{"id":77004,"date":"2025-08-13T07:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T07:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77004"},"modified":"2025-08-13T07:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T07:07:08","slug":"taylor-swifts-new-album-announcement-has-an-unexpected-co-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77004","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift\u2019s New Album Announcement Has an Unexpected Co-Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"featured-image-beside\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"newspack-post-subtitle\"><em>The NFL\/Swiftie universe has officially reached its apex. The Kelce brothers will have Swift on the New Heights podcast Wednesday at 7 p.m. to chat all about her newest album, \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl.\u201d<\/em><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-newspack-featured-image-large size-newspack-featured-image-large wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/billypenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-1.52.43-PM.png?fit=1096%2C1014&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1096px) 100vw, 1096px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/billypenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-1.52.43-PM.png?w=1096&amp;ssl=1 1096w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/billypenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-1.52.43-PM.png?resize=300%2C278&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/billypenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-1.52.43-PM.png?resize=1024%2C947&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/billypenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-1.52.43-PM.png?resize=150%2C139&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/billypenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-1.52.43-PM.png?resize=768%2C711&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/billypenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-1.52.43-PM.png?resize=780%2C722&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/billypenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-1.52.43-PM.png?resize=400%2C370&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/billypenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-1.52.43-PM.png?fit=1096%2C1014&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1096\" height=\"1014\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Taylor Swift appears on the Kelce brothers&#8217; &#8220;New Heights&#8221; podcast to tease the release of her 12th album, &#8220;The Life of a Showgirl.&#8221; (Via Taylor Swift\/New Heights)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"main-content\">\n<article id=\"post-215706\" class=\"post-215706 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-secrets-fun category-sports-culture tag-arts tag-eagles tag-jason-kelce tag-music tag-taylor-swift tag-travis-kelce entry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Jason Kelce has had many iconic moments in his career, from helping lift the Philadelphia Eagles to their first Super Bowl win in 2018 to screaming \u201chungry dogs run faster\u201d in an over-the-top Mummers costume at the ensuing victory parade.<\/p>\n<p>And now, the legendary Eagle is adding to his roster of big moments \u2014 albeit this time in a completely different arena.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce is playing a huge role in the reveal of Taylor Swift\u2019s next album \u2014 dropping the announcement for it with Swift herself (not to mention his brother, co-host and Swift boyfriend Travis Kelce) last night in a teaser for the New Heights podcast.<\/p>\n<p><em>The New Heights podcast posted a\u00a0social media clip\u00a0with Swift early Tuesday morning, at 12:12 a.m., to be exact.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo I wanted to show you something,\u201d Swift says, bringing out a mint green briefcase with her initials on it in bright orange \u2014 hinting at the album\u2019s color scheme.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhat\u2019s in it?\u201d Jason asks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis is my brand new album,\u00a0The Life of a Showgirl,\u201d the singer says smiling, pulling out a vinyl with the cover art blurred out.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAaaaaggghh!\u201d Jason screams.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTS12!\u201d Travis yells, right before the video cuts and bass music comes in.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DNPbaYMuypd\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fbillypenn.com&amp;rp=%2F2025%2F08%2F12%2Ftaylor-swift-new-album-new-heights-podcast-jason-travis-kelce%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A14241.100000000093%2C%22ls%22%3A3625.600000000093%2C%22le%22%3A13832.69999999972%7D\" height=\"1278\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe>The Swiftie and NFL universes have been intersecting for quite a minute now, ever since Travis and Swift first unveiled their relationship in summer 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Swift is known for her elaborate album announcements \u2014 often leaving Easter eggs for fans.<\/p>\n<p>And for many eagle-eyed Swifties, this announcement comes as no surprise.<\/p>\n<p>In May, when the singer announced in a letter that she had finally bought back the rights to her album masters \u2014 a multi-yearslong project that began after her masters were infamously sold in 2019 \u2014 she left clues for the new album. The word \u201cthis\u201d was punctuated with 12 i\u2019s and Swift used three numbers in her writing: 4, 6, 2 \u2014 which, of course, add up to 12.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, the singer has been keeping busy since she finished the Era\u2019s Tour last December.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div id=\"id_174232\" class=\"newspack-popup-container newspack-popup hidden newspack-inline-popup \" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-segments=\"14042\" data-frequency=\"0,0,0,month\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">\ud83d\udc8c\u00a0<em>Love Philly? Sign up for the free Billy Penn daily newsletter and stay in the know<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Internet sleuths have also been anticipating news since Monday when Taylor Nation, the pop star\u2019s official marketing team, posted a TikTok slideshow with 12 pictures of Swift in orange tour outfits and the caption, \u201c \u2018Thinking about when she said, \u2018See you next era \u2026\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Already, the pop star has posted a \u201cpre pre-order\u201d page for the album on her website with blurred images of the art and glittery orange locks.<\/p>\n<p>The Kelces are premiering the episode of the \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast with Swift at 7 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The episode will also be available to watch on YouTube, as well as Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Audible, Spotify, Wondery and wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n<p>Now that Jason Kelce has proved his Swiftie-hood with the intense reaction to the TS12 news, we\u2019ll be thinking about which Era is his favorite until the episode comes. He seems like a\u00a0<em>Speak Now<\/em>\u00a0kind of guy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL\/Swiftie universe has officially reached its apex. 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