Travis Kelce praises Taylor Swift's masters triumph - ABC News
Taylor Swift announced last week that she now owns her master recordings.
Travis Kelce is super happy that his girlfriend Taylor Swift has finally gained control of her master recordings.
On the latest episode of his "New Heights" podcast, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end and his brother, retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, welcomed NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal as a guest. At the end of his appearance, O'Neal grabbed his phone and started playing Swift's hit "I Knew You Were Trouble," lip-synching along to the lyrics.
"That's my favorite song in the world, brother, I love it!" O'Neal laughed.
Taylor Swift shared a letter on her official website May 30, 2025 that "All of the music I've ever made... now belongs... to me."
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Travis Kelce replied, "Shoutout to Tay-Tay! Just got that song back, too. Just bought all her music back, so it's finally hers too, man. I appreciate that!"
"I Knew You Were Trouble" is from Swift's 2012 album "Red" and is one of the six albums whose master recordings she recently re-acquired from their previous owners, Shamrock Capital.
Elsewhere in the podcast episode, the Kelce brothers discussed O'Neal's side hustle as a DJ, with Travis Kelce saying, "You gotta get me [in] the DJ booth, man. Teach me your ways."
O'Neal said he would, adding, "You know what's crazy? You opening up for your girlfriend. Bro, you'll be a f---ing star! Ten minutes, hyping up the crowd? Oh my God!"
"You know I'm a hype man," Travis Kelce agreed. "I'd get 'em rockin' in there. Have the Swifties bouncing off the walls before Tay gets out there!"
O'Neal also told Travis Kelce that Jason Kelce had arranged for him to shake Swift's hand at the 2024 Super Bowl, which Kansas City won.
In this Jan. 26, 2025, file photo, Taylor Swift celebrates with Travis Kelce after the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Buffalo Bills 32-29 in the AFC Championship Game in Kansas City, Missouri.
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"That was the Super Bowl I like to remember," Travis Kelce joked, an apparent reference to his team's Super Bowl LIX loss to the Eagles earlier this year.
Swift announced that she had purchased her master recordings last week in a powerful letter shared on her official website.
"All of the music I've ever made... now belongs... to me," she wrote at the time. "And all my music videos. All the concert films. The album art and photography. The unreleased songs. The memories. The magic. The madness. Every single era. My entire life's work."
