News - Taylor Swift's Life of a Showgirl: Songs Inspired by Travis Kelce

The opening song on Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl references the character Ophelia from William Shakespeare's Hamlet, who faces a tragic fate. According to the song's lyrics, Taylor "might've drowned in the melancholy" if she hadn't been saved by her true love. "I heard you calling / On the megaphone," Taylor sings. "You wanna see me all alone." The lyrics appear to be a nod to Travis Kelce calling Taylor out on his New Heights podcast for not meeting him at her Eras Tour, which is how their romance began. "I swore loyalty to me, myself and I," the lyrics continue. "Right before you lit my sky up." Before meeting Travis, Taylor was fresh off a breakup from Matty Healy, having declared herself one of the "independent girlies" in July 2023. But after Travis went to her concert in Kansas City that same month, sparks began to fly. Now, Taylor's fiancé is even in on her Easter egg game, teasing "The Fate of Ophelia" lyrics on Instagram back in July: "Had some adventures this offseason," he captioned pics with Taylor, adding, "Kept it [100]." How does that connect to Taylor's song? Well, as the lyrics go, "You dug me out of my grave and saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia / Keep it one hundred."