Taylor Swift is a trend beyond her music, much beyond.
This Sunday, January 28, the 34-year-old singer's last name became a trend on X (formerly Twitter) even above the reason why she was in fashion.
The artist had gone to M & T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, to watch her boyfriend,
Kansas City Chiefs
tight end Travis Kelce, play.
There the interpreter observed first-hand the victory of Kelce and his team over the local Baltimore Ravens by 17-10, which opened the door for them to play in the LVIII Super Bowl, the high-profile final of the American football league in which They will face the San Francisco 49ers, who shortly after defeated the Detroit Lions and made the other pass to the finals.
But not even the team's or Kelce's names were the biggest trend online: she equaled or surpassed them.
And you can't even search for her name.
On Saturday
“We are committed to maintaining a safe and respectful environment for all users,” the platform stated.
Swift, according to the British newspaper
Daily Mail
, is considering whether to sue, but this Sunday she has been very far from all that controversy.
The artist arrived at the Baltimore field at noon and supported Kelce dressed in red from one of the boxes, as she has been doing week after week since September, whenever her schedule allows.
This time she even went onto the field with Donna and Ed, the player's parents, and there she hugged him and even kissed him publicly, in an unusual gesture.
However, although Swift has been with Kelce practically since the start of the regular season, now the big question remains: will the singer be at the Super Bowl, the most important game of the year?
It's not very easy, but everything indicates that it is.
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The Eras Tour
, the tour in which she reviews her 17 years of experience across 10 albums, is the artist's most ambitious project, and between March and October 2023 it has taken her to 24 cities in 66 concerts in the United States. , Mexico, Argentina and Brazil, in addition to making her a billionaire thanks to her music.
But now the one from Pennsylvania leaves America and takes off its international leg, with no less than 85 concerts until the end of November.
She starts next February in Tokyo, where she will be four nights: 7, 8, 9 and 10. Then she jumps to Melbourne and Sydney, in Australia, for another six
shows
until the end of February, and to Singapore in March.
And, already in May, she will go to Europe: she will open the Bernabéu in Madrid (Spain is the only country where she only has one appointment), Lisbon, Milan, London... until August, to finish again in the US and finally Canada in December.
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift celebrate the Kansas City Chiefs' victory in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 28, 2024. Patrick Smith (Getty Images)
That last recital at the Tokyo Dome complicates, but does not prevent, Swift's presence at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, where the game will be played precisely on February 11, just one day later.
The Japanese capital and Nevada City are around 9,000 kilometers away, which is almost half a day of flight, around 11 hours.
The fact that there are no direct flights would not be a problem for the singer, who for years has used her private plane to get around.
But she does keep up with the times.
The main issue is the time difference, with 17 different zones between Japan and the West Coast of the United States. But this works in its favor.
In Tokyo, the concert starts at six in the afternoon (although counting on the opening acts, Swift will leave around seven), and it is not short: it has 44 songs (plus two surprises), so in total, it lasts about three hours and a half, approximately.
Therefore, the artist would finish around ten thirty at night, she would have to leave the stadium, go to the airport and leave and then fly for about 11 hours.
If she took off at midnight on Saturday (7 am Saturday in the Western US), she would arrive in Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon.
I mean, she could even spend the night in Tokyo, wake up early and fly.
The Chiefs' game against the 49ers starts on Sunday the 11th at 3:30 p.m., Pacific time (the Las Vegas time zone), so if Swift goes out on that Saturday night (Tokyo time) and sleeps on his plane, he would arrive in Nevada late Saturday afternoon.
If, for example, he left at 12 at night and flew for about 12 hours, he would continue gaining time and would arrive in Las Vegas around seven in the afternoon that same day, almost a day before the start of the grand final.
This mathematical calculation makes headlines, and even Drew Barrymore last November marked the times on a whiteboard during his show, already thinking that Kelce's team could pass.
The Kansas City Chiefs already won the last league, in 2023 (when Travis defeated Jason, his brother, who plays for the Philadelphia Eagles), and also those in 2020 and 1970. If they win the title, it would be the third for Travis Kelce , 34 years old.
For the singer it is her first final, because although she has been dating the player since last summer and has supported him at all times, until now nothing was known about her being a fan of American football.
While it is true that her presence as a possible performer during the game's sought-after halftime break has been discussed on many occasions, and even certain sports and entertainment media claim that she has declined to participate on more than one occasion, it is not certain that the NFL has invited her.
If last year it was Rihanna, this year the rapper Usher will take care of the intermission.