Jason and Travis Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast welcomed maybe its most well-known visitor but on Wednesday: Taylor Swift.
The episode marked the famous person’s debut look on the present — a full circle second after Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce first expressed curiosity in Swift throughout a July 2023 episode following her Kansas Metropolis “Eras Tour” cease. Swift and Kelce confirmed their standing as a pair in September 2023.
A countdown clock appeared on Swift’s web site Monday, set to run out at 12:12 a.m. ET on Tuesday. When it hit zero, a “New Heights” Instagram teaser revealed the title of her new album, “The Lifetime of a Showgirl.”
On the podcast Wednesday, Swift shared much more, from the monitor listing to a Texas Longhorns nod, possibly even breaking the web.
Here is what we discovered from “New Heights.”
Album reveal: Palette and playlist
“The Lifetime of a Showgirl,” Swift’s twelfth studio album, is ready for launch Oct. 3. The quilt artwork, which was revealed on the present, options the colour orange, which Swift defined after being prompted by retired Philadelphia Eagles heart Jason Kelce.
“I’ve simply at all times appreciated [the color orange], Jason,” Swift mentioned. “It seems like form of energetically how my life has felt. And this album is about what was occurring behind the scenes in my interior life throughout this tour, which was so exuberant and electrical and vibrant.”
Get a primary take a look at the quilt of Taylor’s new album The Lifetime of a Showgirl
Accessible for pre-order now at https://t.co/aYNn7lTXv8 and releasing in every single place 10/3
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW … And, child, that is present enterprise for you ❤️🔥 pic.twitter.com/BULHWUkDC4
— New Heights (@newheightshow) August 13, 2025
The album consists of 12 tracks, with the ultimate, titular music that includes pop star Sabrina Carpenter.
And now for The Lifetime of a Showgirl again cowl and tracklist reveal ………… pic.twitter.com/qYYZe62OfK
— New Heights (@newheightshow) August 13, 2025
Spectator to superfan
Through the years, Swift hasn’t simply adopted Kelce and the Chiefs. She has develop into a full-fledged NFL fan.
“Oh my god, I fell in love with it,” Swift mentioned. “I turned obsessive about it. I turned an individual who was working by the halls of my home screaming, ‘We drafted Xavier Worthy!’ And my buddies have been like, ‘Who body-snatched you? What do you imply we drafted Xavier Worthy?’ I used to be screeching. I could not consider it.”
The All-Professional tight finish confirmed she was the primary to inform him that Kansas Metropolis drafted the quickest man within the class — Texas Longhorn alum Xavier Worthy, who set the 40-yard sprint document on the 2024 NFL mix with a time of 4.21 seconds.
Taylor is aware of ball@XavierWorthy x @taylorswift13 pic.twitter.com/CyAN1yJN9f
— Texas Soccer (@TexasFootball) August 13, 2025
“… I could not consider it both,” Kelce mentioned. “I used to be like, ‘Is she proper? I am gonna need to look this up. Did she get the fallacious info right here?’ However yeah, we traded up.”
Swift continued to flex her rising NFL data by calling out defensive schemes. Later within the dialog, she and Kelce mentioned the bodily calls for of their careers and swapped restoration tales.
‘New Heights’: Podcast or courting app?
Swift acknowledged the position the Kelce brothers’ present performed in her relationship with Travis, saying: “This podcast did rather a lot for me. I owe rather a lot to this podcast. This podcast obtained me a boyfriend.”
Kelce had first gone public along with his curiosity in July 2023, expressing disappointment that he could not meet Swift at her Kansas Metropolis “Eras Tour” cease.
“I used to be dissatisfied that she does not discuss earlier than or after her reveals as a result of she has to save lots of her voice for the 44 songs she sings,” Kelce mentioned on the time. “When you’re up on Taylor Swift concert events, there are friendship bracelets and I had acquired a bunch of them, however I needed to provide Taylor Swift [a friendship bracelet] with my quantity on it.”
The unconventional transfer labored, although Swift admitted it caught her off guard.
“This dude did not get a meet and greet, and he is making it everybody’s drawback,” she mentioned. “That is what I assumed at first.”
The singer additionally admitted that she has “by no means seen the unique” friendship bracelet.
Swift and the Jason Kelce expertise
Swift’s introduction to the Eagles’ longtime heart was a memorable one.
“I will at all times bear in mind assembly you for the primary time, Jason,” she mentioned.
As a response, Jason requested, “What was that first impression like? Do you know I used to be instructed to be on my greatest conduct?”
She described one among her first experiences with Jason whereas cheering on Travis on the AFC Championship sport in January 2024. Jason being on his “greatest conduct” included leaping shirtless out of a set window at Highmark Stadium.
Did the Swifties break the web? Jason’s ‘numerology’ says sure
Whereas Swift was discussing her new album, the podcast feed on YouTube ended abruptly after round 1 hour and 45 minutes of dialog. The present’s account acknowledged the blip on X.
I imply this video being 1.3 million views is the epitome of numerology
— Jason Kelce (@JasonKelce) August 14, 2025
We hit a glitch however shall be again shortly!!!
— New Heights (@newheightshow) August 14, 2025
Greater than 1,000,000 listeners had tuned in, probably contributing to the hiccup. Amongst them: Indiana Fever star and famous Swiftie Caitlin Clark, who was comfortable to play her half in “breaking the web.”
Swifties so highly effective we broke the web. https://t.co/dIaL1YorLb
— Caitlin Clark (@CaitlinClark22) August 14, 2025
