Travis Kelce kept his answers short during this week’s New Heights podcast, when his brother Jason Kelce steered the conversation straight to Taylor Swift’s new album The Life of a Showgirl, and specifically, the track “Wood”.
When asked about the sultry song, Kelce simply said: “It’s a good song.”
Jason asked him if he feels “cocky” about the song, to which Travis laughed and replied: “No. Any song she references me in is very…”
Jason jumped back in before he could finish: “That’s not just any song. This is a very specific you.”
“I love that girl,” Travis replied, grinning. “So what do you mean? Any song she would reference me in that way…” Jason cut him off again, twisting the knife. “It’s not just you – it’s an appendage. It’s a very specific thing.”
Travis teased back, “I think you’re not understanding the song,” but his older brother wasn’t buying it.
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Swift’s latest record features several nods to her relationship with the NFL star. “Wood” has generated the most buzz, however, thanks to its unapologetically cheeky lyrics and playful double meanings.
“Forgive me, it sounds cocky / He ah-matized me and opened my eyes / Redwood tree, it ain’t hard to see / His love was the key that opened my thighs,” Swift sings, later adding: “New Heights (New Heights) of manhood (Manhood) / I ain’t gotta knock on wood.”
“Travis, come on,” Jason said on the podcast. “Redwood tree ain’t hard to see? That’s a generous word. If someone wrote a song about me, it’d be like, ‘Japanese maple – sometimes can see.’”
Realising Travis wasn’t going to say much more, Jason wrapped the bit with praise.
“That song’s great though. The beat’s fantastic – right up my alley,” he said. “And inserting wood innuendos? That’s childish enough for me to get on board with.”
