It’s a big day for Swifties! Tonight, Taylor Swift joined her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his brother Jason on their show New Heights for her first-ever podcast appearance.
In a special pre-season episode, Swift shared her and Travis’s origin story; discussed how she finally bought back her masters; and revealed the cover of her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, out in October.
Below, Vogue’s resident Swifties share all their thoughts on the New Heights x Taylor Swift episode.
Florence O’Connor: Sorry, but it’s such a tease when they have a countdown after it hits the time it is meant to go live. Fake news that it started at 7 p.m.
Irene Kim: YouTube hasn’t broken yet, despite 455,312 Swifties waiting on the New Heights channel right now.
Kim: Wow, it started promptly at 7:01 p.m.! I love.
O’Connor: OMG, she’s so pretty!
Kim: I always forget what Taylor’s normal “speaking voice” sounds like because I’m so used to just listening to her music.
O’Connor: Wait, where did she go? Come back! I don’t care about the men!
Kim: Omg, 774,809 viewers now. Swiftie nation unite.
O’Connor: What does “92%ers” mean? Sorry, this is my first time watching this podcast.
Kim: That’s the New Heights fan base, Flo!!! (I occasionally watch the podcast to get some Swiftie intel.)
Kim: Can we get Jason Kelce to host the Met Gala livestream in 2026? This energy and intro is through the roof.
O’Connor: I’m laughing that Jason is on Zoom. Not even Taylor Swift being on the podcast will get that man to leave Philly.
O’Connor: I’m so obsessed with her—like, why am I beaming right now, just listening to her speak!
Kim: Imagine if the Swifties and the 92%ers came together, we could rule the world.
Kim: OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG.
O’Connor: “This podcast got me a boyfriend!” My boyfriend works for a podcast, too!
Kim: OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, do I need to look into the podcasting world for my next boyfriend now?
O’Connor: Idk, it’s been three years and he’s still yet to confess his love for me live on air.
Kim: Travis Kelce just expecting to meet Taylor Swift at her Eras concert because he knew the elevator lady is iconic. This is also the first time that we got confirmation that the podcast episode when Travis said he wanted to give Taylor a friendship bracelet was really the beginning of it all. How romantic.
O’Connor: Her saying she’s not an online person makes me want to be more mysterious.
O’Connor: They are holding onto each other! So much PDA!!!
Kim: Stoppppp, not her saying that this is all she’s been dreaming of and singing about since she was a teenager. Her 15-year-old Speak Now dreams are coming true.
Kim: There are almost one million viewers now, and YouTube has not crashed. I honestly have not been on YouTube in ages and I’m so impressed. (Sorry, YouTube, I will start tuning in again.)
O’Connor: Taylor is so in love with this man. I’m tearing up. (Disclaimer: I am on my third glass of wine. Sorry, but I am working from vacation with my family!) I feel like we are listening to their vows live.
Kim: Taylor and Travis are soulmates. The Pattern even confirmed this! (TBT to when Florence and I first blogged about Ms. Swift a year ago, for her album The Tortured Poets Department, and Travis wasn’t on the app. He is now and their connection is eternal.)
O’Connor: So relatable, her having no idea how football works. The sport makes no sense!
Kim: Also, I just need to say that I was in the middle of watching The Summer I Turned Pretty and I have 20 minutes left, but had to take a break to watch Taylor. Jenny Han will understand; it’s a big night for us Swifties.
O’Connor: Lowkey, do we think Jeff B. is mad she dropped this on the same day as TSITP? Their numbers are definitely taking a hit tonight!
Kim: Absolutely!!! Sorry, Jeff, it’s just one night! Also, I am now realizing I’m using a lot of exclamation points, just like Travis himself. (As Taylor confirmed on tonight’s podcast he loves exclamation points.)
O’Connor: Travis with the hard-hitting journalism, asking Taylor how it felt buying back her masters! So sweet that she’s explaining the backstory and acting like the 1 million people watching this live right now don’t know exactly what happened.
O’Connor: “I’m in the business of human emotion and would so much rather lead heart-first.” –me, overseeing the DOGUE contest.
Kim: She’s getting so emotional. It’s so sweet. We love you, Taylor. Also, you can just see how sweet Jason and Travis are. Jason is starting to get emotional.
