Most of The Life of a Showgirl is a glitter gel pen album — but fans have picked up on a few lyrics that are not quite as lovey-dovey. In “Opalite,” Swift sings about her romance with Travis Kelce — but Swifties picked up on one line that seemingly references the tight end’s ex, Kayla Nicole .

In one verse, Swift seemingly sings directly to Kelce about feeling lost in one of his previous relationships: “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.”

Shortly after the album came out on Oct. 3, fans on X (formerly called Twitter) and TikTok began speculating that the lyric is Swift’s way of defending Kelce and throwing some “shade” Nicole’s way. As one listener put it, “she fr wrote travs tolerate it she

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