For those who aren’t familiar with the awkward moment, the rapper jumped up onto the stage after Taylor won the award for Best Music Video with her song ‘You Belong with Me,’ interrupting her acceptance speech and cruelly shouting that Beyoncé should have won.
He rushed onto the stage, snatched the microphone from her hand and told the crowd: “Yo, Taylor, I’m really happy for you, I’mma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time!”
Shortly after the moment, Taylor told press: “I was standing on stage and I was really excited because I’d just won the award and then I was really excited because Kanye West was on stage … And then I wasn’t excited anymore after that.”
Social media users are convinced that Taylor Swift just got revenge on Kanye West (New Heights)
The hitmaker has discussed the moment a few times over the years, including how it has affected her, and now it looks like she has found the perfect subtle way to get her own back.
Fans think that Taylor, who has just announced the release date for her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, picked the name for a specific reason.
In February 2016, Kanye released an album titled The Life of Pablo, which also features an orange cover.
Now, some fans are convinced that one of the reasons she picked the name is so that when people search ‘The Life of’ for Kanye’s album, her record will always come up first.
While it’s highly unlikely that this is true as Taylor probably didn’t consider her nemesis when coming up with her latest work, it is correct that the album names slightly clash and could cause this issue.
One fan wrote on Twitter: “Taylor Swift doesn’t do anything by accident. It’s probably not a coincidence her album shows up in searches before Kanye’s Life of Pablo.”
A second agreed: “Taylor naming her album ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ to show up before Kanye’s ‘The Life Of Pablo’ in search results… her mind.”
While a third chimed in with: “Is Taylor Swift The Life of a Showgirl having a dig at Kanye The Life of Pablo???”
Kanye infamously interrupted Taylor’s speech at the VMAs in 2009 (Jeff Kravitz / Getty Images)
A fourth added: “It’s either Taylor Swift is an insanely calculating genius or the whole Swifties are just insane, some ne on TikTok just linked how this incoming album might be more about Kanye and it actually makes sense, he really has an album titled “The life of Pablo” and that’s insane.”
Someone else questioned: “Do you think Taylor named her album “The Life of a Showgirl” so that when you type in “The Life of” on Spotify, Kanye’s album “The Life of Pablo” comes up second instead of first?
Is she that level of petty?”
What else did we learn from Taylor Swift’s new podcast appearance?
How Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got together
In their first joint interview together, the couple got into the story of how they met and revealed some sweet, never-heard-before details.
For those who aren’t familiar with the story, the NFL star famously used his podcast to publicly declare he wanted to date Taylor.
It came after he failed to meet her at her Eras tour show at Arrowhead Stadium, his team’s home stadium.
Taylor gushed: “It was such a wild, romantic gesture to just be like, ‘I want to date you’. But he never did any proper logistical planning. [He thought] because he knows the elevator lady, that he could talk to her about just getting down to my dressing room. That’s how it works in 1973!”
She added: “This felt more like I was in an 80s John Hughes movie and he was just standing outside of my window with a boombox being like, ‘I want to date you! Do you want to go on a date with me? I made you a friendship bracelet’ … I was like, if this guy isn’t crazy – which is a big if – this is sort of what I’ve been writing songs about wanting to happen to me since I was a teenager.”
Taylor sent her mother and brother to buy back her music
Back in May, Taylor famously bought back the rights to her first six albums, ending a long-running battle over the ownership of her music.
And during the podcast, she revealed exactly how it happened – by sending her mother and brother to meet with the owners, rather than a fancy legal team.
She explained: “[These are] my handwritten diary entries from my whole life; these are the songs I wrote about every phase of my life’ … Rather than send lawyers or management in a big crew, I sent my mom and my brother. They told them what this meant for me, they told them the whole story of all the times we’ve tried to buy it, all the times it’s fallen through.”
When she found out the move was successful, she ‘very dramatically hit the floor’ and ‘bawled her eyes out’.
How Taylor and Travis handle all the attention on their relationship
When asked by Jason Kelce how the pair deal with such intense scrutiny and rumours, Taylor confessed: “I don’t see a lot of things.
“I’ve been in the music industry for 20 years. It’s pretty hard to hurt my feelings at this point.”
