Taylor Swift’s fiancé, Travis Kelce, was seemingly referenced a number of occasions. Within the albums opening monitor, The Destiny of Ophelia, followers imagine Kelce is the one who saved Swift from drowning “within the melancholy” when she heard him, “calling on the megaphone” — the megaphone being Kelce’s New Heights podcast the place he shared how he needed to take her on a date. Swift additionally sings the lyric “saved it 100,” a phrase Kelce included in an Instagram publish that includes Swift about his offseason. The music Wooden additionally seems to be a racy ode to Kelce, and New Heights is even integrated right into a lyric: “New Heights of manhood. I ain’t gotta knock on wooden.” Of his manhood, she provides, “Forgive me, it sounds cocky / He ah-matized me and opened my eyes / Redwood tree, it ain’t arduous to see / His love was the important thing that opened my thighs.” Kelce can be allegedly the muse for Opalite, Wi$h Li$t, and Honey.

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Followers questioned whether or not Swift was referring to Travis Kelce’s ex, Kayla Nicole, in Opalite. Earlier than courting Swift, Kelce and Nicole had been in an on-and-off relationship for 5 years. In Opalite, she sings about her man’s earlier associate, saying, “You could not perceive it, why you felt alone. You had been in it for actual, she was in her telephone and also you had been only a pose.” Followers have related that quote to resurfaced video of Kelce telling Nicole to get off her telephone, whereas Swift later sings, “And do not we attempt to love love? We give all of it we obtained. You lastly left the desk, and what a easy thought. You are ravenous ’til you are not.” Some really feel Kayla responded by sharing a clip of Eva Marcille from America’s Subsequent Prime Mannequin, wherein she declares, “I don’t evaluate myself to different women. I’m Eva. I’m no comparability to anybody else.”

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Followers imagine that Truly Romantic is a diss monitor to Charli xcx and a response to her music Sympathy is a Knife. In Charli’s music, she sings about one other girl within the music business who heightens her personal insecurities. Lyrics included, “Do not wanna see her backstage at my boyfriend’s present/Fingers crossed behind my again, I hope they break up fast.” Swift dated Matty Healy, who’s bandmates with Charli’s husband, George Daniel — linking the 2 collectively. Truly Romantic pulls from a few of Charli’s music titles and claps again with its lyrics, particularly the road, “I heard you name me ‘Boring Barbie’ when the coke’s obtained you courageous. Excessive-fived my ex and you then mentioned you are glad he ghosted me.”

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In CANCELLED!, Taylow Swift talks about not solely her personal public controversies, but additionally these of her associates. She claims they’ve “matching scars” and “I like my associates cancelled, I like ’em cloaked in Gucci and in scandal.” Followers imagine the music may very well be referencing Swift’s friends who’ve additionally been in latest scandals, resembling Brittany Mahomes and Blake Vigorous.

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Followers are declaring that Taylor Swift might have given a refined nod to Candance Owens in CANCELLED! Eight months in the past, Owens mentioned Swift on her present, and exclaimed, “This story goes to be remembered as lady boss flew too near the solar” — with regard to her potential involvement within the authorized case between Blake Vigorous and Justin Baldoni. Now, Swift sings in her new music, “Did you girlboss too near the son?”

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Joe Alwyn is seemingly referenced in Elizabeth Taylor. On the monitor, she sings, “All the correct guys, promised they’d keep. Underneath shiny lights, they withered away.” Alwyn and Swift reportedly broke up after her fame strained their relationship. Followers additionally suppose their cut up — and the way Travis Kelce saved her after — is referenced in The Destiny of Ophelia.

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Father Determine — which talks about an business mentor and his younger “protege”– might probably be about her personal expertise Huge Machine Data and its CEO Scott Borchetta, who bought Swift’s masters to Scooter Braun in 2019, sparking her re-releases. The monitor additionally interpolates George Michael’s music of the identical identify.

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Followers imagine Wreck the Friendship is about Swift’s childhood buddy who sadly handed away at 21-years-old, Jeff Lang. The music talks about highschool reminiscences and having a crush earlier than tragically taking a flip: “Once I left college, I misplaced monitor of you. Abigail referred to as me with the unhealthy information. Goodbye, and we’ll by no means know why … However I whispered on the grave, ‘Ought to’ve kissed you anyway.'” She additionally sings about singing at his funeral, one thing she beforehand mentioned she did for Lang.

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Whereas 50 Cent was not the direct topic of the music, he did get a shoutout in Wreck the Friendship as Swift sang, “However as that fifty Cent music performed, ought to’ve kissed you anyway.” The rapper responded to his point out on Instagram, writing, “@taylorswift s– is popping proper now, 😏she shout me out, 🤫she don’t shout you out. LOL 😆 THIS IS FOR BIG TIMERS ONLY! @50centaction wait I’m the one shout out on the entire album. 🔥”

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Swift’s second monitor, Elizabeth Taylor, is all concerning the late Hollywood icon. Because the singer attracts parallels between the each of them, she mentions a few of Taylor’s favourite locations — together with Plaza Athénée in Paris and Musso & Frank’s in Los Angeles — and her notorious violet eyes and White Diamonds fragrance.

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In Eldest Daughter, Swift talks about being the primary born to her dad and mom Andrea and Scott Swift and the sister of her youthful brother, Austin Swift.

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