Taylor Swift’s new bonus track“Cleveland!”has at least two very loud fans: Travis and Jason Kelce. The song arrived Sept. 25 on The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, and on the Sept. 30 episode of New Heights, Travis called it“a banger”while thanking Taylor for giving his hometown“a little more punch.”Jason added that he and his wife Kylie listen to it constantly, which is about as strong a co-sign as a song can get.
“Cleveland!”means something extra for the Kelce family. The brothers grew up there, and the lyric video features home video of Taylor and Travis driving around his childhood neighborhood together. The track also contrasts public criticism of Taylor with the love she and Travis share, which lands a little differently now that the two married in early July.
The Encore adds four bonus tracks to The Life of a Showgirl, an album that already spent 12 weeks at No. 1. So Cleveland gets a shoutout, Travis gets a song about his roots, and fans get new music from an album that refuses to leave the charts. Which bonus track from The Encore is your favorite so far?
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