verified that it was indeed accurate.
This is all the information you require on Swift’s episode.
The major Taylor Swift lessons came… quickly.
1. A teaser snippet of Swift’s upcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl, was first aired on the podcast on Tuesday. Swift revealed a mint-green bag bearing her initials in orange after telling the Kelce brothers she wanted to show them something. When Jason Kelce inquired about its contents, she produced a blurred-cover vinyl record. She said, “This is my brand-new album, The Life of a Showgirl.”
2. She fully embodied the album’s title, The Life of a Showgirl, when she disclosed throughout the entire episode that she worked on the record in Europe when traveling to Sweden between gigs for the Eras Tour. The track list was then read by her. With producers Max Martin and Shellback, the entire record was finished in Sweden.
3. Why is it orange? She referred to Martin as her mentor after saying, “The color embodies what was going on in my inner life during this tour.” She remarked of Martin and Shellback, “These guys are just geniuses.”
4. She says the record is called Bangers. “There aren’t other ones coming,” she added, alluding to a surprise double album, similar to The Tortured Poets Department in 2024. There are just 12 tunes on the release. And on October 3rd, it arrives. “I can’t express how much I care about this record,” she remarked. Travis Kelce described it as a 180 from Tortured Poets, saying it’s much more optimistic. Swift concurred, saying, “Life is happier.
5. The theme of the album? She said, “Everything that was happening behind the curtain.”
6. The purpose of the album? “Vibrant lyrics and catchy melodies,” she explained.
7. The cover of the album? She said, “Themed after the end of my day.” I’m in a bathtub at the end of the day.
8. She also disclosed private information on New Heights, possibly in a manner not seen in many years. For instance: She mentioned that her mother had a new knee. This summer, her dad underwent quintuple bypass surgery. Swift continued, “I knew he would want me to say this,” before disclosing that a stress test had found five blockages in his heart. “My parents upgraded this summer,” she explained.
9. She and Travis Kelce lived in Florida for a long period. She said that our careers, which involve entertaining fans for three hours in NFL stadiums, are really comparable.
10. Jason Kelce inquired about Swift’s and his brother’s responses to online rumors regarding their connection. Really, we don’t. “I don’t see many things,” she remarked. It’s none of my concern if my name appears in the headline itself.
11. She talked about her favorite parts of her self-proclaimed favorite podcast, New Heights. That is brand-new information. She talked about how the podcast helped her find a lover and how they first connected through exchanging friendship bracelets. “This guy is the type of guy she’s been writing songs about, if he’s not crazy,” she laughed.
12. Swift also talked about how Travis Kelce’s interest in Swift was sparked by the Eras Tour. She implied that I might be departing the Eras trip era by mentioning leaving via an orange door on the final day of the trip. The item was a Life of a Showgirl Easter egg.
13. Swift frequently uses Easter eggs to tease her fans. What is her favorite use? Gettingan honorary degree from NYUin 2022 and littering her speech with references to herthen yet-to-be-announced Midnights album.The entire speech, she stated, was an Easter egg, according to the fans.
14. Swift mentioned that baking is still one of her interests. Her current obsession? Making sourdough bread, specifically blueberry lemon, cinnamon swirl and Funfetti variations. She offered a few bread-related puns referencing her discography: Are you bread-y for it? It s a loaf story, baby just say yeast, and Loafing him was bread, among them.
15. Swift discussed regaining control over her entire body of work. In May, it was announced that the popstar purchased her catalog of recordings originally released throughBig Machine Recordsfrom their most recent owner, the private equity firm Shamrock Capital. She did not disclose the amount.
16. Swift said she loves all the rerecorded albums, butRed (Taylor’s Version)is particularly special for the fan-favoriteAll Too Wellvault track, which spans ten minutes.
1. A teaser snippet of Swift’s upcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl, was first aired on the podcast on Tuesday. Swift revealed a mint-green bag bearing her initials in orange after telling the Kelce brothers she wanted to show them something. When Jason Kelce inquired about its contents, she produced a blurred-cover vinyl record. She said, “This is my brand-new album, The Life of a Showgirl.”
