Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce started their romance earlier than The Tortured Poets Division dropped in April 2024, making it the primary album that featured songs impressed by their love.
Whereas nearly all of Swift's eleventh studio album is about previous loves like Matty Healy and Joe Alwyn, one tune, titled “The Alchemy” seemingly refers to her new love with Kelce.
Utilizing intelligent wordplay, Swift makes use of soccer references in her lyrics to offer a shout-out to her boyfriend, who's a decent finish for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. “So once I landing, name the amateurs and reduce them from the crew / Ditch the clowns, get the crown / Child I'm the one to beat,” she sings, “As a result of the signal in your coronary heart mentioned it's nonetheless reserved for me / Actually, who're we to battle The Alchemy?”
The pop star additionally seems to reference her second on the sector with Kelce after he gained Tremendous Bowl LVIII in February. “Shirts off and your folks raise you up over their heads / Beer sticking to the ground / Cheers chanting ‘trigger they mentioned there was no likelihood making an attempt to be the best within the league, the place's the trophy?”
Within the second batch of shock songs dropped hours later, Swift seemingly references Kelce (a lover of comedies and video video games) once more on the monitor “So Excessive Faculty,” the place she compares falling for the athlete to being 16 once more.
“I'm watching American Pie with you on a Saturday night time / Your folks are round so be quiet / I'm making an attempt to stifle my sighs,” she croons on the upbeat monitor. ‘Trigger I really feel so highschool each time I have a look at you / However have a look at you.”
Moreover, the lyric video for “So Excessive Faculty” is fully in Swift's thematic black and white shade scheme, save for one line, the place she sings, “Cheeks pink within the twinkling lights.” Eagle-eyed Swifties observed that the letters TK and TS had been highlighted in pink, main followers to take a position that these are Swift and Kelce's initials.
Michael Owens/Getty Photographs; Sarah Morris/FilmMagic Travis Kelce has no subject with being girlfriend Taylor Swift's muse. The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish, 34, seemingly impressed two tracks on Swift's eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Division, however he wasn't shocked by the refined shout-outs. “He heard all the pieces earlier than it was launched. He's so proud […]
“So Excessive Faculty” additionally options the lyric, “You knew what you needed and, boy, you bought her,” which followers suppose references the beginning of Swift's romance with Kelce, whereby he sought her out at a live performance utilizing a friendship bracelet.
Swift seems to reference a viral video of Kelce being requested to play “Kiss, Marry, Kill” together with her, Ariana Grande and Katy Perry again in 2016. “Are you gonna marry, kiss, or kill me (Kill me) / It's only a sport, however actually (Actually) / I'm bettin' on all three for us two (All three),” she sings. (For the document, he opted to “kiss” Swift on the time, “kill” Grande and “marry” Swift's once-rival Perry.)
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift Patrick Smith/Getty Photographs
Swift continues with the teenage metaphors (and soccer references) within the bridge, singing, “Fact, dare, spin bottles / You know the way to ball, I'm no Aristotle / Model new, full throttle / Train me whereas your boys play Grand Theft Auto.” She refers to his dad, Ed, when she sings: “I really feel like laughing in the course of follow / To that impression you probably did of your dad once more / I'm listening to voices like a madman.”
Swift and Kelce started relationship in summer time 2023 after the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish revealed he needed to offer the singer his quantity by way of a friendship bracelet at her Eras Tour. Although he was unsuccessful on the time, the pair finally related. Swift in the end started attending Kelce's soccer video games and cheered on the athlete all the best way to Tremendous Bowl LVIII.
Taylor Swift grew to become a bonafide sports activities fan after she began relationship NFL star Travis Kelce in summer time 2023. “Soccer is superior, it seems,” Swift quipped to TIME in her December 2023 Individual of the 12 months profile. “I've been lacking out my entire life.” Rooting for Kelce, a decent finish for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, […]
Swift introduced her eleventh studio album in February 2024 after she took house her thirteenth Grammy for Greatest Pop Vocal Album. Though Kelce was unable to attend the ceremony on account of prepping for the Tremendous Bowl, he later revealed that he received a sneak peek on the upcoming album and was critically impressed.
“I've heard a few of it. It's unbelievable,” Kelce mentioned throughout a press occasion on the time. “I can't look ahead to her to shake up the world when it lastly drops.”
Kelce, who proposed in August 2025, was additionally aware about a sneak peek of Swift's upcoming twelfth studio album, The Lifetime of a Showgirl, which comes out in October 2025. Followers, nevertheless, have to attend till its launch to see if Kelce impressed any of the brand new tracks.
