Taylor Swift’s latest era is almost upon us. The superstar isn’t just releasing her 12th album in October — she also appeared Wednesday on “New Heights” for the first time.
NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift’s latest era is almost upon us. The superstar isn’t just releasing her 12th album in October — she also appeared Wednesday on “New Heights” for the first time to discuss it at length.
Part of the rollout for Tuesday’s announcement of “The Life of a Showgirl” involved the popular, typically football-focused podcast hosted by Travis Kelce — Swift’s boyfriend and Kansas City Chiefs tight end — and his brother, Jason Kelce, the former Philadelphia Eagles center. Her episode, which ran just over two hours on audio streaming and an hour and 45 minutes via YouTube, was particularly revealing.
Here’s everything you need to know about Swift’s episode.
The big Taylor Swift takeaways arrived … swiftly
How to watch — or listen to — Taylor Swift on the ‘New Heights’ podcast
Swift’s episode of the “New Heights” podcast premiered at 7 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday night. It is available to stream on YouTube.
Fans who 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.
The audio recording of the podcast is about 20 minutes longer in duration than YouTube and includes a rapid-fire question section, where the Kelce brothers and Swift discuss cats, pop tarts, Bad Bunny in “Happy Gilmore 2,” hiding in a cleaning cart at the “Eras Tour” and more.
The road to Taylor Swift’s episode
Little was known about Swift’s episode ahead of its airing.
On Tuesday and Wednesday morning, the podcast shared clips teasing the forthcoming episode.
“As we all know, you know, you guys have a lot of male sports fans that listen to your podcast,” Swift joked in one cut. “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.”
Chiefs coach Andy Reid was supportive, though, saying Wednesday that he was happy for the pair.
“Both of them like each other, and what a plus that is. They care about each other, and I think that’s the most important thing,” he said. “The older you get, you want these guys to have somebody they can settle down with and that whole deal. And so I think it’s a neat deal for them – both of them.”
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AP Sports Writer Dave Skretta contributed reporting from St. Joseph, Missouri.
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