Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are giving the world the moment they've been waiting for—well, at least one of the moments they've been waiting for.
After two years together, Kelce and Swift have decided to now is the time for her to appear on the uber-popular New Heights podcast, making it ground zero for the biggest pop-culture moment of the season.
In a surprise appearance on the chart-topping podcast (and her first interview in a long time), Swift unveiled the cover and title of her forthcoming 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl. In doing so, the NFL's most charismatic star and the music world’s most dominant force are going to generate (somehow) more attention than ever before.
Posted at 12:12 on the 12th. ❤️🔥 Tay’s 12th album is called…………
— New Heights (@newheightshow) August 12, 2025
pre pre-order now at https://t.co/oGYV230otf pic.twitter.com/gUAIEEDZmm
In a midnight teaser of the New Heights episode, Swift sits with the Kelces, opens a mint-green briefcase stamped “T.S.,” and reveals the new album title (with its for-now blurred cover) while confirming she’ll be the show’s featured guest when the full episode drops on Wednesday.
Pre-orders for physical versions of The Life of a Showgirl went live immediately, signaling a coordinated launch between the pop culture icons.
It's hard to imagine just how popular this episode will prove to be. New Heights has climbed as high as No. 4 in Edison Research’s national Top 50 in overall podcast popularity and is consistently No. 1 in its category. It's already a national talking point without having an ultra-celebrity as the guest.
As for Swift? She’s a tsunami of media coverage. She's the most streamed artist in history, has won 14 Grammys, and Forbes estimates her net worth at $1.6 billion. Her recent Eras Tour is the highest-grossing tour in music history. That’s quite the gravitational force to be sitting next to Travis and Jason Kelce on what is already a massive platform.
The jokes are already out there about Swift's appearance "breaking the internet", but given the combined reach of Swifties and Chiefs fans, they may be underselling it.