Taylor Swift left everyone surprised when she appeared on Travis Kelce and his brother Jason’s podcast titled New Heights on August 13, 2025. Now, the same episode has created new records on YouTube. The streaming platform confirmed the same by sharing a special tweet on X that reads,
“The @newheightshow episode with @taylorswift13 peaked at over 1.3M concurrent livestream viewers, more than any other podcast on YouTube since the platform officially launched a dedicated podcast experience in 2023.”
The @newheightshow episode with @taylorswift13 peaked at over 1.3M concurrent livestream viewers, more than any other podcast on YouTube since the platform officially launched a dedicated podcast experience in 2023. https://t.co/XhYUU1DVbw
— Updates From YouTube (@UpdatesFromYT) August 15, 2025
Jason Kelce also expressed his excitement about Taylor appearing on their podcast and increasing its viewership on X. He wrote, “I mean this video being 1.3 million views is the epitome of numerology.” With this, he referenced the Love Story singer’s lucky number 13, including their earlier discussion on numeric musical Easter eggs on the same podcast.
I mean this video being 1.3 million views is the epitome of numerology
— Jason Kelce (@JasonKelce) August 14, 2025
Meanwhile, the episode on YouTube has now been able to garner over 17 million views already (at the time of writing this story). Apart from that, it has also broken records on Spotify by leading to an increase in female viewership for New Heights by almost 600%!
Many were unaware that the podcast faced some technical issues while Taylor Swift was talking about the cover of her upcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl. This was confirmed by the official handle of the podcast, but things went back to normal soon, as was mentioned in another X post, which reads,
“Shoutout all the 92%ers and swifties for actually helping us break the internet.”
Shoutout all the 92%ers and swifties for actually helping us break the internet https://t.co/5cLK4skkjp
— New Heights (@newheightshow) August 14, 2025
On the other hand, the Blank Space singer spoke at length about her personal life and professional career on the podcast. This included her recently-concluded Eras tour, romance with the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, and even reclaiming her master’s. As expected, Taylor also unveiled the cover, tracklist, and release date of her new album, The Life of a Showgirl.
In his podcast, Kelce revealed that he was “fortunate enough” to have heard all the tracks, and they are all “bangers”.
“It’s a lot more upbeat and it’s a lot more, like, fun pop excitement. I think it’s a complete 180 from a lot of the songs on Tortured Poets for sure,” Kelce said.
Swift revealed that the LP gives a behind-the-scenes look into her personal life during the Eras tour. “My main goals were melodies that were so infectious, you’re almost angry at it … We’ve made songs that I’m so proud of,” Swift said.
The artist revealed that the album will have 12 tracks and that she worked on it with her old collaborators Max Martin and Shellback.
For the unversed, this was Taylor’s first visit to her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s podcast.