Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' is full of Travis Kelce references
Taylor Swift's fans have wasted no time spotting what appear to be numerous references to her fiance Travis Kelce on her new album, "The Life of a Showgirl."
Swift wrote the album, which dropped at midnight on Oct. 3, while dating Kelce and traveling the world on her blockbuster Eras Tour.
The two got engaged in August, right after Swift appeared on Kelce's "New Heights" podcast and announced details about "The Life of a Showgirl," her 12th studio album.
Kelce is never named in the album, but from the risqué song "Wood" -- in which Swift incorporates the words "new heights" into the lyrics -- to the song "Opalite" -- a reference to Kelce's birthstone, opal -- it's clear Swift's songwriting was inspired by love.
"This person came into my life and everybody's like, 'Yeah, you've never been so you,' and I think that comes through in music," Swift said of Kelce in an Oct. 3 interview on "Heart Breakfast." "People who fuel you, they fuel every part of you, and they make you walk taller, and they make you present in a more vibrant way. And so hopefully, that, you know, bleeds into the music too."
Here are just a few of the songs in which fans have spotted possible references to Kelce on "The Life of a Showgirl."
'The Fate of Ophelia'
In "The Fate of Ophelia," Swift references Kelce's frequent catchphrase, singing, "Keep it 100 on the land, the sea, thе sky / Pledge allegiance to your hands, your team, your vibes."
Swift fans are speculating there was an Easter egg in Kelce's caption choice when he posted photos on Instagram in July of himself with Swift, making their relationship "Instagram official."
"Had some adventures this offseason, kept it 💯," Kelce captioned the photos.
In the same song, Swift sings "I heard you calling on the megaphone / You want to see me all alone," which could be a reference to Kelce publicly expressing his interest in Swift on his "New Heights" podcast before they started dating.
When Swift appeared on Kelce's podcast in August, she described what it was like to be called out romantically in such a public way.
"It was such a wild, romantic gesture," Swift said, adding that the attempt "felt more like I was in an '80s John Hughes movie, and he was like standing outside of my window with a boombox, just being like, 'I wanna date you!'"
'Opalite'
Kelce's birthstone for his October birthday is an opal, which fans pointed to as the possible inspiration for Swift's single "Opalite," which both Swift and Kelce have said is the football player's favorite song on the album.
"But now the sky is opalite / Oh my lord, never met no one like you before," Swift sings.
In an Oct. 3 interview about the album, Swift confirmed fan speculation that the song is a nod to Kelce.
"I think that's his favorite. He loves that one," she said on "Capital Breakfast," adding that she became fixated on the word opalite after learning that it's a manmade opal, and that Kelce's birthstone is opal.
"I've always fixed on that, I've always loved that stone. I thought it was kind of a cool metaphor that it's a manmade opal, and happiness can also be manmade, too," Stone said. "So that's kind of what the song is about, the kind of juxtaposition of those two."
'Wi$h Li$t'
Another song, "Wi$h Li$t," features Swift singing about finding a "best friend who I think is hot."
"I just want you / Have a couple kids, got the whole block lookin' like you," she sings. "I made wishes on all of the stars / Please, God, bring me a best friend / Who I think is hot."
In her interview on "Heart Breakfast," Swift said "Wi$h Li$t" is her favorite song on the album.
"It's a really dreamy song. It's a really romantic song," Swift said. "It details all these different things that people aspire to have in their lives and all the wishes that people are making all over the world of, like, things in their lifestyle or things they want to buy or places they want to go, and then in the chorus it talks about what mine would be."
She added, "I'm just really into that one."