2. She fully embodied the album’s title, The Life of a Showgirl, when she disclosed throughout the entire episode that she worked on the record in Europe when traveling to Sweden between gigs for the Eras Tour. The track list was then read by her. With producers Max Martin and Shellback, the entire record was finished in Sweden.
3. Why is it orange? She referred to Martin as her mentor after saying, “The color embodies what was going on in my inner life during this tour.” She remarked of Martin and Shellback, “These guys are just geniuses.”
4. She says the record is called Bangers. “There aren’t other ones coming,” she added, alluding to a surprise double album, similar to The Tortured Poets Department in 2024. There are just 12 tunes on the release. And on October 3rd, it arrives. “I can’t express how much I care about this record,” she remarked. Travis Kelce described it as a 180 from Tortured Poets, saying it’s much more optimistic. Swift concurred, saying, “Life is happier.
5. The theme of the album? She said, “Everything that was happening behind the curtain.”
6. The purpose of the album? “Vibrant lyrics and catchy melodies,” she explained.
7. The cover of the album? She said, “Themed after the end of my day.” I’m in a bathtub at the end of the day.
8. She also shared personal information on New Heights,” arguably in a way she hasn’t in years. For example: Her mom got a new knee, she said. And her dad had quintuple bypass surgery this summer. I knew he would want me to say this, Swift said, before revealing that he had five blockages in his heart discovered through a stress test. This was the summer of my parental upgrades, she said.
9. She spent considerable time in Florida with Travis Kelce. She also said our jobs are very similar, it is to entertain people for three hours in NFL stadiums.
10. Jason Kelce asked his brother and Swift how they handle online chatter about their relationship. We don t, really. I don t see a lot of things, she said. My name can be in the actual headline, and it s none of my business.
11. She shared her favorite segments from New Heights, her self-described favorite podcast. That is new news. She credited the podcast as getting her a boyfriend,” and discussed how the pair started dating via friendship bracelet exchange. If this guy isn’t crazy,” she joked, he’s the kind of guy she’s been writing songs about.
12. Swift also discussed the Eras Tour, which Travis Kelce described as a catalyst for his interest in Swift. She mentioned exiting through an orange door at the last date of the tour, a subliminal hint that I may be leaving the Eras Tour era, she said. It was an Easter egg for The Life of a Showgirl.
13. Swift is known for teasing her fans with Easter eggs. Her favorite use? Gettingan honorary degree from NYUin 2022 and littering her speech with references to herthen yet-to-be-announced Midnights album.Fans were like, the whole speech was an easter egg! she said.
14. Swift listed her hobbies, which still include baking. Her current obsession? Making sourdough bread, specifically blueberry lemon, cinnamon swirl and Funfetti variations. She offered a few bread-related puns referencing her discography: Are you bread-y for it? It s a loaf story, baby just say yeast, and Loafing him was bread, among them.
15. Swift discussed regaining control over her entire body of work. In May, it was announced that the popstar purchased her catalog of recordings originally released throughBig Machine Recordsfrom their most recent owner, the private equity firm Shamrock Capital. She did not disclose the amount.
16. Swift said she loves all the rerecorded albums, butRed (Taylor’s Version)is particularly special for the fan-favoriteAll Too Wellvault track, which spans ten minutes.
How to watch or listen to Taylor Swift on the New Heights podcast
Swift s episode of the New Heights podcast premiered at 7 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday night. It is available to stream in full on YouTube.
Fans who prefer to listen to the show instead can do so via most podcast-streaming platforms: Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Audible, Spotify and Wondery, which produces the show.
The episode ran almost one hour and 45 minutes in duration. Swift was present for the entire run.
The road to Taylor Swift’s episode
Little was known about Swift’s episode ahead of its airing.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the podcast shared clips teasing the forthcoming episode.
As we all know, you know, you guys have a lot of male sports fans that listen to your podcast,” Swift joked in one cut. I think we all know that if there’s one thing that male sports fans want to see in their spaces and on their screens it’s more of me.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid was supportive, though, saying Wednesday that he was happy for the pair.
Both of them like each other, and what a plus that is. They care about each other, and I think that s the most important thing, he said. The older you get, you want these guys to have somebody they can settle down with and that whole deal. And so I think it s a neat deal for them both of them.
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AP Sports Writer Dave Skretta contributed reporting from St. Joseph, Missouri.
