Jared Goff has shared what it was like after Taylor Swift mentioned his name on a podcast listened to by millions of people in the first 24 hours after it dropped.
According to Sports Illustrated on Thursday, August 14, the Detroit Lions quarterback said his phone nearly exploded with messages after the “Bad Blood” singer name-dropped him on the “New Heights” podcast earlier this week.
“Yeah, pretty crazy, huh? Very cool, I guess,” the NFL star, 30, told reporters. “That was a crazy couple hours last night for me and my phone. I was like, ‘Oh, okay.’ But yeah, pretty cool.”
Swift was a very special guest on the Wednesday, August 13 episode of “New Heights,” which is cohosted by the singer’s boyfriend Travis Kelce, 35, and his brother Jason, 37.
In the episode, the “Shake It Off” songstress, 35, spoke about her initial limited knowledge of the ins and outs of NFL prior to meeting and subsequently dating Travis.
“I thought it was like, Jared Goff is here, and Josh Allen’s here,” Swift said. “They’re gonna be like, they blow a whistle, and they go at each other, and they’re like ‘grrrr,’ and it’s like, who’s gonna win?”
Swift also joked about the mixed reaction she’s received from “male sports fans” since she began dating Travis in summer 2023 and has been a regular fixture at many of his games.
Taylor Swift. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
“As we all know, you guys have a lot of male sports fans that listen to your podcast,” she said. “And I think we all know that if there’s one thing male sports fans want to see in their spaces and on their screens — it’s more of me.”
During the long-requested and highly anticipated podcast episode, Swift revealed the cover – and later the track list – of her equally anticipated 12th album, titled Life of a Showgirl. More than 13 million people tuned in to watch the episode on YouTube in the first 24 hours.
“It was something that I was working on while I was in Europe on the Eras Tour. I just love it. I just love it a lot,” Swift said of the record during the episode. “I love music.”
UPDATE, 8/14/25 at 9:40 a.m. ET: Travis and Jason Kelce broke some major podcast records by having Taylor Swift on their “New Heights” podcast. Swift’s team confirmed to the Daily Beast on Thursday, August 14, that 1.3 million people were watching the YouTube stream during the show’s first hour. That figure doubles the 800,000 people […]
“Working on this, I was physically exhausted, at this point in the tour, but I was so mentally stimulated and so excited to be creating,” Swift said.
The singer explained that she teamed up with her self-described “mentor” Max Martin and Shellback for the new record. They have previously collaborated on her hit songs such as “I Knew You Were Trouble,” “Bad Blood,” and “Blank Space.”
“We’ve made songs that I’m so proud of,” she added. “We’ve never made an album before where it’s just the three of us. It felt like catching lightning in a bottle, honestly.”
