Taylor Swift to join Kelce brothers on ‘New Heights’ podcast to discuss new album
Taylor Swift will sit down with boyfriend and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and his brother, retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, on their “New Heights” podcast Wednesday night to discuss her upcoming album.
The Kelces will kick off their show at 7 p.m. ET with special guest Swift, who is expected to divulge more details about her 12th studio album, announced in the early hours of Tuesday.
Monday threw the Swiftie fandom into a frenzy, when, minutes apart, both “New Heights” and Taylor Nation, a social media account affiliated with Swift’s team, seemed to hint at major pending news.
It started with a social media post from “New Heights” on Monday morning, teasing a new episode with a major guest. In the promo image, Jason Kelce wore a shirt with Swift’s face on it, and fans insisted a silhouette of said guest resembled Swift.
Shortly afterward, Taylor Nation shared a carousel of 12 photos on Instagram, featuring Swift during the Eras Tour performing in orange outfits. The caption read, “Thinking about when she said ‘See you next era…'”
On Monday night, a countdown to 12:12 a.m. Aug. 12 began on Swift’s website, and later, “New Heights” confirmed the guest rumors, posting a video clip of Swift recording the podcast with the Kelces.
“We’re about to do a f—ing podcast,” Swift exclaims in the video.
Finally, at 12:12 a.m. Tuesday, when the countdown was up, “New Heights” posted another snippet of Swift showing the brothers her new album, “The Life of a Showgirl.”
No other details about the album were revealed, but fans were able to place pre-orders on Swift’s website. The pre-orders will ship before Oct. 13, but the website said that is “not a release date” and added that the official date will be announced later.
Fans are hopeful Wednesday’s podcast will bring more details, like the reveal of the album cover, song titles and an official release date.
“Life of a Showgirl” will be Swift’s first release of 2025 and her first since the Eras tour wrapped at the end of last year. It follows the news in May that she was able to purchase the masters of her first six records from Shamrock Capital, gaining ownership of her entire catalog.
Topics of discussion on the podcast will likely not be limited to just her album, however, as “New Heights” posted another teaser on Wednesday morning where Swift trolled “male sports fans” in the audience.
“And 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,” Swift said on the podcast, tongue firmly in cheek.
