Swifties are still buzzing from last week’s record-breaking New Heights podcast episode featuring Taylor Swift, and a never-before-seen clip released a week later, despite no new episode, only added fuel to the frenzy.
The Warm-Up Moment Everyone’s Talking About
In the new clip, Jason Kelce leads the charge with a booming “Ow Now Brown Cow,” while his younger brother Travis fires back with a repeated “Unique New York.” Then Swift, who happens to have just a little more vocal training than the NFL stars, joined in, buzzing her lips and humming through her vocal range like a true pro.
Swifties quickly flooded social media with reactions:
- “Taylor’s like excuse me while I do this correctly.”
- “She said ‘lemme show y’all a real vocal warm-up.’”
- “Jason is repeating brown cow, Travis is just yelling, and Taylor is actually warming up — iconic.”
A Record-Breaking Night
The full episode itself was already one for the history books. With Swift announcing her highly-anticipated 12th studio album The Life of a Showgirl (dropping October 3), fans rushed to watch live. The stream peaked at 1.3 million viewers on YouTube and became the biggest live-streamed podcast in platform history, even crashing the stream at one point.
By the next morning, the Kelce brothers’ channel jumped from 2.85 million to 2.97 million subscribers, and now sits at over 3 million. As Jason Kelce joked, “1.3 million views is the epitome of numerology” — a nod to Swift’s love of the number 13.
Full-Circle for Taylor and Travis
The episode also marked a sweet milestone for the couple. Travis once admitted he tried to meet Taylor back in July 2023 at her Eras Tour stop with a friendship bracelet, only for the plan to fall flat.
“Cut to now,” Swift said with a laugh, comparing their story to an ’80s John Hughes movie. “It was like he was standing outside my window with a boom box saying, ‘I made you a friendship bracelet — do you want to go on a date with me?’”
Travis gushed back: “I’m the luckiest man in the world.” Swift praised him as “a vibe booster in everyone’s life… like a human exclamation point.”
The Album Everyone’s Waiting For
Alongside the playful warmups and romantic moments, the biggest bombshell was Swift’s confirmation of her new album’s release date. Produced by hitmakers Max Martin and Shellback, the duo behind classics like Style and Blank Space, The Life of a Showgirl promises a pure pop spectacle.
There won’t be hidden tracks this time, but Swifties won’t mind: the tracklist reveals a highly-anticipated collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter on the title track.
