Taylor Swift made her first appearance on partner Travis Kelce’s New Heights podcast and whipped fans into a frenzy as she gave fans an insight into her personal life
Taylor Swift has laid bare her Love Story as she dropped details of her hotly anticipated new album in a podcast chat with her boyfriend. The Bad Blood star whipped fans into a frenzy this week when she talked about her upcoming record, The Life of a Showgirl, on her NFL boyfriend Travis Kelce’s show.
The loved-up couple gave their first joint interview, sharing intimate details of their life from how they got together and their first date to baking sourdough. The move was an unexpected one by Taylor, 35, who usually channels her private life through her music.
Two years ago, Travis used his New Heights podcast to declare his interest in Taylor, and the singer said the Kansas City Chiefs star’s “wild, romantic” gesture won her over. “This kind of felt more like I was in an 80s John Hughes movie and he was just like standing outside of my window with a boombox, just being like, I want to date you,” she said.
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“I was like, if this guy isn’t crazy, which is a big if, this is sort of what I have been writing songs about wanting to happen to me since I was a teenager.”
Proud Travis, 35, declared his love for her throughout the two-hour chat with his brother, Jason. He could not contain his excitement when she announced on the show her 12th studio album, which is out on October 3.
Unveiling the artwork, Taylor is seen submerged in a bath while dressed in a bejewelled ensemble in the style of famous Las Vegas performers. Discussing how Taylor’s record-breaking Eras tour, when she performed 149 shows in 51 cities, inspired the record, Travis said: “She was literally living the life of a showgirl.”
Writing the 12-track album on her days off between shows in Europe, Taylor said: “I would do like three shows in a row. I would have three days off. I would fly to Sweden, go back to the tour, and working on this, I was physically exhausted at this point, but I was so mentally stimulated and so excited to be creating.”
She revealed the record is about the life beyond the show. “I’d say it is everything that was going on behind the curtain,” she teased. “I’m so proud of it. It just comes from the most infectiously joyful wild dramatic place I was in my life. The effervescence has come through on this record.”
As one of the few people who have had a sneak listen, Travis said it was a departure from her last hit, The Tortured Poets Society, which reached 1.76billion streams.
“They are all 12 bangers,” he enthused. “It is a lot more upbeat and it is a lot more like fun, pop, like excitement. And I think it is a complete 180 from a lot of the songs on Tortured Poets, for sure.”
“Oh, yeah, life is more upbeat,” agreed Taylor, who promised “melodies that were so infectious that you are angry” at them and “crisp, focused and intentional” lyrics. She has worked again with collaborators Max Martin and Shellback, who she teamed up with on albums Red, Reputation and 1989 and songs Shake It Off and Are You Ready?
Taylor had been dropping hints for months about the record, including orange signs and numerical references. Fans had even rumbled her duet with Sabrina Carpenter on the album’s title track after the pair posted matching coffee cup stains.
Now they are busy trying to decipher other songs, including speculation that Ruin the Friendship could be inspired by a rumoured fallout between her and actress Blake Lively.
The star got emotional when she opened up about buying back the rights to her first six albums, which she did in May, ending a long-running battle over the ownership of her music.
“I want this because it was my handwritten diary entries from my entire life,” she said. As the world gets ready to go wild again for Taylor, she has been enjoying a slower pace of life doing wholesome activities.
“I would say all my hobbies could be categorised as hobbies you could have had in the 1700s,” she laughed. “I get all my granny s***. I like to sew. I specialise, as you know, in children’s purses and baby blankets. I make two things. I love to paint. I love to cook. I’ve a different baking obsession every six months.
“Right now, we are very deep in a sourdough obsession that has taken over my life. I am really talking about bread 60 per cent of the time now. I love making pop music and pop tarts.”
