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Watch: Hot Goss: For Taylor Swift, loving Travis Kelce is like… announcing her 12th studio album on his podcast.

I’m sorry, Taylor Swift can’t come to the phone right now. 

Why? Because she’s appearing on boyfriend Travis Kelce’sNew Heights podcast. And if this new episode teaser is any indication, she doesn’t care whether her presence evokes magic, madness, heaven or sin among its usual listeners.

“Thanks for having me on my favorite podcast,” Taylor said to Travis and Jason Kelce in the Aug. 13 clip shared to social media. “As we all know, you know, you guys have a lot of male sports fans that listen to your podcast.”

“And I think we all know,” she continued, “if there’s one thing that male sports fans want to see in their spaces and on their screens, it’s more of me.”

The Grammy winner couldn’t help but finish the statement by flashing a cheeky smile at the camera as she said it, earning an appreciative chuckle from Travis.

But as Jason pointed out in his spirited and lengthy introduction, Taylor is, after all, “the most requested guest in the history of shows.”

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All the Easter Eggs Taylor Swift Dropped for Her Life of a Showgirl Album Reveal With Travis Kelce

And while her appearing as a guest on the podcast may ruffle some feathers—much like her appearances at Travis’ Kansas City Chiefs games did—the response to her announcement as a guest has been overwhelmingly positive.

“This intro was so good I stood up in my own house and applauded,” one user wrote on the new clip. “And now I’m in my waiting-for-7pm era.”

Another added, “the ending i’m screaming she’s so funny i love her so much.”

Plus, fans are eagerly awaiting more information on Taylor’s forthcoming 12th studio album which she announces during the episode, as revealed during an earlier preview clip.

“So, I wanted to show you something,” she said to Jason in a sneak peek, revealing a mint green briefcase with her initials written on it. “This is my brand new album, The Life of a Showgirl.”

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The reveal caused a roar of excitement from Jason, while Travis cried out, “TS12!”

But for more information on the album and its release—as well as what the album cover looks like, as it was blurred out in the clip—fans will have to tune in at 7 p.m. ET on August 13 when New Heights drops the episode.

In the meantime, keep reading to take a look at some of the easter eggs Taylor has dropped about her new era. 

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Taylor Swift Put Up a Countdown ClockTaylor Swift wouldn’t have had a countdown clock on her website ticking down to “12 AT 12:12 AM ET,” set against a glittery orange background, for no reason.

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Taylor’s Version of an Elaborate Album TeaseOn Aug. 12, 2024, Taylor was photographed in a matching plaid miniskirt and cropped jacket—but there was nothing clueless about it.As pointed out by super-sleuth Kristen (@perfectlyfine89), not only could it be construed that Taylor is making very purposeful eye contact with the camera, but also the orange and green print of her outfit matches the color palette of the cover of The Life of a Showgirl, which Taylor revealed exactly one year later on Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce‘s New Heights podcast.In an episode teaser posted at 12:12 a.m. ET on Aug. 12, 2025, Taylor picked up a mint-green briefcase emblazoned with “T.S.” in orange and pulled out the cover of what will be her 12th studio album. Blurred for now, but obviously green and orange.Of course, Taylor is pretty mad about plaid, and she also wore a tartan print to the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards—where she said the fateful words “my boyfriend Travis.”

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Did Taylor Swift Subtly Reveal the Release Date of The Life of a Showgirl?The Life of a Showgirl is already available to preorder from Taylor’s website, which notes that whatever hard copy you desire—vinyl, CD or cassette—will ship before Oct. 13.Fair enough, Taylor’s connection to the number 13 well-established. But, as Kristen also noticed, Oct. 3 (a.k.a. 10-3) not only adds up to 13, it’s both National Plaid Day and National Boyfriend’s Day. See above.

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Orange You Glad the Fans Are Always On It?Hindsight is always 20/13 in the Taylorverse. On the morning of Aug. 11, the official Taylor Nation social accounts posted a carousel of 12(!) pics showing Taylor onstage in a variety of orange ensembles, captioned, “Thinking about when she said ‘See you next era…”
Travis Kelce’s Key AssistTravis and Jason made a half-hearted trick play when they teased a “VERY special guest” on a “special episode” of New Heights—dropping Aug. 13 at 7 p.m. ET, mind you—including what to even amateur Swifties was obviously a silhouette of Taylor in the post.

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New York Hearts Taylor Swift Right BackThe top of the Empire State Building was preemptively lit up orange in honor of the occasion. The official X account for the New York City landmark posted a photo of the color-coordinated building on Aug. 11 at 1:45 p.m. ET, captioned, “See you next era.”

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Low-Hanging Orange FruitA TikTok from Oct. 18, 2024, her first Miami show of the Eras Tour, showed Taylor standing in front of section A12 (Aug. 12, album 12?!) at Hard Rock Stadium.Then she proceeded to wear a glittery orange bodysuit when she declared, “Miami, we are so back!” and then a green skirt and orange bustier during the 1989 portion of the concert, not to mention a very show girl-esque white feathery costume as she belted “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart”?Her way of saying that her next album was finished and this is what it looks like?To be fair, orange and green are also the official Miami Hurricanes colors—but hey, two things can be true at the same time.

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Spotted on SpotifyThere’s already a Spotify playlist prophetically titled “And, baby, that’s show business for you,” featuring the now emblematic orange T.S. initials against a green background.There are, ahem, 22 existing Taylor songs, all produced by Swedish hitmakers Max Martin and Shellback (a.k.a. Karl Johan Schuster), bolstering fans’ speculation that she wrote the entirety of The Life of a Showgirl while on tour in Europe and these two helped her pull it off.

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Did You Catch These Possible Variants?Fans noticed that the background of the New Heights podcast featured multiple boxes in orange, red, white and purple bearing her initials “T.S.”—hinting at possible variations of the album or more music to come.

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Let’s Applaud These Lady Gaga Collab RumorsTaylor herself liked a fan theory on X (formerly Twitter) that pointed out how Lady Gaga released her song “Applause” 12 years to the day on Aug. 12 when Taylor announced Life of a Showgirl. The significance? Taylor had used “Applause” as her lead-in song before opening the Eras Tour each night, along with Lesley Gore’s “You Don’t Own Me.”Taylor liked a fan’s post that hinted at a possible Gaga collab: “Is this just the most insane coincidence or like is she clinically insane.” 

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Get a Taste of This Sabrina Carpenter TheorySwifties began speculating Sabrina Carpenter may be involved on Life of a Showgirl after she appeared in the 12th slide of a photo gallery from Taylor Nation teasing the next era. Not to mention, Sabrina unveiled a message on her website with the date Aug. 12. 

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