O’Connor: I would also send my mum in first if I ever had to make a huge business decision.
Kim: Why am I crying? I am actually crying. I am so happy she got her masters back. No one deserves it more and no one fucks with Taylor Swift. Her enemies are OUR enemies!
O’Connor: Travis just sang, “It’s been a long time coming.” I repeat, Travis just sang, “It’s been a long time coming.”
Kim: Jason is getting emotional. His face is so red. He is so supportive of her and his brother. I love him and Kylie.
Kim: I have a feeling that The Life of a Showgirl is going to be such a happy album. She’s finally free, the owner of all her masters, and she’s in love.
O’Connor: Her saying that Phoebe Bridgers is a friend of hers is kind of tea, after Gracie Abrams has been galavanting with Paul Mescal all summer…right? Sorry, now back to how amazing this is for Taylor.
O’Connor: I forgot Jason was here.
Kim: Even though Travis came in “later” in her life (later, as in: you know he wasn’t there by her side during her Fearless, Speak Now, Red, etc. eras), he just gets it. He knows how much dedication she’s put into her music. This was the partner she needed.
O’Connor: “That was such a good question” –Taylor to Jason. “So good, I don’t even know what you just asked” –Travis. Sorry, I love him.
O’Connor: Taylor keeps referring to Travis as her boyfriend, quickly debunking the online theories that they were going to announce their engagement tonight!
Kim: Her hand has been on Travis’s lap the whole time.
O’Connor: Travis just said, “You make a third 1989, I’ll listen to it again,” and I couldn’t relate more. King!
Kim: She just touched Travis’s chin and Jason is giggling like a little girl.
Kim: I was telling my colleagues yesterday that Taylor’s album-release news gave me such a dopamine rush, I would be happy for a full 24 hours. With this podcast episode I think I might make it to the weekend.
O’Connor: I can confirm Irene and I did scream in a concerning way to “All Too Well” at the Eras Tour in Miami.
O’Connor: OCTOBER 3RD!!! Irene, clear your calendar!! Mean Girls day! The nicest girl in town is reclaiming mean girl’s day!!
Kim: It’s like Taylor Swift loves us. She always picks our birth month to release her BEST albums, like Midnights, and now we get this. Everyone will be forced to stream the album continuously at my birthday party this year.
Kim: Travis is literally the best manifester ever. And such a romantic.
Kim: Jason just said that Travis wouldn’t have known what the word “engulfed” meant before he met Taylor. We love a woman who will make a man smarter than a fifth grader.
O’Connor: Taylor talking about all her hobbies makes me realize I need more hobbies. I can’t use the excuse that I don’t have time…
O’Connor: Our next “Florene reacts” needs to be Florene reacts to making Funfetti sourdough, so we can feel closer to Taylor.
O’Connor: Or…owning a wild otter? So we can feel closer to Travis?
Kim: She’s given us more in 42 minutes than she has in the past 10 years. I feel like I’m watching a friend FaceTime me, but I feel like I should NOT be here.
O’Connor: Irene, apparently this is two hours.
Kim: Omg……………………………………
O’Connor: Ugh, she’s been an Eagles fan since she was little. She manifested this!!
O’Connor: What’s a power skip?
Kim: Taylor is fighting hard to make sure she doesn’t have an athlete narrative surrounding her. She’s just like me.
Kim: The thought of Taylor Swift playing beer pong is sending me.
O’Connor: “It’s not a part of my metrics for self-worth” is such an iconic statement.
O’Connor: Only an academic puts Easter eggs in a university commencement speech. She’s truly one in a million.
Kim: Travis just said, “I’m 87 and she’s 13.” He’s such a Swiftie.
O’Connor: Okay, we have officially hit the one-hour mark and the resident Swifties are logging off. We are going to enjoy the second hour of this podcast the way Taylor would want us to: by watching and not working.
Kim: BUT WE ARE SOOOO EXCITED FOR THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL. WE ARE NOT WELL. I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE SABRINA COLLAB!!!!!!!! MY FAVORITE POP GIRLS UNITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
O’Connor: And don’t fear. We will, of course, be back to react to the album on October 3rd.
