In case you hadn’t picked up the indicators from the Tremendous Bowl kisses or the romantic Bahamas getaways or the Coachella hand-holding, Taylor Swift isn’t hiding a lot on the subject of her relationship with Kansas Metropolis Chiefs star Travis Kelce. Maybe that’s why the clear references to Kelce’s soccer profession in her Tortured Poets Division observe “The Alchemy” come throughout so cheeky. Swift’s nods at “contact[ing] down,” “the crew,” “heat[ing] the benches,” “successful streak[s],” “the trophy,” and “the league” are so on the nostril that some followers have questioned if the tune is definitely a bait-and-switch, ostensibly about Kelce however, in actuality, about Swift’s relationship along with her personal persona.

Whatever the tune’s final goal, there’s no query Swift’s conscious her sports activities references will draw quick consideration to Kelce, and to the ever-growing phenomenon that’s the Tayvis period. “The Alchemy” is an anthem of kinds, a no-holds-barred embrace of Swift’s newest chapter. Even her much less apparent lyrics converse to a way of playfulness: “I circled you on a map” may very well be a wink at claims Swift put Kelce “on the map.” Or “these blokes heat the benches,” a barb at her British exes, together with each Joe Alwyn and Matty Healy. “Little one’s play again in school”? Maybe a callback to her personal earlier catalogue, during which she referenced high-school jock-and-cheerleader stereotypes in songs like “You Belong With Me.”

Swift isn’t precisely kissing and telling. But when everybody’s already being attentive to each transfer she and Kelce make collectively, the singer may as effectively take pleasure in her wordplay. You may learn the total lyrics to “The Alchemy” forward:

This occurs as soon as each few lifetimes
These chemical substances hit me like a white wine

What if I instructed you I’m again?
The hospital was a drag,
Worst sleep that I ever had
I circled you on a map
I haven’t come round in so lengthy
However I’m coming again so sturdy

So once I contact down
Name the amateurs and minimize ’em from the crew
Ditch the clowns, get the crown,
Child I’m the one to beat
’Trigger the signal in your coronary heart
Stated it’s nonetheless reserved for me
Actually, who’re we to battle the alchemy?

Hey you, what if I instructed you we’re cool?
That baby’s play again at school
Is forgiven beneath my rule
I haven’t come round in so lengthy
However I’m making a comeback to the place I belong

So once I contact down
Name the amateurs and minimize ’em from the crew
Ditch the clowns, get the crown,
Child I’m the one to beat
’Trigger the signal in your coronary heart
Stated it’s nonetheless reserved for me
Actually, who’re we to battle the alchemy?

These blokes heat the benches
We’ve been on a successful streak
He jokes that it’s heroin however this time with an ‘E’
’Trigger the signal in your coronary heart
Stated it’s nonetheless reserved for me
Actually, who’re we to battle the alchemy?

Shirts off and your folks elevate you up over their heads
Beer sticking to the ground,
Cheers chanted ’trigger they mentioned
There was no probability tryna be the best within the league
The place’s the trophy?
He simply comes operating over to me

Contact down
Name the amateurs and minimize ’em from the crew
Ditch the clowns, get the crown,
Child I’m the one to beat
’Trigger the signal in your coronary heart
Stated it’s nonetheless reserved for me
Actually, who’re we to battle the alchemy?

These blokes heat the benches
We’ve been on a successful streak
He jokes that it’s heroin however this time with an ‘E’
’Trigger the signal in your coronary heart
Stated it’s nonetheless reserved for me
Actually, who’re we to battle the alchemy?

This occurs as soon as each few lifetimes
These chemical substances hit me like a white wine