Sourdough Smirk. Photo: Logan Bowles/Getty Images
To an untrained eye, Taylor Swift just talked for 2 hours on her boyfriend, Travis Kelces, podcast New Heights and announced her new album The Life of a Showgirl . To a trained Swiftie eye, Swift just left over two hours of clues and Easter Eggs for us to decode. The biggest theory of all? Swift might be performing on next years Super Bowl 60 halftime show on Sunday, February 8, in Santa Clara, CA. But what crumbs did Swift leave for us to uncover? Here are all the hints that Taylor Swift might possibly be the showgirl headlining the Super Bowl halftime show in 2026.
Like a good sourdough, we have to begin with the starter. Swift primed her fans to be on the lookout for any significant numbers on the podcast. I love numerology. I love math stuff. I love dates, Swift explained. Numbers that have a specific significance. Travis and Swift gave examples, such as how her favorite number, 13, and his jersey number, 87, add up to 100.
At the top of the episode, Swift thanked Jason for screaming for 47 seconds during his introduction of her. Santa Claras Levis Stadium was the 47th concert of her tour, where she sang Stay Stay Stay and All the Girls Youve Loved Before, a possible ode to Travis. She also joked that she visited 47,000 countries on the Eras tour (Swift visited 21). Levis Stadium is also the host of the Super Bowl in 2025.
Throughout the interview, Swift shared her love of baking sourdough bread. The sourdough has taken over my life in a huge way. Im really talking about bread 60% of the time now, Swift told the Kelces on New Heights. 60? Like LX? Super Bowl LX?
Thats not the only fermented hint. The mascot of the San Francisco 49ers, host of the Super Bowl next year, is Sourdough Sam, a miner who brings the bread with him during a hard days work of digging in gold mines. Swift also made it a point to share that she gave Kelce two loaves of sourdough to take to training camp.
Back in 2022, TMZ reported that the NFL offered Swift the halftime show gig, but she wasnt interested in doing it until she owned all of her music. Then in 2023, when rumors of a halftime performance began swirling again, a source close to the NFL told the Daily Mail : She wants to be a part of the show at some point and is leaning towards doing it in a few years, especially if the Super Bowl is in Nashville. While Santa Clara is across the country from Nashville, three years does give Swift plenty of time to change her mind, especially when she has a new album coming out and the thought of going through another Ticketmaster war scares the hell out of everyone. Doing the Super Bowl will be the most accessible way for fans to experience a live show from Swift.
Throughout the interview, when it seems like Swift was giving away clues or Easter Eggs, Travis could not stop smirking. Is it because his girlfriend is breaking the internet by being on his podcast? Maybe. Or it possibly because he knows shes teasing a Super Bowl performance and he just cant contain his excitement.
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