Meanwhile, Travis added: “There’s still some wacko theories from the beginning that I was like, ‘Oh no, how is she handling this’.
“The last thing I wanted to do was screw this up.”
Travis shares his thoughts on Taylor’s new album
After Taylor used her podcast appearance as a way to announce her upcoming album, Travis gave his take on her new music.
“It’s so much fun … I know there are only 12 bangers. It is a lot more upbeat and a lot more fun pop excitement. I think it’s a complete 180 from a lot of the songs on Tortured Poets, for sure,” he reviewed.
Featured Image Credit: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/New Heights
Taylor Swift and boyfriend Travis Kelce ‘broke the internet’ earlier this week by announcing their joint podcast appearance, during which she also revealed that she is releasing a 12th studio album, titled ‘The Life of a Showgirl’.
In a very rare move, the singer sat down for an entire two hours with the Kansas City Chiefs star and his brother, Jason Kelce, on their New Heights podcast.
And ever since the episode dropped at midnight BST, fans have been picking out their favourite moments, as clips circulate on social media.
One moment in particular that left fans shocked was actually in the introduction, where American football centre Jason introduced Taylor as the guest on the podcast.
Taylor Swift has appeared on New Heights alongside Travis and Jason Kelce (New Heights)
He went for a very lengthy welcome, showering the pop star with praise and listing all of her best achievements.
The sports star shouted: “Last December, she wrapped up the Eras Tour which spanned 149 shows across 51 cities, five continents, the most attended tour of all time.”
Then, Travis grabbed the mic from his girlfriend and laughed as he repeated: “Of all time!”
Now, this might seem like nothing, but some fans think he was referring to one of the moments in her career that wasn’t so enjoyable.
Of course, we’re talking about the infamous moment with Kanye West at the 2009 MTV VMA Awards.
For those who aren’t familiar, the rapper jumped up onto the stage after Taylor won the award for Best Music Video, interrupting her acceptance speech and cruelly stating Beyoncé should have won – for which he later apologised to Taylor.
The moment between Swift and Kanye West went down in awards show history (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
Kanye said: “Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time,” which led some fans to believe that Travis’s comment was a dig at the rapper.
One user wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “Millions of people just watched Travis Kelce casually reference the most embarrassing moment of Taylor Swift’s life.”
While a second eagle-eyed fan added: “Did anyone else catch that Travis repeated “Of all time” after the list of Taylor’s accomplishments in the exact same way that Kanye West repeated “Of all time” after he grabbed the microphone from Taylor and interrupted her award-acceptance speech?”
What else did we learn from Taylor Swift’s new podcast appearance?
We learnt quite a bit from Taylor on the podcast (New Heights)
How Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got together
In their first joint interview together, the couple got into the story of how they met and revealed some sweet, never-heard-before details.
For those who aren’t familiar with the story, the NFL star famously used his podcast to publicly declare he wanted to date Taylor.
It came after he failed to meet her at her Eras tour show at Arrowhead Stadium, his team’s home stadium.
Taylor gushed: “It was such a wild, romantic gesture to just be like, ‘I want to date you’. But he “never did any proper logistical planning. [He thought] because he knows the elevator lady, that he could talk to her about just getting down to my dressing room. That’s how it works in 1973!”
She added: “This felt more like I was in an 80s John Hughes movie and he was just standing outside of my window with a boombox being like, ‘I want to date you! Do you want to go on a date with me? I made you a friendship bracelet’ … I was like, if this guy isn’t crazy – which is a big if – this is sort of what I’ve been writing songs about wanting to happen to me since I was a teenager.”
Taylor sent her mother and brother to buy back her music
Back in May, Taylor famously bought back the rights to her first six albums, ending a long-running battle over the ownership of her music.
And during the podcast, she revealed exactly how it happened – by sending her mother and brother to meet with the owners, rather than a fancy legal team.
She explained: ““[These are] my handwritten diary entries from my whole life; these are the songs I wrote about every phase of my life’ … Rather than send lawyers or management in a big crew, I sent my mom and my brother.
“They told them what this meant for me, they told them the whole story of all the times we’ve tried to buy it, all the times it’s fallen through.”
When she found out the move was successful, she ‘very dramatically hit the floor’ and ‘bawled her eyes out’.
