Taylor Swift reveals what she really thinks about Australia on New Heights podcast with Travis Kelce
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift discussing her new album on the New Heights podcast. Credit: Supplied
Taylor Swift has made a loving shout-out to Australia while discussing her new album on her boyfriend Travis Kelce's sports podcast.
The global megastar made her podcast debut on New Heights alongside Kelce and his older brother Jason, where she revealed details about her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, to be released on October 3.
Swift also spoke about her life after her huge Eras tour wrapped up in December last year, which involved performing in 51 cities across 21 countries.
'It feels great to be honest, Jason, I'm not going to lie,' she said.
'I do miss it, but it was perfect for what it was.'
Swift said she loved being able to visit so many places with her boyfriend in tow.
'What was really fun about all the countries we went to is when we first started dating (Travis) was like I always really wanted to go on vacation in Europe, see Australia, go to Asia and I was like well, I got a tour for that, it's coming up,' she said.
'We got to travel the world, have vacations and adventures when I wasn't on stage, which was really fun because Europe was so fun, Australia is amazing, yeah, it was great.'
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Taylor Swift's new album The Life of a Showgirl is out October 3.
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The two-hour podcast also saw Swift fight back tears when she spoke about the emotional saga of reclaiming her master recordings after she re-recorded her first six albums.
Swift sent her mum and brother to LA to negotiate with Shamrock Capital, the owners of her music, on her behalf.
She explained how Kelce was playing video games when she found out she had bought the rights back, and the NFL star even started weeping when he was told the news.
'I haven't gotten my hopes up about this in a decade. A couple of months after the Super Bowl, I was in Kansas City,' Swift said, adding she had been saving to buy her masters since she was a teenager.
'I get a call from my mum. She's like, 'You got your music.' I very dramatically hit the floor for real. Bawling my eyes out, weeping, like 'Really?' I said to myself 'Go tell Travis in a normal way'.
'He was playing video games, and he put his headset down. I was like 'I got my music back!' And I was heaving crying. This changed my life.'
Kelce said he had listened to all the new songs on TS12 and told fans they should prepare for some 'bangers that are upbeat, pop and excitement'.
'This album is going to make you dance,' he said.
Swift was the most requested guest in the history of the New Heights podcast.
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