Taylor Swift has made a career out of letting fans uncover various easter eggs she includes in songs, but being engaged to Travis Kelce has allowed her to be more direct when addressing elements of her personal life through music.
With Swift’s latest album The Life of a Showgirl dropping on Friday, there are several direct references to the Kansas City Chiefs star sprinkled throughout the 12 songs.
The ninth track, titled “Wood,” includes a mention of Kelce’s podcast within the context of the risque song.
“The Fate of Ophelia,” the album’s opener, seems to reference the start of Swift’s relationship with Kelce when she sings, “I swore my loyalty to me, myself, and I/ Right before you lit my sky up.”
There is another likely reference to Kelce in the song with the line “Keep it one hundred on the land, the sea, the sky.” His first Instagram post with her, from July 24, was captioned: “Had some adventures this offseason, kept it 100.”
The song “Opalite” is a nod to Kelce’s birthstone as an October baby (opal).
Hardcore Swift fans will take note of “Eldest Daughter” receiving the coveted track five spot. There are several instances that seem to reference Kelce, including the end of the first verse (“When you found me, I said I was busy/That was a lie”) and second verse (“When I said I don’t believe in marriage/That was a lie”).
The title of the song likely refers to Swift, who has one younger brother, and it also makes reference to “Every youngest child felt they were raised up in the wild / But now you’re home.”
Kelce, of course, is the youngest sibling in his family with Jason Kelce being two years older.
The penultimate track, “Honey,” contains the word “sweetie” in the lyrics. Kelce called Swift “sweetie” in the Instagram post announcing her appearance on the New Heights podcast.
Kelce has also referred to Swift with that term of endearment on several occasions, including when she greeted him on the field after Kansas City’s victory over the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship Game in January 2024.
The album has only been out for 12 hours at this point, and even though eagle-eared listeners have almost certainly figured out many of the tidbits, easter eggs and references, it’s possible there will be more still to come.
For now, though, these are the most obvious references to Kelce that appear throughout the widely-anticipated 12th album from Swift.
Read the full article here