{"id":2075006,"date":"2025-10-07T14:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2075006"},"modified":"2025-10-07T14:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:53:08","slug":"taylor-swift-reveals-why-she-wont-perform-at-the-2026-super-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swift-reveals-why-she-wont-perform-at-the-2026-super-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Reveals Why She Won&#8217;t Perform at the 2026 Super Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<hr data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\"><strong data-node-id=\"1.0\">THE RUNDOWN<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"2.0\">On Monday, Taylor Swift stopped by <em data-node-id=\"2.0.1\">The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em><em data-node-id=\"2.0.2\"\/> and revealed why she\u2019s not doing the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"2.1\">She explained that there have been informal talks, but her relationship with NFL player Travis Kelce and being too \u201clocked in\u201d during games influenced her decision.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"2.2\">Off the field, the couple is planning their wedding and celebrating the release of Swift\u2019s 12th studio album, <em data-node-id=\"2.2.1\">The Life of a Showgirl.<\/em> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">In an October 6 appearance on <em data-node-id=\"4.1\">The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/uk\/life-and-culture\/culture\/a68875539\/taylor-swift-speech-selena-gomez-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/uk\/life-and-culture\/culture\/a68875539\/taylor-swift-speech-selena-gomez-wedding\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Taylor Swift revealed\" data-node-id=\"4.3\" class=\"body-link css-inlxvj emevuu60\">Taylor Swift revealed<\/a> why she won\u2019t headline the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/music\/a68112231\/bad-bunny-super-bowl-lx-halftime-show-news-date-guests\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/music\/a68112231\/bad-bunny-super-bowl-lx-halftime-show-news-date-guests\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Super Bowl halftime show\" data-node-id=\"4.5\" class=\"body-link css-inlxvj emevuu60\">Super Bowl halftime show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">When the host asked whether she had turned down a formal Super Bowl offer over the rights to performance footage\u2014referring to rumors that circulated online\u2014she responded: \u201cNo. Well, here\u2019s the thing, Jay-Z has always been very good to me. Our teams are very close,\u201d she said, noting that there\u2019s been communication between her camp and Jay-Z\u2019s Roc Nation company, which works with the NFL on the Super Bowl\u2019s halftime production. But she emphasized that nothing ever got to the point of a real contract. \u201cThey sometimes will call and say, \u2018How does she feel about the Super Bowl?\u2019 and that\u2019s not an official offer or a conference-room conversation,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-12\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">So why pass? Swift turned the spotlight to her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a45378530\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-relationship-timeline\/\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a45378530\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-relationship-timeline\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"fianc\u00e9, Travis Kelce\" data-node-id=\"7.1\" class=\"body-link css-inlxvj emevuu60\">fianc\u00e9, Travis Kelce<\/a>. Calling football \u201cviolent chess\u201d and \u201cgladiators without swords,\u201d she described the emotional intensity of watching Kelce put \u201chis life on the line\u201d and how strange it would be to perform on his turf.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"recirculation\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-13\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u201cThe whole season I am locked in on what that man is doing on the field,\u201d she said, adding that football is a \u201cvery dangerous, very high-pressure, high-intensity sport.\u201d She joked about trying to plan elaborate choreography in her head while he\u2019s making plays: \u201cI think we should do two verses of \u2018Shake It Off\u2019 into \u2018Blank Space\u2019 into \u2018Cruel Summer\u2019\u2014would be great.\u201d She added that the decision has \u201cnothing to do with Travis,\u201d saying, \u201cHe would love for me to do it. I\u2019m just too locked in.\u201d <\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"youtube\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-14\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Off the field, Swift and Kelce are in the process of planning their wedding after the Kansas City Chiefs player proposed to the singer in August. \u201cYour English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married \ud83e\udde8,\u201d they wrote in a joint Instagram post announcing their engagement. The couple has been together since summer 2023. <\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"instagram\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-15\" data-node-id=\"12\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Swift, who just released her 12th studio album, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/taylor-swift-the-life-of-a-showgirl-album-guide\/\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/taylor-swift-the-life-of-a-showgirl-album-guide\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"The Life of a Showgirl\" data-node-id=\"13.1\" class=\"body-link css-inlxvj emevuu60\"><em data-node-id=\"13.1.0\">The Life of a Showgirl<\/em><\/a>, previously appeared on Kelce\u2019s <em data-node-id=\"13.3\">New Heights<\/em> podcast and opened up about the public perception of their romance. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"14\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">\u201cWe don\u2019t really [pay attention to the chatter about our relationship],\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t see a lot of things.\u201d She continued, saying that reading \u201cfeedback from the internet\u201d and comments can make it easy to \u201cinternalize\u201d outside noise, but she\u2019s learned to tune it out. \u201cI\u2019ve been in the music industry for 20 years,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty hard to hurt my feelings at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.elle.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE RUNDOWN On Monday, Taylor Swift stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and revealed why she\u2019s not doing the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show. She explained that there have been informal talks, but her relationship with NFL player Travis Kelce and being too \u201clocked in\u201d during games influenced her decision. Off the field, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2075007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[274717,389453,285977,285684,389452],"class_list":["post-2075006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-bc13ab24-29e8-4698-aecd-12f3c23ed92b","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-locale-us","tag-shorttitle-why-taylor-swift-wont-perform-at-the-super-bowl"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-Reveals-Why-She-Wont-Perform-at-the-2026.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2075006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2075006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2075006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2075008,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2075006\/revisions\/2075008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2075007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2075006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2075006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2075006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}