- Taylor Swift will be a guest on the “New Heights” podcast hosted by Travis and Jason Kelce.
- The episode will air on Wednesday, August 13 at 7 p.m. ET.
- This is Swift’s first appearance on the podcast, though she has been a topic of conversation previously.
One of the most popular podcasts in sports will have a special guest this week.
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and his brother, Jason, will welcome Taylor Swift to their “New Heights” podcast. Swift and Travis started dating two years ago and have become the NFL’s most popular celebrity couple. For the first time in their relationship, Swift will appear on the show.
“New Heights” teased a surprise show this week with a new guest. Many speculated that it would be Swift and the show confirmed those rumors with a clip from the upcoming episode.
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If Swifties needed another reason to tune in, they got one. At 12:12 a.m. ET on Aug. 12, the show posted a clip from the upcoming episode in which Swift shows her new album “The Life of a Showgirl.”
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That’s more than enough reason to tune in this week. Here’s everything to know ahead of Swift’s appearance on “New Heights” this week:
New Heights podcast, Taylor Swift live updates: What to know
When does the New Heights Taylor Swift episode come out?
The special “New Heights” podcast episode with Taylor Swift releases Wednesday, Aug. 13 at 7 p.m. ET.
Where to watch the New Heights podcast
You can catch the “New Heights” in both podcast and video format. It’s the top show on Apple Music and also available on Spotify. In video form, it’s available on YouTube.
Will Taylor Swift announce her new album on the podcast?
Yes, a clip from the upcoming episode shows Swift unveiling her new album “The Life of a Showgirl.” It’s her 12th studio album and the second in as many years after 2024’s “The Tortured Poets Department.”
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Has Taylor Swift been on Travis Kelce’s podcast before?
No, this is the artist’s first appearance on the show but she’s been mentioned many times over the last two years.
Travis first talked about going to one of her concerts on an episode in July 2023.
“I was disappointed that she doesn’t talk before or after her shows because she has to save her voice for the 44 songs she sings so I was a little butthurt I didn’t get to hand her one of the bracelets I made her,” Travis said. “If you’re up on Taylor Swift concerts, there are friendship bracelets and I had received a bunch of them, but I wanted to give Taylor Swift one with my number on it.”
Two months later, the two were officially dating.
What is the New Heights podcast?
The show premiered on Sept. 7, 2022 when both brothers were active players in the NFL. Jason was entering his 12th and penultimate season with the Philadelphia Eagles as their starting center. He retired following the 2023 NFL season after earning his sixth career first-team All-Pro honor.
Jason’s career with the Eagles and Travis’ with the Chiefs means prominent people from both franchises have appeared on the show. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, general manager Howie Roseman, coach Nick Sirianni and running back Saquon Barkley have all appeared at least once on the podcast. Same goes for Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, defensive tackle Chris Jones and coach Andy Reid.
The podcast grew in popularity enough over the following two years that Wondery, Amazon’s podcast platform, paid more than $100 million for the ad sales and distribution rights for the show.
New Heights guests history
Swift is one of the highest-profile guests the brothers have had on the show but she’s not alone. Here are some of the more notable non-football guests to appear on “New Heights”:
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With that in mind, it should come as no surprise that Clark is among the many Swifties who have the Zoomies now that it’s been reveled Swift has a new album, “The Life of Showgirl,” dropping soon.
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Travis Kelce talks being Taylor Swift’s ‘plus one’
For Travis Kelce, “plus one” is a badge of honor.
The Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end, who has in recent years become arguably the most famous boyfriend on the planet, revealed in a recent interview that when your date is Taylor Swift, being a sidekick isn’t half bad.
“I get to be the plus one,” he told GQ in a cover story published Tuesday, Aug. 12. “I get to go and be that fan. Because I am a fan. I’m a fan of music. I’m a fan of art.”
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What to know about Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’
After a drought of 555 days, a new dazzling Taylor Swift era has entered the chat. Introducing: “The Life of a Showgirl.”
Swift confirmed the news on a “New Heights” podcast teaser released at 12:12 a.m. ET on Aug. 12. The singer pulled out a blurred out album cover for her new project.
“This is my brand-new album, ‘The Life of a Showgirl,'” Swift says.
How Travis Kelce made Taylor Swift football fan
Taylor Swift is a full-fledged football fan now, and it’s mostly because of Travis Kelce.
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end declared this in a new GQ cover story released on Aug. 12. Swift, of course, has frequently been spotted at Kelce’s games, particularly at Arrowhead Stadium, since the two stars began dating two years ago.
“I sort of made her a football fan,” Kelce said in the interview. “She is the most engulfed fan now. She knows what the injury reports look like. She understands what special situations are, third and short – all these things because she just naturally loves to hear about my job.”
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“When there is not a camera on us, we’re just two people that are in love,” Kelce said. “It can be perceived as something else because of how much it is talked about and how much we are tracked whenever we do go out, but I would say that it’s as normal of. … It happened very organically even though from a media standpoint it was being tracked. It still happened very organically.”
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A baby born in Missouri has been named after Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.
Liberty Hospital shared in a social media post Friday, July 25 that they were “so excited to announce the birth of the youngest Swiftie and newest member of The Kansas City Chiefs Red Kingdom!!”
“Kelce Taylor is officially in her newborn era,” the hospital happily announced. The news follows the Kansas City Chiefs tight end’s first public Instagram photos with the pop superstar after two years of dating.
Fans react after Taylor Swift reveals ‘The Life of a Showgirl’
Swifties, welcome to your next era: “The Life of a Showgirl.”
While Swifties await the release of the full podcast episode on Aug. 13 at 7 p.m. ET, the fanbase has taken to social media to decode Easter eggs, analyze color schemes and bask in collective excitement.
Here’s a look at the internet’s reaction to “The Life of a Showgirl.”
