They’re used to dominating on the field, and now the Kelce brothers are about to have the kind of streaming day any podcast host dreams of.
This morning, NFL stars Travis and Jason Kelce have been joined behind the mic by none other than Taylor Swift for a special episode of their podcast, New Heights. While this isn’t Swift’s first-ever podcast, it is her first in a long time, and fans are buzzing with excitement.
Keep scrolling for everything we’ve learned from the highly anticipated appearance.
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How She and Travis First Met
“This podcast has done a lot for me,” Swift joked about her appearance on New Heights. “I owe a lot to this podcast. This podcast got me a boyfriend, ever since Travis decided to use it as his personal dating app two years ago.”
Swift was referencing the moment in 2023 when Travis expressed his disappointment on the podcast after learning that Swift didn’t meet people after her Eras Tour shows. He had even made her a friendship bracelet with his number on it, hoping to catch her attention. However, Swift revealed that she never actually saw those bracelets, joking that Travis “threw a tantrum” after she didn’t speak to him and discarded them before leaving the stadium.
Finally, Swift shared her thoughts upon seeing the “wild” gesture. “It was such a wild romantic gesture to be like, ‘I WANNA DATE YOU,’” she laughed. “This dude didn’t get a meet and greet; he’s making it everyone’s problem.”
While you might think that the clear way to meet Swift as a fellow star would be through her management, Travis had other plans. According to Swift, he simply thought that since she was performing at his home stadium in Kansas City, he could speak to the woman operating the elevator and ask to be let backstage. Thankfully, Swift reached out to him after contemplating one major point: “If this guy isn’t crazy, which is a big if,” she said of the moment she saw the podcast clip.
Reflecting on their relationship, Swift mentioned, “This is sort of what I have been writing songs about wanting to happen to me since I was a teenager. This kind of felt like I was in an ’80s John Hughes movie.”
Reclaiming Her Masters
As fans know, Swift recently announced that she now owns all the music she has ever made. It has been a long journey of fighting to reclaim her work, including re-recording several albums. While fans were aware of her ownership, the details of how it came about were less known until now.
Swift shared that she initially thought re-recording her albums was the closest she would ever get to owning her music, a prospect she contemplated “every day.” However, when the Eras Tour concluded, she and her team decided to make one more attempt to buy back her masters from the current owners, Shamrock Holdings.
“What I was looking to do was buy my music outright,” she explained. “I wanna own all of it. But it was a long shot to think that they would sell that asset to me.” Instead of treating it as a business deal, Swift opted to appeal to the emotions of those involved. “I’m in the business of human emotion,” she stated. “I would so much rather lead heart first in something like this… I wanted this because this is my handwritten diary entries of my whole life.”
Rather than sending her lawyers in, Swift had her mother and brother speak to the team at Shamrock Capital. They shared the emotional significance of the music to her, recounting the many times they had tried to buy it back and how those attempts had fallen through.
After the meeting, Swift’s mother called her with good news, but it took a couple of months for the final decision to come through. When she received the call that they had successfully bought back her music, Swift described her reaction: “I just like very dramatically hit the floor, I started bawling my eyes out and I’m just weeping and unable to [speak].”
She quickly composed herself to share the news with Travis, who was playing video games at the time. Upon hearing her news, he immediately put his headset down and began to cry as well. “I’ve seen how you make music and how you make videos,” Travis said. “I was blown away that you had been doing this your entire life and for your first six albums you weren’t given the rights to all of that.”
Swift expressed her gratitude for Travis being there during such an emotional moment, saying, “This changed my life; I can’t believe it still. Every time I think about it, I think about how lucky am I?”
Where Can I Watch the Podcast?
The New Heights podcast is available on most podcast streaming services, including Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts. Fans eager to catch the episode can tune in to hear the delightful banter and heartfelt stories shared between Swift and the Kelce brothers.
What Time Does the Podcast Drop?
The Taylor Swift episode of the New Heights podcast was released at 9 AM AEST, making it a perfect morning treat for fans eager to hear from the pop icon.
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