Taylor Swift Talks Travis Kelce's Proposal, Addresses Selena Gomez, Ed Sheeran & Super Bowl Rumors

-We love you too much! -That was so nice!

-We love you too much! -[ Laughs ]

-That was...

[ Cheers and applause ]

-The big -- I know -- You have to --

We have to let her talk. Sorry.

-No. It was so nice. That was -- That was incredible. Wow.

-That's the loudest intro in the history of "The Tonight Show."

-You guys are the best. -They're the best crowd.

-Everyone in here. -Yeah, they're the best.

-I feel like I'm back at the Eras Tour.

-Yeah! I'm like -- Come on.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Uh, let's talk "Life of a Showgirl" is out now.

It went to number one.

It is the biggest streaming day for any album

released this year across all platforms,

including Amazon, Apple, Spotify.

Every platform. Number one. Congratulations.

-That's all you guys. Thank you so much.

[ Cheers and applause ]

-How -- How does it feel to have this out in the world?

-I mean, it's -- I -- Yes.

I'm so excited about, like --

This was sort of a surprise and a secret

that I had been carrying around for a year.

And I was so excited. It's like --

It's like when you're like, "I got a really great

Christmas present for my brother."

But you have it for a year.

And so it's really exciting that, you know,

they have opened the present and they are playing with the toy.

And it's fantastic.

Like, this has just been, like,

I think the most well-matched, um, era

in terms of where my life was when I wrote it

and then where I am now when it's out in the world.

I feel exactly the same way as I did

when I wrote and recorded these songs.

It's like -- -Because sometimes you put out an album...

-Oh, sometimes you write, like --

"The Tortured Poets Department."

Like, the name didn't lie.

I was like -- I wrote that song and I was just, like, miserable.

-Yeah. -And then when I put it out,

I was like... "I'm so happy now."

So I just, like...

Release week meant just, like, putting my phone in a drawer.

You know? Like, I was just like --

You know, this feels so special because, um,

like, with my albums, I love to kind of, you know,

showcase sort of, like, aspects of my personality

that are in the extreme, right?

Like, "Tortured Poets Department," my last album,

was really highlighting the facets of me

that are like a writer

that's, like, earnest and stoic and raw

and sort of, like, the sprawling part of it,

where the part of me that wants to just be like,

"I'm just gonna write everything

and give you everything I wrote," right?

Raw and, like, pain and just excruciating, um, detail.

And then there's this, like --

That was the character of the poet,

and this I wanted to be the character of the showgirl,

which is, like, other aspects of a person's personality,

where you're, like, funny and feisty

and, like, having a blast and flirty

and sort of tongue-in-cheek

and a little scandalous and, like, friendly.

-Yes! Yes! [ Cheers and applause ]

We're feeling all of it.

By the way, I have to say -- Because I'm getting blinded.

Congratulations on your engagement.

-Oh, thanks. Thanks. -Yeah. No big deal.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Wow! -Yeah.

-Can I see? -Yeah. Of course.

-Oh, my Lord. Can we -- Look...

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Taylor. -It's crazy.

-Taylor, that is insanity. -That's crazy!

-Well, he put a lot of --

He put a lot of work into that one.

-He did. He did.

And he had it for a really long time

before he gave it to me, too.

-He did? -Yeah.

So he had it, like -- He custom did this

and designed it with this amazing jeweler

who he made it with.

-It's gorgeous. Even the sides are beautiful.

-I know! I know!

I look at it constantly. Like, it's not...

It doesn't feel, um, in any way normal for me.

I'm just sort of like, "Oh, man!"

-Yeah. Yes. -Whoa!

But it's like -- It's more than that.

It's like -- I just like --

He's just my favorite person I've ever met.

No offense to everyone else. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-But the fact that this is the person

that I get to hang out with every day forever

is just like --

That's the whole thing of it.

You look at that, and you're like,

"I get to hang out with him forever."

And this represents that. -That's the win. Yeah.

Well, I know that you did his podcast, "New Heights,"

which, by the way, I have done.

And since I've done his podcast,

they've won every game since I done --

-You know what? Don't think I didn't notice that.

-Thank you. -Yeah.

-I don't want a thank-you. I don't want any credit.

Let's just act like it didn't happen.

-Yeah, let's not jinx anything. Let's sort of...

But... -But it did happen.

-It did happen. -What are you gonna do?

-We have to acknowledge certain superstitious things

that cause a streak of winning. -Yes.

-It's gameday. My head is very much there.

-Yes, you are.

-So thank you for acknowledging that.

-No, no, I was gonna bring up the podcast

only because you did the podcast to announce

and reveal your album title. -Yes.

-And then after that podcast, I think it was --

I think I'm right about this.

It might be another rumor about you.

But he went, and you got engaged right after the podcast.

-Yes.

So, basically, um, I think for Travis,

the podcast was just sort of, like, a distraction,

sort of ruse to keep me

not looking out the windows of the house.

-It was all happening.

Was the backyard normal when you got there?

-I don't -- Every time he does the podcast,

it's not like he, like, blacks out all the windows.

The dra-- There's, like, fully, like,

just blackout drapes on every single window

of the whole house. -Yeah.

-You're like, "Honey, this is real secretive."

-"He is so serious about this, and I really appreciate that."

Um, but then, um, afterward, I kind of realized,

like, he's walking around

sort of nervous about the podcast.

He's like, "My heart is racing. I just really want...

I know how much this means to you.

Like, really want this to be what you hoped it would be."

Because we'd been talking about doing the podcast

and announcing the album.

And he's like, "My heart's racing."

And I've never seen this dude nervous, ever.

-Of course he's not nervous about the podcast!

-He's professionally not a nervous person.

-He's like, "I wonder what questions I'm gonna ask you.

I know one! I know one!

I know one question that I'm gonna ask!

I know the big one! But I can't get to that yet!"

[ Laughter ]

-He was like, "Do you want to go and

just walk around the backyard and have a glass of wine?"

I'm like, "I'm always gonna want to do that."

-That's cool. -Um...

-And then I realized exactly why all of the windows

were curtained and why he was nervous.

-Yeah. Look at this right there.

-It was the best possible case scenario.

Look at that! That's what he was turning the backyard into.

-It is gorgeous! -Like a secret garden oasis.

-It's beautiful!

[ Cheers and applause ]

Uh, you've had a giant, giant year.

A lot of things to celebrate.

You have the number-one album.

You've got engaged.

You also, uh, finally got the masters.

You control all of your masters.

[ Cheers and applause ]

-That's...

[ Cheers and applause ]

-Wow. -Thanks, guys.

-That was hard work. That's a lot of...

-The Roots know. Like, they...

Ahmir knows.

We're all just out here

in this crazy, insane music industry.

And, um, the fact that this happened

still feels absolutely outlandish to me

because I kind of had made peace with the fact

that I was going to re-record my music.

I was going to try to replicate these songs

as accurately and exactly as possible,

and that was just what I was going to do.

Because nobody had ever given me the opportunity

to bid on my work before.

So I was used to feeling --

Whenever I would see one of my music videos