Taylor Swift has released new material for The Life Of A Showgirl: The Encore, and one track has left fans stunned by what they see as a risqué reference to Travis Kelce.
The 36-year-old singer, who has been backing her husband throughout the NFL season, added four songs to the expanded edition of the album.
The new tracks are Patient Zero, Pink Clouding, Babylon and Cleveland! The final title appears to nod to Kelce’s hometown in Ohio.
In the upbeat song Cleveland!, Swift sings: “The taste of me is acquired, but it’s his favorite dish.”
Fans immediately took to X to react, with one writing: “THE TASTE OF ME IS ACQUIRED BUT ITS HIS FAVORITE DISH????????????? OHHH TAYLOR I LOVE IT WHEN YOUR DIRTY.”
Another fan called the line “The taste of me is acquired but it’s his favorite dish” “insaaaaaane of her.”
Taylor Swift, 36, has released new music for The Life Of A Showgirl: The Encore, with one song prompting strong reactions to its apparent Travis Kelce reference
The upbeat track includes the lyric: “The taste of me is acquired, but it’s his favorite dish”; Swift was seen in Los Angeles in March
Fans took to X to react, with one writing: “THE TASTE OF ME IS ACQUIRED BUT ITS HIS FAVORITE DISH????????????? OHHH TAYLOR I LOVE IT WHEN YOUR DIRTY”
“The taste of me is acquired but it’s his favorite dish oh they’re FREAKYYYYYYYYYY,” another X user posted.
Daily Mail has contacted Swift’s representatives for comment but has not received a response.
This is not the first time Swift has used suggestive lyrics that appear to reference Kelce.
Last year, the star released The Life Of A Showgirl, an album featuring the song Wood.
In that track, Swift sings: “Redwood tree, it ain’t hard to see/His love was the key that opened my thighs.”
The Grammy winner’s song Cleveland! also sparked an enthusiastic response, with fans interpreting its lyrics as Swift calling Kelce the “love of my life.”
One person wrote on X: “why is cleveland! making me sob like…she found the love of her life guys,” while another said, “cleveland is so a cute sweet song and I’m so happy for her.”
“Cleveland is for Travis, she found her true love,” one Swiftie posted. Another highlighted the lyric: “Now I’m wearing white so hate all you like” and added, “YES TAYLOR YES.”
This is not the first time Swift has included suggestive lyrics seemingly connected to Kelce; she was seen in New York City in June
Swift’s song Cleveland! sent fans into a frenzy as they interpreted the lyrics as a direct reference to Kelce as the “love of my life”
Another fan shared: “I’m loving every second. Thank Taylor for loving us and loving your job.”
Other lyrics from Cleveland! include: ‘But my baby likes what he likes/He already took me to Cleveland/and showed me The Heights,’ which seemingly was a subtle reference to Kelce’s New Heights podcast.
Earlier this week on Wednesday, Swift revealed that The Life Of A Showgirl: The Encore would drop on Friday.
‘About a year ago, you guys did a truly unfathomable thing,’ the star wrote on Instagram.
‘Something that completely blew my mind… You gave The Life of a Showgirl the biggest first week for an album in history.’
Swift recalled traveling to Sweden ‘to celebrate with Max and Shellback, my two collaborators on this album.’
She added that while their plan was simply to take in the album’s release, ‘we did what we do when we feel anything at all: We wrote more songs.
‘I hope you love them, because they were born out of pure gratitude for your exuberance for and celebration of the album we made.’
And on Tuesday, the songstress also announced the release of her new single Patient Zero, which is also found on the extended edition of Life Of A Showgirl.
Earlier this week on Wednesday, Swift revealed that The Life Of A Showgirl: The Encore would drop on Friday
Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell are featured in the forthcoming music video for the track, and a first look was recently shared on Thursday on CBS Mornings.
The snippet showed Swift inside a dark bathroom as instrumental music played in the background.
Other moments included both Swift and Johnson standing next to a statue inside a spacious room. They both were then seen wearing all black at a snowy cemetery as two dark roses were placed on a grave.
The teaser concluded as the trio appeared in the same room before the clip cut to black.
Johnson reflected on having the chance to collaborate with Swift on the music video during an interview with Fan Girl Nation.
‘Taylor and I have been friends for a really long time, and we’re very close, and we decided to work together,’ the Fifty Shades Of Grey actress said. ‘And it’s great.’
The star continued, ‘Normally, I would say don’t work with your friends, but we work really well together.’
Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell are featured in the forthcoming music video for the track, and a first look was recently shared on Thursday on CBS Mornings
‘Taylor and I have been friends for a really long time, and we’re very close, and we decided to work together,’ the Fifty Shades Of Grey actress said. ‘And it’s great’; Johnson seen earlier this month in Milan
Along with the Patient Zero music video debuting at the MTV Video Music Awards, Swift will also receive the inaugural Artist-Director Award.
The songstress previously dropped the song I Knew It, I Knew You back in June for the Toy Story 5 soundtrack.
On Tuesday, a countdown clock had appeared on Swift’s website shortly before the music announcement, causing some fans to speculate that she was going to share wedding photos.
And while Swift has yet to unveil photos from her big day, she has been cheering on Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs who currently have two wins under their belt for the season thus far.