{"id":474195,"date":"2026-02-17T17:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/474195\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T17:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:19:07","slug":"taylor-swifts-special-role-at-the-2026-winter-olympics-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/474195\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift&#8217;s special role at the 2026 Winter Olympics revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift\u2019s special role at the 2026 Winter Olympics has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the women\u2019s figure skating competition in the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, the singer lent her voice to help introduce Team USA\u2019s \u201cBlade Angels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLadies and gentlemen, I\u2019d like to introduce you to Amber [Glenn], Alysa [Liu] and Isabeau [Levito]: three American Showgirls on ice, who will capture your heart with their stories,\u201d Swift said in a voice-over, refrencing her latest album, \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBCOlympics\/status\/2023518249996956121?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">in an X video posted<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift\u2019s role at the 2026 Winter Olympics has been revealed. Getty Images for TAS Rights Management<\/p>\n<p>In a video shared on social media, Swift introduced Team USA\u2019s figure skaters, known as the \u201cBlade Angels.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLover\u201d songstress, 36, went on to detail the \u201cmany battles\u201d Glenn, 26, has fought to make it to the Olympics, noting, \u201cThe ones she lost have meant as much as the ones she wins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer superpower now is embracing the fight and daring the world to test her self-belief,\u201d Swift explained as images of Glenn falling \u2014 and getting right back up \u2014 in previous competitions were shown. <\/p>\n<p>Next was Alyssa, whom Swift explained had walked away from figure skating when she was 16, \u201cbut then came back \u2026 on her own terms\u201d four years later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoy fuels her now, every jump a celebration. Every performance, a testament to the beauty of knowing yourself,\u201d she concluded before moving on to Levito.<\/p>\n<p>Swift called Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito \u201cthree American Showgirls on ice, who will capture your heart with their stories.\u201d Getty Images for TAS Rights Management<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re teammates and they\u2019re friends. They call themselves the Blade Angels,\u201d she said in the video. NBCOlympics\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Swift also lent her song \u201cOpalite\u201d to the video. NBCOlympics\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Per Swift, Levito is \u201cdestiny personified,\u201d explaining that her mom grew up in Milan and her \u201cnonna lives exactly 13 minutes from the Olympic rink.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you can skate like you\u2019re meant to be out there, history has a funny way of showing up,\u201d she added about the 16-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re teammates and they\u2019re friends. They call themselves the Blade Angels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swift said of Glenn, \u201cHer superpower now is embracing the fight and daring the world to test her self-belief.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>For Liu, she said, \u201cJoy fuels her now, every jump a celebration. Every performance, a testament to the beauty of knowing yourself.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>As for Levito, she called her \u201cdestiny personified.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/06\/entertainment\/taylor-swift-hints-at-wedding-plans-with-travis-kelce-in-star-studded-opalite-music-video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Swift\u2019s current single, \u201cOpalite,\u201d<\/a> played in the background of the advert.<\/p>\n<p>The Grammy-winning singer has been keeping up with the Olympics as <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/12\/celebrity-news\/taylor-swift-comments-on-breezy-johnsons-engagement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she recently celebrated another Olympian\u2019s big milestone<\/a>: getting engaged. <\/p>\n<p>On Feb. 12, Olympian skier Breezy Johnson posted on social media that her now-fianc\u00e9, Connor Watkins, had dropped to one knee as she arrived at the finish line of the women\u2019s Super-G race in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Watkins referenced Swift\u2019s song \u201cThe Alchemy\u201d by printing inside the ring box, \u201cHonestly, who are we to fight the alchemy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swift also recently celebrated Breezy Johnson\u2019s engagement to Connor Watkins. Instagram\/breezyjohnsonski<\/p>\n<p>Swift, on the other hand, is also getting ready to tie the knot with Travis Kelce. GC Images<\/p>\n<p>Without missing a beat, Swift commented on the post with more lyrics from the track, writing, \u201c\u2018Where\u2019s the trophy? He just comes running over to me\u2019 CONGRATULATIONS!!!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Aside from getting engaged, Johnson had gotten the gold medal in the women\u2019s downhill on Feb. 8.<\/p>\n<p>Like the athlete, Swift is also preparing to walk down the aisle with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/04\/entertainment\/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelces-symbolic-wedding-date-revealed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in the summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Blade Angels will compete in the Women\u2019s Short Program event at 12:45 p.m. ET on Tuesday. They will compete in the Free Skate event on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift\u2019s special role at the 2026 Winter Olympics has been revealed. 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