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\nTaylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl is out now with many tracks dedicated to her fianc\u00e9, Travis KelceThe song “Wood” has raised some eyebrows with its references to Travis’ manhoodThe NFL star reacted to the track on the Wednesday, Oct. 8, episode of his and brother Jason Kelce’s New Heights podcast<\/p>\n
Following the release of Taylor Swift<\/a>‘s new album The Life of a Showgirl<\/a>, the whole world unexpectedly learned what Travis Kelce<\/a>\u00a0is working with.\n<\/p>\n Less than a week after the album’s release, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 36, has finally shared his thoughts on the track that his fianc\u00e9e Swift, 35, dedicated to his physical sexual prowess, aptly titled “Wood<\/a>.”\n<\/p>\n “It’s a great song,” Travis said simply when his older brother, Jason Kelce<\/a>, specifically asked him for his thoughts on “Wood,” on the Oct. 8 episode of their New Heights podcast<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n Jason, 37, pressed further, asking, “Do you feel, do you feel \u2014 not confident \u2014 do you feel cocky about the song ‘Wood’?”\n<\/p>\n “No,” Travis responded, adding, “Any song that she references me in is very…”<\/p>\n “That’s not just any song. This is a very specific you,” Jason cut in.\n<\/p>\n Maintaining his air of innocence, Travis replied, “I love that girl, so what do you mean? Any song that she would reference me in that way…”\n<\/p>\n But Jason wasn’t having it, interrupting his younger brother again, saying, “It’s not just you. It’s an appendage. It’s a very specific thing.”\n<\/p>\n “What?” Travis teased his brother. “I think you’re not understanding the song.”\n<\/p>\n Jason wouldn’t let it go, taking the opportunity to quote some of the song’s more suggestive lyrics.\n<\/p>\n “Travis, come on,” he said. “Redwood tree ain’t hard to see… I thought redwood, that’s a little bit, that’s a generous word, I think. I think if somebody wrote a song about me, it’d be like, ‘Japanese maple sometimes can see.’ ”\n<\/p>\n The former Philadelphia Eagles center went on to refer to his own manhood as “more of an ornamental bush.”\n<\/p>\n And when it became clear that Travis wasn’t going to comment further, Jason added, “That song’s great though. The freaking beat to that song is fantastic and that’s right up my alley, so well done. I think it’s a great song.”\n<\/p>\n “I think inserting wood innuendos is always childish enough for me that I can get on board with that,” Jason added.\n<\/p>\n The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!<\/a>\n<\/p>\n “Wood” begins with references to bad luck and superstitions<\/a> as well as finding a life partner, before Swift switches it up in the post-chorus to talk about Travis’ BDE.\n<\/p>\n Swift has a\u00a0handful of songs on the album dedicated to her romance<\/a>\u00a0with Travis, including \u201cOpalite\u201d and “Wi$h Li$t,”\u00a0but “Wood” is her raunchiest song yet, packed with R-rated innuendos and double entendres that are new for the singer.\n<\/p>\n Travis Kelce in October 2024 at a Kansas City Chiefs game.<\/p>\n Erick W. Rasco\/Sports Illustrated via Getty<\/p>\n “Forgive me, it sounds cocky \/ He ah-matized me and opened my \u0435yes \/ Redwood tree, it ain’t hard to see \/ His love was th\u0435 key that opened my thighs,” she sings.\n<\/p>\n The topic of conversation continues in the second verse, this time with Swift relating Kelce’s manhood to a “hard rock” as she sings, “Girls, I don’t need to catch the bouquet \/ To know a hard rock is on the way.”\n<\/p>\n The song’s lyrics make clear that Swift is talking about her future husband with a cheeky reference to the New Heights podcast in the second pre-chorus.\n<\/p>\n “And baby, I’ll admit, I’ve been a little superstitious \/ The curse on me was broken by your magic wand \/ Seems to be that you and me, we make our own luck \/ \u00a0“New Heights (New Heights) of manhood (Manhood) \/ I ain’t gotta knock on wood,” she sings.\n<\/p>\n Swift revealed what her mom, Andrea<\/a>, thinks about the track<\/a> in a recent interview with SiriusXM’s\u00a0The Morning Mash Up<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ promotional photo featuring Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot<\/p>\n “I think that she thinks that that song is about superstitions, popular superstitions, which, which it absolutely is,” she said. “That’s the joy of the double entendre.”\n<\/p>\n “That song, you could read that song for people and it just goes right over their head. That song you, you see in that song what you wanna see in that song,” added Swift.\n<\/p>\n During an appearance on\u00a0The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/a>, Swift vowed that the song started with innocent intentions<\/a>, noting that she had an idea for a “throwback, kind of timeless-sounding song.”\n<\/p>\n