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Taylor Swift appears to throw shade at Travis Kelce’s ex Kayla Nicole in new song
Taylor Swift’s latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, is only a day old, but fans are already locked in on one track that’s generating major buzz.
The song 'Opalite' is being closely examined for what many believe is a not-so-subtle reference to Kayla Nicole, Travis Kelce’s ex-girlfriend. Swift is currently engaged to Kelce, and the pair’s high-profile relationship has been a talking point since they first went public.
While Swift hasn’t named names, fans think the lyrics point directly to one of Kelce’s most public past relationships.
One lyric has listeners convinced
In 'Opalite,' Swift sings, “You couldn't understand it, why you felt alone / You were in it for real, she was in her phone / And you were just a pose.” Listeners immediately connected that line to Kayla Nicole, who dated Kelce on and off for five years before the relationship ended in 2022.
After the song dropped, fans resurfaced an old video of Kelce seemingly asking Kayla to put her phone down while he celebrated a career moment.
The speculation has blown up online, with one user posting, “Taylor clocking Kayla Nicole was not on my bingo card,” and another adding, “This makes me think of when Trav won the Super Bowl and Kayla just had her phone out the whole time in Travis' face.”
Swift says the song is Kelce’s favorite
During an interview with Capital Breakfast, Swift revealed that 'Opalite' was inspired by the opal, Kelce’s birthstone, and its man-made version, opalite. She explained that the stone became a metaphor for something created with intention, including happiness. “I’ve always loved that stone,” she said, “and I thought it was kind of a cool metaphor that man-made Opal and happiness can also be man-made too.”
Swift also confirmed that 'Opalite' is Kelce’s favorite song on the album. The emotional and symbolic layers are clearly personal, which may be part of why fans are paying extra close attention to every word.
Let us know what you think - is Swift throwing shade, or are fans reading too much into it?