Henry McKenna
AFC East Reporter
If you caught their exchange on the field after the Kansas City Chiefs won the AFC Championship Game last Sunday, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift likely made you feel something.
They hugged and kissed. Later, he told her he loved her and she seemed to tell him she’d “never been so proud. Ever.”
Before writing this column, I honestly had not spent much time thinking about Kelce and Swift. It felt like the classic no-nuance argument where everyone had a hot take.
I thought: Why not just let them fall in love?
But when I saw their embrace, the wholesomeness warmed me.
I do know, however, that some cringed at the sight. Some even hated seeing it — it made them angry.
Taylor Swift, in particular, seemed to make them angry.
Maybe you were just exasperated (which, of course, is a type of emotional movement). You rolled your eyes and reduced this relationship to expert marketing — a union of the American Pop Music Industrial Complex and Big Bad American Football. I’m not going to personally waste time considering the transactionality of their relationship. (It is, of course, there — with Apex Marketing Group estimating the relationship has brought more than $300 million in revenue to the Chiefs.)
Instead, I’m going to trust my eyes, which see two people who feel strongly for each other. And it felt like — well, like the ending for one of Swift’s songs that she and Kelce are heading to the Super Bowl. It makes perfect sense.
Taylor Swift has always made sense at the center of an NFL field. She has always made sense at the Super Bowl.
It’s Americana, squared. It’s the story of us.
There is no more sensible combination of things than Swift and football.
We’re talking ketchup and mustard. Rum and Coke. Turkey and stuffing. Cowboy boots and muddy cornfields. Snap buttons and denim shirts. The Swoosh and sneakers. Jim and Beam.
Some things are just better together.
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Publish date : 2024-02-01 14:45:58
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