Taylor Swift Nods To Travis Kelce's 2016 Comments On "So High ...

Every night on the Eras Tour, Taylor Swift asks the audience, “You ready to go back to high school with me?” before performing her 2009 single “You Belong With Me” during the Fearless act. That might have been an Easter egg this whole time.

At 2 a.m. on April 19, Swift revealed that her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, was actually a “secret double album” entitled The Anthology, confirming a longtime Swiftie theory. The second part adds 15 more tracks to the Tortured Poets canon, including “So High School,” a ’90s alt-rock-tinged ode to a new romance that will take you back to your youth.

In the new song, Swift sings about being swept away by a new lover overnight, exclaiming that she feels like she’s back in high school. The catchy post-chorus contrasts Swift’s poet persona with her man’s sports and video game prowess. “Truth, dare, spin bottles / You know how to ball, I know Aristotle,” she chants. “Brand new, full throttle / Touch me while your bros play Grand Theft Auto.”

The Travis Kelce Connection

It didn’t take long for Swifties to link the song back to Swift’s current boyfriend, Travis Kelce, given how many of her early songs invoked high school themes like football and cheerleaders. Now that she’s dating a football player, like she dreamed about in the “You Belong With Me” video, she’s living out that girl’s romance fantasies.

Not only are there a handful of sports references — like on “The Alchemy,” the penultimate track on the main album — but she also calls back to one of the first times Kelce mentioned her name. Some fans think the “kiss, marry, kill” lyric could be a wink to when Kelce played the game in a 2016 interview, and Swift was one of his options, along with Katy Perry and Ariana Grande.

“Damn, that’s messed up,” he said. “Ariana, sorry, love you, but you’re gone. And then Taylor Swift would be the kiss. And what’s the last one? Katy Perry? Yeah, Katy Perry would be the marry.”

But in Swift’s world, she’s the final pick no matter what. “Are you gonna marry, kiss, or kill me?” she asks. “It’s just a game, but really, I’m bettin' on all three for us two.”

Read the song’s full lyrics below.

I feel so high school every time I look at youI wanna find you in a crowd just to hide from youAnd in a blink of a crinkling eyeI'm sinking, our fingers entwinedCheeks pink in the twinkling lightsTell me ‘bout the first time you saw meI’ll drink what you think and I’m highFrom smoking your jokes all damn nightThe brink of a wrinkle in timeBeen a sweet 16 suddenlyI'm watching American Pie with you on a Saturday nightYour friends are around, so be quiet, I'm trying to stifle my sighs‘Cause I feel so high school every time I look at you, but look at youAre you gonna marry, kiss, or kill me (Kill me)It’s just a game, but really (Really)I’m bettin' on all three for us two (All three)Get my car door, isn't that sweet? (That sweet)Then pull me to the backsеat (Backseat)No one's evеr had me (Had me), not like youTruth, dare, spin bottlesYou know how to ball, I know AristotleBrand new, full throttleTouch me while your bros play Grand Theft AutoIt’s true, swear, scouts honorYou knew what you wanted, and, boy, you got herBrand new, full throttleYou already know, babeI feel like laughing in the middle of practiceDo that impression you did of your dad againI’m hearing voices like a madmanAnd in a blink of a crinkling eyeI’m sinking, our fingers entwinedCheeks pink in the twinkling lightsTell me ‘bout the first time you saw meI’ll drink what you think and I’m highFrom smoking your jokes all damn nightThe brink of a wrinkle in timeBeen a sweet 16 suddenlyI’m watching American Pie with you on a Saturday nightYour friends are around, so be quiet, I’m trying to stifle my sighs‘Cause I feel so high school (So high school) Every time I look at you, but look at youTruth, dare, spin bottlesYou know how to ball, I know AristotleBrand new, full throttleTouch me while your bros play Grand Theft AutoIt’s true, swear, scouts honorYou knew what you wanted, and, boy, you got herBrand new, full throttleYou already know, babe (You already know, babe)