Kelce Family Responds to Taylor Swift's Suggestive Track with Humorous Tree Analogies
It's apparent that Jason Kelce and Kylie Kelce are perfectly capable of forging their own romantic destiny — no massive redwood required.
Kylie, at 33, quietly updated her Instagram profile to state, “Big fan of Japanese Maples,” a move that appeared to reference how Jason, 37, characterized his own anatomy during a recent installment of his “New Heights” podcast.
“I considered 'redwood' to be quite a flattering term,” Jason joked on the previous week's podcast, in connection with his future sister-in-law Taylor Swift’s track “Wood,” which hints at Travis Kelce’s virility. “Should a song be penned about me, it would probably go something like, ‘Japanese maple / Occasionally visible.’”
“Wood” stands as the ninth entry on Swift’s newest studio record, The Life of a Showgirl, incorporating a nod to “New Heights” and an abundance of suggestive wordplay.
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“Pardon my immodesty / He captivated me and broadened my perspective,” Swift, 35, vocalizes on the pop number. “A towering redwood, it’s plain to observe / His affection was the catalyst that unlocked my desire.”
Jason and Travis, 36, delved further into the topic of Japanese maple trees in their subsequent podcast installment.
“I'm not sure if a prominent Japanese maple even exists,” Jason remarked on the Wednesday, October 15, episode, responding to a listener's query about being approached to endorse the tree. “I'm unaware of any significant campaigns promoting Japanese maples. It seems that particular tree isn't marketed as heavily as some others currently.”
Travis, for his part, pointed out that Japanese maples hold a “distinctive allure” within horticulture.
“And that's precisely why Kylie is so fond of them,” the Kansas City Chiefs tight end jested, referring to his sister-in-law.
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Jason agreed with his brother, stating that Kylie’s appreciation is “all [he] requires.”
“It’s truly wonderful,” Travis further commented. “Kindly keep tagging us [on social media] in photographs of any trees that bring Jason to mind.”
Neither Travis nor Swift have explicitly discussed the presumed “Wood” analogy, emphasizing instead that the track revolves solely around superstitions.
“It’s a romantic narrative,” Swift clarified in an Amazon Music commentary on the song. “[It’s] designed to employ, as a narrative tool, common superstitions [and] omens of good fortune, harbingers of ill luck, and all the various methods by which we’ve categorized things as fortunate or unfortunate — such as tapping on wood or encountering a black cat. This is how I chose to approach this deeply, deeply heartfelt love song.”
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Swift composed “Wood” alongside Showgirl coproducers Max Martin and Shellback, originally envisioning it as an innocent love anthem.
“I presented this in the studio and expressed, ‘I'd like to create a somewhat nostalgic, timeless-sounding song,’” Swift stated on the October 6 installment of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “I had the concept of, ‘I don't need to knock on wood,’ and I would physically knock on wood, symbolizing these various superstitions. Its origins were genuinely quite pure.”
The pop sensation went on, “I'm not sure what transpired, honestly. I entered the session, we began to connect creatively, and I'm genuinely uncertain how we arrived at this point. Nonetheless, I adore the song immensely.”
Ultimately, Swift incorporated several suggestive phrases concerning her and Travis’ intimate relationship, which haven't been universally recognized.
“[My mother] believes the song is focused on superstitions, which it undeniably is,” Swift mentioned on SiriusXM’s The Morning Mash Up earlier in the current month. “That's the beauty of the dual meaning. You can interpret that song for certain individuals, and the underlying implication simply eludes them.”
