Taylor Swift Just Seemingly Shaded Travis Kelce’s Ex on His ‘Favorite’ Song: ‘You Were in It for Real…’

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Taylor Swift is going all in on The Life of a Showgirl. Many Swifities think that she targeted her fiance’s ex Kayla Nicole on a song that’s about Travis Kelce.

In track three of her new album, she sings about waiting to find the right love. In the chorus, she sings, “It’s alright / You were dancing through the lightning strikes / Sleepless in the onyx night/ But now the sky is opalite.” However, in the verse, she sings about her lover’s lament before they found each other. “You couldn’t understand it, why you felt alone / You were in it for real, she was in her phone / And you were just a pose.”

A Swiftie reposted a video of Travis Kelce telling Kayla that she’s on her phone too much. “Get off your phone,” the tight-end jokingly says while grabbing her phone while filming. Some fans immediately noticed the connection. One person wrote on X, “TAYLOR SWIFT JUST CALLED KAYLA NICOLE TF OUT.” Someone else wrote, “Taylor clocking Kayla Nicole was not on my bingo card.”

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In an interview with Capital Breakfast, Taylor shared that the song is attributed to Travis. “I had written down the word Opalite because I learned that it is actually a man-made Opal. Opal can be man-made just like diamonds. Travis’ birthstone is an opal, so I have always fixated on that, and I’ve always loved that stone. And I thought it was kind of a cool metaphor that man-made Opal and happiness can also be man-made too,” she said. “I think that is his favorite, he loves that one.”

The podcast host dated the NFL player on-and-off from 2017 to 2022. She mostly keeps quiet about the relationship and alluded to the relationship in a now-deleted TikTok that said, “You’re not stupid Kayla. No, I am actually. Thought I’d get wifed after dating for 5 year. That’s 1,825 days.”

She’s also hinted at experienced cheating in past relationships, but didn’t name any names. During an episode of The Pre-Game With Kayla Nicole back in May, she said, “You watch the Disney movies, you grow up in church. I was raised to believe that a man and woman, if they are in a relationship, if they are married, you are only intended to be with each other, and you make this agreement, this promise to one another to hold each other accountable.’ 

“Have I experienced that in dating and relationships in my life? No. When you are cheated on, the heartbreak and devastation that come with that. The insecurities that come with that. It can be overwhelming. In my experience, I don’t have successful, monogamous relationships without any element of cheating.”

“Opalite” by Taylor Swift lyrics

[Verse 1]
I had a bad habit of missing lovers past
My brother used to call it, “Eating out of the trash”
It’s never gonna last
I thought my house was haunted, I used to live with ghosts
And all the perfect couples said, “When you know, you know”
And, “When you don’t, you don’t”

[Pre-Chorus]
And all of the foes, and all of the friends (Ha, ha)
They’ve seen it before, they’ll see it again (Ha, ha)
Life is a song, it ends when it ends
I was wrong
But my mama told me

[Chorus]
It’s alright
You were dancing through the lightning strikes
Sleepless in the onyx night
But now the sky is opalite
Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, my Lord
Never made no one likе you before
You had to make your own sunshinе
But now the sky is opalite
Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

[Bridge]
This is just a storm inside a teacup
But shelter here with me, my love
Thunder like a drum
This life will beat you up, up, up, up
This is just a temporary speed bump
But failure brings you freedom
And I can bring you love, love, love, love, love
Don’t you sweat it, baby

[Chorus]
It’s alright
You were dancing through the lightning strikes
Oh, so sleepless in the onyx night
But now the sky is opalite
Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, my Lord
Never made no one like you before (No)
You had to make your own sunshine
But now the sky is opalite
Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

[Verse 2]
You couldn’t understand it, why you felt alone
You were in it for real, she was in her phone
And you were just a pose
And don’t we try to love love? (Love love) We give it all we got (Give it all we got)
You finally left the table (Uh-uh), and what a simple thought
You’re starving ’til you’re not

[Pre-Chorus]
And all of the foes and all of the friends (Ha, ha)
Have messed up before, they’ll mess up again (Ha, ha)
Life is a song, it ends when it ends
You move on
And that’s when I told you

[Chorus]
It’s alright
You were dancing through the lightning strikes
Sleepless in the onyx night
But now the sky is opalite
Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, my Lord
Never made no one like you before
You had to make your own sunshine
But now the sky is opalite
Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

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