Taylor Swift on 'New Heights': Meeting Travis Kelce, Chiefs Fandom, New Music, More

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Taylor Swift shined as this week's special guest on "New Heights," discussing learning the ins and outs of the NFL, becoming a Kansas City Chiefs fan, reclaiming her master recordings, wrapping up her latest world tour and the release of her highly anticipated upcoming 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," in Wednesday's new episode.

This was Swift's first appearance on the mega-popular podcast, which is hosted by her boyfriend, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, and his brother, former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce.

Here are the standout moments from Wednesday's episode:

"This podcast has done a lot for me," Swift said with a grin "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 about two years ago. ... It was such a wild, romantic gesture. ... I was like, 'If this guy isn't crazy, which is a big if, this is sort of what I've been writing songs about wanting to happen to me since I was a teenager.'"

Travis famously mentioned on "New Heights" that he went to one of Swift's shows at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City in July 2023 and tried to connect with her at the show but wasn't able to. Rumors quickly began to swirl that word had gotten back to Swift and that the two had met and ultimately sparked a relationship that summer, but the pair didn't go public until the fall, when Swift attended her first Chiefs game on September 24, 2023.

Fans had been strongly anticipating this episode's release ever since "New Heights" dropped its initial promotional graphic on Monday teasing a "very special" surprise guest. Later that day, Swift was confirmed as the guest with another promo post -- a clip featuring her and Travis sitting side by side in the podcast studio. In the very early hours of Tuesday morning, "New Heights" dropped a third promo post that nearly broke the internet -- a clip from the episode in which Swift revealed the completion of her 12th studio album to the Kelce brothers.

Here are some fun facts about Wednesday's "New Heights" episode featuring Swift:

Swift grew up in Reading, Pennsylvania, just 90 minutes outside Philadelphia. Her song "Gold Rush" includes a lyric about an "Eagles T-shirt," which she clarified during her stop in Philly on The Eras Tour in February is about the football team, not the rock band. With 14 Grammys, 12 number-one singles and the highest-grossing tour of all time under her belt, Swift is one of the most decorated, highest-certified and best-selling music artists of all time.

Travis is a highly decorated star in his own right. A three-time Super Bowl champion and 10-time Pro Bowler, Travis holds a handful of NFL records, including most consecutive and overall seasons with 1,000 receiving yards by a tight end (seven) and most receiving yards by a tight end in a single season (1,416). Jason is also a Super Bowl champion and seven-time Pro Bowler, and he's widely considered to be a future first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer.

The Kelce brothers launched "New Heights" in Sept. 2022, and the show saw a huge rise in popularity in the summer of 2023 at the start of Travis and Swift's relationship. The podcast has grown to over 2.85 million subscribers as of Aug. 13 and gained over half a million new YouTube subscribers after Swift's new album announcement on Aug. 12.

The "New Heights" promo video of Swift announcing her album got 175 million views on Instagram. Within the first minute of Wednesday's episode's release on YouTube, 720,000-plus viewers were tuned in to watch the live premiere. Over a million people were tuned in and watching the episode within five minutes of it being live.