Taylor Swift releases first songs seemingly about Travis Kelce in new album
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It sounds like “The Guy on the Chiefs” officially has some songs written (probably) about him on Taylor Swift’s new album.
Swift released her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” on Friday, and it has already broken multiple records, including ones she previously held.
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The theme of “The Tortured Poets Department” is not necessarily to push through the pain; it’s to take the time to process it.
The new album tells the poetic stories of Swift’s heartbreak with longtime boyfriend Joe Alwyn, the rebounding heartbreak with her short fling, Matty Healy, and finally, her journey to finding love with Travis Kelce.
While there’s so much more to Taylor Swift’s music than the relationships she writes songs about, it’s objectively fun to find connections to her lore. So, Swifties did just that with “The Tortured Poets Department” and Swift’s surprise 2 a.m. drop, “TTPD: The Anthology.”
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The most obvious nods to KillaTrav come in the songs “The Alchemy” and “So High School.”
“The Alchemy”
While Swift and Kelce began dating in August after the Kansas City Chiefs tight end gave her a shout-out on his New Heights podcast in late July, they didn’t go public until Swift attended her first Chiefs game in late September.
There are multiple football references in the lyrics of “The Alchemy,” particularly in the chorus: “So when I touch down, call the amateurs and cut ’em from the team.”
“Cause the sign on your heart, (maybe a nod to Kelce’s celebration after scoring a touchdown at the Bills game) said it’s still reserved for me. Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy?”
Another lyric says, “I circled you on a map.” Do you think this is referencing the jokes that Swift put Kelce on the map?
Finally, the bridge lyrics go, “There was no chance trying to be the greatest in the league. Where’s the trophy? He just comes, running over to me.”
It was hard to avoid the headlines of Swift and Kelce’s embrace following the AFC Championship and the Super Bowl.
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“So High School”
Let us start by pointing out that the Spotify picture for this song has stadium lights.
More explicitly, Swift highlighted their initials in the song’s official lyrics video, using pink letters for “T,” “K,” “T,” and “S” in the lyrics, “cheeks pink in the twinkling lights.”
This song is one big ‘Tayvis’ reference, but “You know how to ball, I know Aristotle” checks out. She sings, “You knew what you wanted and, boy, you got her.” This refers to the beginning of their relationship and how Kelce called out Swift in an episode of New Heights.
Another one of Swift’s references was the line, “Are you gonna marry, kiss, or kill me? It’s just a game, but really, I’m bettin’ on all three, for us two.”
Back in 2016, Kelce was interviewed by Trending Hollywood and was asked to play a round of Kiss, Marry, Kill, where he had to choose between Ariana Grande, Katy Perry and Swift.
One last one… the song also features the lyrics, “I feel like laughin’ in the middle of practice, To that impression you did of your dad again.”
Fans of the couple quickly pick up on Swift’s allusion in the song, as Kelce is well-known for mocking his dad, Ed, on his podcast. The social media account for “New Heights” even played into the lyrics on their Twitter page.
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So what’s next? Rumors have it that Kelce may accompany her on the road when she resumes her massive tour next month in Paris.
