Swifties assume their favourite artist is dropping hints a few main upcoming gig — however is Taylor Swift actually performing on the Tremendous Bowl halftime present subsequent 12 months? Followers assume it’s very seemingly, so long as you learn between the strains of her New Heights podcast interview with boyfriend Travis Kelce.
Swift appeared on the podcast that Kelce hosts together with his brother, Jason, on Aug. 13 to speak about her upcoming album The Lifetime of a Showgirl. As Swift usually does, she dropped oodles of Easter eggs — or clues to her upcoming work — previous to the album reveal. However now, some followers assume that she additionally teased clues in the course of the interview that time towards the Tremendous Bowl.
Nothing has been formally introduced, and all of those fan theories are pure hypothesis. Nevertheless, if Swift does carry out on the Tremendous Bowl, it could be her first time gracing the halftime present on the sporting occasion — a gig she allegedly turned down earlier than. However with an NFL participant boyfriend who has gained three Tremendous Bowl titles up to now, it’s doable that now is a good time for her to take the stage. Right here’s what we all know.
Swift could have dropped these numbers on objective
In the event you converse Swiftie, the explanations are compelling. For one factor, Swift spoke explicitly about Easter eggs on the podcast — together with mentioning how she loves utilizing “numerology” to depart a path of breadcrumbs. Followers who’ve tracked Swift’s hints through the years noticed it as an indication to look towards the numbers talked about on the podcast — and one particular quantity stood out.
As a number of folks on social media identified, Swift referenced the quantity “47” twice within the podcast — as soon as, when she joked that she carried out in “47,000 international locations” for the Eras Tour, and once more when she thanked Jason for screaming for “47 seconds” when she revealed her new album on the pod.
Why is 47 important? Properly, as some on social media identified, the forty seventh present on the Eras Tour was in Santa Clara, Calif., at Levi’s Stadium. The place is the subsequent Tremendous Bowl being held? Levi’s Stadium.
However that isn’t all. As TikToker @SamKochman identified in a video, there are extra indicators that appear to be pointing to this explicit stadium. “The mascot for the 49ers is Sourdough Sam, and she or he spent an entire lot of time speaking about sourdough,” the TikToker famous, referencing how Swift gushed over her present baking obsession, even sending Kelce some bread throughout coaching camp. And she or he additionally mentioned she’s serious about sourdough “60%” of the time — probably a reference to the upcoming sixtieth Tremendous Bowl.
Oh, and right here’s some superior Swiftie math: And what’s 47 plus 13, Swift’s favourite quantity? Why, it’s 60.
The hints transcend numerology
One other doable clue that Swift could be performing on the halftime present? She referenced her ardour for these performances straight on the podcast, saying that she knew “each halftime present from the Tremendous Bowls” even when she “didn’t watch sports activities.”
And although Swift has since turn out to be a soccer fan, because of boyfriend Kelce, the “Clean Area” singer teased that she has additionally seen a number of the adverse discourse round her on the video games, one other doable trace at what’s to return.
“As everyone knows, you realize, you guys have lots of male sports activities followers that hearken to your podcast,” Swift mentioned. “I feel everyone knows that if there’s one factor that male sports activities followers need to see of their areas and on their screens, it’s extra of me.”
So, will we see Swift come Tremendous Bowl Sunday, 2026? We’ll have to attend and see, nevertheless it’s price noting that if an announcement is made, it’s going to seemingly be quickly: The selection of Kendrick Lamar to headline the 2025 Tremendous Bowl halftime present was revealed on Sept. 8, 2024, and Usher’s 2024 efficiency was introduced on Sept. 24, 2023.
