Taylor Swift’s Travis Kelce “Eras” mashup included “Mary’s Song”
July 7, 2024
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Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images for TAS Rights ManagementIn the solo part of her Epoch Tour Sentences, Taylor Swift often combines songs from across her career to send subtle nods to fans. Her third performance in Amsterdam on Saturday, July 6, included a long message to her biggest fan: friend Travis Kelce.
Swift, 34, began the piano portion of her recent show in Amsterdam with “Mary’s Song (Oh My My),” a song from her self-titled debut album that she hadn’t played in 16 years. The song is such a hit with diehard fans that it’s become a running joke when fans say they heard the Grammy winner practicing it during soundcheck.
Notably, the track features the number 87, which happens to be Kelce’s jersey number with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Swift then moved on to “So High School,” a song she wrote about her budding relationship with Kelce, 34, from her latest album. The “Tortured Poets” section. She ended the mini-set with “Everything Has Changed,” a song from 2012 Red about a life that was turned completely upside down by falling in love.
📹 | “I’m turning 87, you’re turning 89” – Taylor singing “Mary’s Song” with Travis in the audience #AmsterdamTSTheErasTour
— Taylor Swift Updates (@TSwiftLA) July 6, 2024
As has quickly become tradition, Swift revised the text of her midnight song “Karma” to include her “guy on the Chiefs.” In other Amsterdam sets, Swift nodded to the football player by incorporating his archery performance into her dance moves.
Swift and Kelce exited the stage together. A fan video shows the pair walking down a ramp to leave the arena. She wore a sparkly blue bodysuit while Kelce wore a white T-shirt and olive green shorts. He paused briefly on the ramp and raised his arms behind Swift to call for applause.
Although the recent show in the Netherlands featured plenty of Kelce music, it wasn’t the most elaborate show Swift’s NFL boyfriend has done in a single stop. At her final show at London’s Wembley Stadium last month, the athlete carried the singer onstage before singing “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart.”
Kelce initially suggested that Swift join the cycling background dancers who performed during the 1989 part of the concert, but Kelce said they chose “the safest option.”
“I’ve seen the show enough times, so I might as well get in line here,” Kelce said of the planning on his podcast “New Heights.” “And actually, she found the perfect part of the show for me. There was no bike in case I bumped into someone or hit one of the dancers or something.”
Kelce relished the chance to “play an actor” on stage, fanning himself during one of Swift’s costume changes and beaming from ear to ear after she blew him a kiss.
“(I) just made sure to play with Tay and get her makeup right. It was a blast, I had so much fun,” he said.