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The midnight release of Taylor Swift's latest album had 'Swifties' staying up late to be among the first to hear the pop star's newest music.
Swift dropped 'The Life of a Showgirl' and it has already garnered rave reviews from publications - including the Daily Mail, which has hailed as 'electric and addictive'.
But fans were quick to notice multiple references to Swift's engagement and love story with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
Possibly the most obvious reference to Kelce came in the ninth track of the album, titled 'Wood': 'Girls, I don't need to catch the bouquet, mm / To know a hard rock is on the way.'
Then in the pre-chorus for the song, she sings, 'Seems to be that you and me, we make our own luck / New heights (New heights), manhood (Manhood) / I ain't got to knock on wood.'
It's a clear reference to the 'New Heights' podcast, which is run by Travis and his older brother Jason Kelce.
Taylor Swift's highly anticipated 12th album, 'The Life of a Showgirl', has been released
The album is loaded with references to her romance with Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce
The podcast itself posted a promotional tweet for the album - with Jason and Travis' faces being photoshopped onto a scene from the movie 'Mean Girls'.
The first track on the album, 'The Fate of Ophelia', also appears to reference the moment where Kelce shouted Swift out on a podcast in 2023 - which is believed to kick-start their romance.
'All that time, I sat alone in my tower / You were just honing your powers / Now I can see it all (See it all) / Late one night, you dug me out of my grave and / Saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia (Ophelia) / Keep it one hundrеd on the land, the sea, thе sky,' the singer croons.
She also sang the line, 'Girls, I don't need to catch the bouquet, mm / To know a hard rock is on the way', a reference to the engagement ring Kelce got for her.
Swift also showed a bit of a raunchy side on that track, singing, 'His lovе was the key that opened my thighs' in the chorus.
There also appears to be a reference to Kelce in the song 'Opalite' - which just so happens to be his birthstone.
Travis mentioned on an episode of 'New Heights' that this was his favorite track: 'I think 'Opalite' might be my favorite,' Travis said on the August 27 episode. 'At least right now, every time it comes on, I always catch myself.'
Finally, Swift appears to hint at what she may want in the future with Kelce on the track 'Wi$h Li$t': 'I just want you, huh / Have a couple kids, got the whole block looking like you / We tell the world to leave us thе f*** alone, and they do, wow / Got me drеaming about a driveway with a basketball hoop / Boss up, settle down, got a wish list (Wish list) / I just want you.'
Many of the songs hint to their romance, engagement, and Swift's hopes for their future
This is Swift's first album release since the conclusion of her worldwide 'Eras Tour'
'The Life of a Showgirl' is Swift's highly-anticipated 12th studio album and the first one that she's released since the conclusion of her worldwide record-breaking 'Eras Tour'.
Swift's last album, 'The Tortured Poets Department', was finalized and released in the middle of the tour's 2024 leg.
The announcement of this album and its release date came on an episode of 'New Heights' which broke multiple records for a podcasting livestream.
That included surpassing the mark for the most live-streamed podcast in YouTube history: beating out then-candidate Donald Trump making an appearance on Joe Rogan.
The stream was so popular that Swifties ended up crashing the YouTube stream at the 1 hour, 44 minute mark.
A few weeks after that, Swift dropped the bombshell of the year that she and Kelce had gotten engaged.
The NFL's biggest 'Love Story' got the fairytale ending it deserved when the tight end and the pop star were seen embracing in an ornate garden setting.
Whenever the couple do tie the knot, it's set to be one of the most anticipated celebrity weddings in pop culture history.
