Taylor Swift fans are in an uproar over her new song that openly celebrates Travis Kelce. The track, called ‘Wood,’ is being called her most explicit yet, and it’s sparking intense debate online.
Swift has always been known for emotional songwriting, but this time she’s gone in a different direction. The song appears on her new album, ‘The Life of a Showgirl,’ which is her first since getting engaged to Kelce.
Many listeners were shocked by how directly she talks about intimacy. One fan said: “When the majority of your fans are 12 and 13, this is not the kind of lyrics you want them to be listening to.” Dozens of parents online shared the same reaction.
Others felt she lost her sense of cleverness and subtlety, saying it sounded more crude than creative. One post read: “All that money and no class,” from a grandparent who said their granddaughter was now singing along to lyrics that didn’t feel appropriate.
Still, plenty of fans are standing by her. Some say the song shows a woman who’s grown up and is comfortable being honest about love. One supporter wrote: “Taylor is finally just saying it how it is. She’s earned the right to be raunchy if she wants. It’s her life and her art.”
The lyrics make it clear why the song is so controversial. It starts with Swift talking about bad luck in past relationships and then shifts to how Kelce changed that. In the pre-chorus she sings: “Forgive me, it sounds c**ky / He ah-matized me / And opened my eyes / Redwood tree, it ain’t hard to see / His love was the key / That opened my thighs.”
The second verse takes it even further with the line: “Girls, I don’t need to catch the bouquet, mm / To know a hard rock is on the way.” Later she adds a playful nod to Kelce’s podcast with: “New heights of manhood / I ain’t got to knock on wood.”
That wordplay, mixed with her new confidence, has people either cheering or cringing. Whether they love it or hate it, everyone seems to be talking about it.
