Taylor Swift sings about her relationship with Travis Kelce on 'The Tortured Poets Department' tracks 'The Alchemy' and 'So High School,' both of which have football and game winning references.
Starr is a News Writer for InStyle. She has worked in pop culture and entertainment since 2017 and has been with InStyle since 2024.Swifties, the day that you've been waiting for is finally here — Taylor Swift has released her highly anticipated new album,, but also detailing her exciting storybook romance with Travis Kelce on two standouts songs on its standard and deluxe editions.
Album cut "The Alchemy" is full of football reference, with Swift speaking heavily of terms associated with the sport. On the chorus of the track, she sings, "So when I touch down / Call the amateurs and cut 'em from the team / Ditch the clowns, get the crown / Baby, I'm the one to be / 'Cause the sign on your heart / Said it's still reserved for me / Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy.
Swift's attendance at Kelce's various football games — which culminated in her meeting Kelce on the football field post-Super Bowl and— also appears to be a lyrical inspiration:"Shirts off, and your friends lift you up, over their heads / Beer stickin' to the floor, cheers chanted 'cause they said / 'There was no chance trying to be the greatest in the league' / Where's the trophy? He just comes, running over to me.
"You know how to ball, I know Aristotle, brand new, full throttle / Touch me while your bros play Grand Theft Auto / It's true, swear, scouts honor / You knew what you wanted, and, boy, you got her," she sings on the track, with the ball clearly referencing Kelce's job in the NFL, and the"you got her" line echoing his recent comments aboutin a video with The Messenger. As a refresher, the footballer chose to marry Katy Perry, kill Ariana Grande and kiss Swift.
If some of the references feel like a *bit* of a stretch, Swift confirmed herself that a larger portion of the album as written while she was on the first U.S. leg of The Eras Tour, during which she started seeing Kelce."I've been working on it for about two years,"while accepting her 13th trophy at the Grammy Awards in February."I kept working on it throughout the U.S. tour and when it was perfect, in my opinion, when it was good enough for you, I finished it.
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