Swifties decode Taylor Swift’s cryptic comments as Super Bowl LX hints

Taylor Swift talking about sourdough bread (SB anyone?) might not sound like a headline, but to her fans, it could mean everything. During her guest spot on Travis and Jason Kelce’s New Heights podcast this week, the singer dropped a handful of remarks that have been seized on as possible clues that she’s eyeing the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.

Here are the key points picked up on, some more tenuous than others:

• She admitted she’s watched every halftime performance
• She joked about sourdough “60% of the time” – Super Bowl 60 is set for Levi’s Stadium, home of the 49ers and mascot Sourdough Sam
• She screamed for “47 seconds.” Levi’s Stadium was the 47th stop on her Eras Tour
• She played with numbers again – 4 plus 7 equals her famous 13, and 2026 will be Travis Kelce’s 13th NFL season
• She has finally regained control of her masters, something she previously said was a condition for ever doing the show

Watch the rather excited Jason introduce Taylor and the rest of the show...

Could Taylor Swift actually say yes this time?

The star has often batted away questions about headlining football’s biggest stage, insisting she’d wait until she owned her music. That milestone came this year after she secured her masters, completing a process that included re-recording several of her iconic albums. With her next release, The Life of a Showgirl, dropping in October, the timing for a February spectacle suddenly looks rather convenient.

Some of the fan comments re Swift and Super Bowl LX

With tens of thousands of replies to the podcast (never mind the discussions on other forums) some turned the section into a running theory board:

• One fan wrote, “Next year, Super Bowl Halftime Show baby, go get it, Taylor.”
• Another chimed in, “So excited for the Super Bowl halftime show!!!! She is definitely doing it. So many Easter eggs dropped.”
• Others zeroed in on her bread joke: “She is SO BOOKED FOR THE SUPER BOWL! The Sourdough is not just about bread people...”
• Another added: “Hmmmmm. 60 = Super Bowl 60, it at 49’s and there mascot is what? Anyone think she telling everyone she gonna do half time show this year.”

Still, the NFL has made no announcements, and Swift hasn’t confirmed a thing. But if history has taught us anything, it’s that Swift rarely mentions numbers, dates – or even bread – without it likely meaning something. And with the Super Bowl looming as the most obvious stage left for her to conquer, fans may not be wrong to hear echoes of February in every crumb.

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