Taylor Swift’s new era “is almost upon us,” as the pop superstar announced Tuesday that she isn’t just releasing a new album, which is called “The Life of a Showgirl.” She also promoted her appearance Wednesday on “New Heights,” the usually football-themed podcast hosted by her NFL star boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his brother, Jason Kelce, a former player for the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Overnight Wednesday, three clips promoting Swift’s appearance on the podcast have dropped, gone viral and “nearly broken the internet,” as TMZ said. Her fans expect that the episode itself could shatter podcast records and said they hope the producers have “backup servers to handle the traffic.”
In anticipation of the episode, multiple news and entertainment outlets, from the Associated Press to People magazine, have published stories to let the public know how they can listen or watch Swift on the podcast — as if her appearance is of significant national importance, like the Super Bowl or Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Speaking of Trump, the fact that there’s been so much frenzy around Swift going on a podcast seems to counter his declaration in May that she’s “no longer hot,” as Billboard reported. On Truth Social on May 16, Trump raged: “Has noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’”
Trump could have been talking about Swift’s looks, although he revealed in an interview, published in a June 2024 book, that he found her to be “unusually beautiful” — even if she’s “liberal,” Billboard also reported.
In terms of Swiftness being “hot,” Trump was most likely talking about her as a force in national culture. And he changed his tune about her appeal in September 2024 after the “Reputation” singer endorsed Kamala Harris, his Democratic rival in the 2024 election. Swift’s highly anticipated endorsement of the vice president came shortly after Trump and Harris finished their one and only debate.
In her Instagram post, which received more than 11.5 million likes, Swift said, “I’m voting for @kamalaharrisbecause she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos.”
Swift also took issue with Trump earlier using AI images of her to portray her as a MAGA supporter. “The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth,” Swift said.
In response, Trump said: “I was not a Taylor Swift fan. It was just a question of time … She’s a very liberal person, she seems to always endorse a Democrat and she’ll probably pay a price for it in the marketplace.” Several days later, Trump posted an all-caps declaration on Truth Social: “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”
Trump got to gloat after he and Swift attended the 2025 Super Bowl, and Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs lost to the Philadelphia Eagles. At one point, some people in the crowd booed when Swift’s face appeared on the giant screens at the stadium. Trump used the boos to contend that Swift’s cultural influence was on the wane because she didn’t endorse him.
“The only one that had a tougher night than the Kansas City Chiefs was Taylor Swift,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “She got BOOED out of the Stadium. MAGA is very unforgiving!”
Since Swift announced her new album in a clip promoting the “New Heights” episode, her fans have speculated that her new album might contain diss tracks about Trump, according to the Daily Mail. TMZ also said she could write about the reported end of her friendship with Blake Lively, from whom she reportedly became estranged after Lively dragged her into Lively’s messy legal battle against Justin Baldoni.
Overall, little is known about Swift’s appearance on the podcast. In one of the clips, she told the Kelce brothers she wanted to show them something, revealing a mint-green briefcase that featured her initials in orange. She then pulled out a vinyl record with a blurred cover.
“This is my brand new album, ‘The Life of a Showgirl,’” she shared.
In another teaser, Swift took a playful swipe at “male sports fans.” She said to the Kelce brothers: “As we all know, you guys have a lot of male sports fans that listen to your podcast. I think we all know that if there’s one thing that male sports fans want to see in their spaces and on their screens — it’s more of me.”
Swift’s joke played off the backlash she has received from football fans for being shown too many times on TV screens during games. This same clip also had Jason Kelce jubilantly introducing Swift by shouting out many accomplishments, which could again counter Trump’s view that she’s no longer a cultural force.
“She is the most awarded artist in the history of the American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and I Heart Radio Music Awards,” Jason Kelce declared. “Fourteen Grammy Awards, and is the only artist in the history of the awards to win album of the year four times. Last December, she wrapped up (her) Eras Tour, which spanned 149 shows across 51 cities, five continents. It was the most attended tour of all time. Her last album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ set a record with 1.76 billion streams within the first week alone.”
Meanwhile, Swift’s episode of the “New Heights” podcast premieres 7 p.m Pacific time. It will be available to stream in full on YouTube. Fans who would prefer to listen to the show, instead, can do so via most podcast-streaming platforms: Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Audible, Spotify and Wondery, which produces the show.
