{"id":2108228,"date":"2025-10-22T13:40:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2108228"},"modified":"2025-10-22T13:40:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:40:18","slug":"stars-react-to-taylor-swifts-suggestive-lyrics-of-showgirl-song-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/stars-react-to-taylor-swifts-suggestive-lyrics-of-showgirl-song-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars React to Taylor Swift&#8217;s Suggestive Lyrics of Showgirl Song \u2018Wood\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/taylor-swift\/\"><strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s double entendre-filled \u201cWood\u201d<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-swifts-raunchy-life-of-a-showgirl-lyrics-in-wood-explained\/\"> has the entire internet in a tizzy<\/a> over the pop star\u2019s very suggestive lyrics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cForgive me, it sounds cocky \/ He ah-matized me and opened my \u0435yes,\u201d Swift, 35, sings in the ninth track from <i>The Life of a Showgirl. <\/i>\u201cRedwood tree, it ain\u2019t hard to see \/ His love was th\u0435 key that opened my thighs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She continues, \u201cAnd, baby, I\u2019ll admit I\u2019ve been a little superstitious \/ The curse on me was broken by your magic wand \/ Seems to be that you and me, we make our own luck \/ New Heights of manhood \/ I ain\u2019t gotta knock on wood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWood\u201d is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-swifts-songs-about-travis-kelce-on-ttpd-so-high-school-more\/\">presumed to be about Swift\u2019s fianc\u00e9<\/a>, <strong>Travis Kelce<\/strong>, who cohosts a podcast called \u201cNew Heights\u201d with his brother, <strong>Jason Kelce<\/strong>. (Swift announced <i>Showgirl <\/i>was on the way via an August appearance on the show, which was previously the catalyst for their love story.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-swifts-raunchy-life-of-a-showgirl-lyrics-in-wood-explained\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-The-Life-of-a-Showgirl-The-Shiny-Bug.jpg?crop=0px%2C486px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Taylor-Swift-The-Life-of-a-Showgirl-The-Shiny-Bug\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-The-Life-of-a-Showgirl-The-Shiny-Bug.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-swifts-raunchy-life-of-a-showgirl-lyrics-in-wood-explained\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Breaking Down Taylor Swift&#8217;s Raunchy &#8216;Life of a Showgirl&#8217; Lyrics in &#8216;Wood&#8217;<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tTaylor Swift\u2019s The Life of a Showgirl features one of her raciest songs to date with a track titled \u201cWood.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a love story,\u201d Swift, 35, said in an Amazon Music explanation video shared on Friday, October 3. \u201c[It\u2019s] about using, as a plot device, popular superstitions [and] good luck charms, bad luck charms and [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Fans on social media also believe that Swift chose \u201cWood\u201d as track No. 9 to correspond to the length of Travis\u2019 so-called \u201cmanhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Swift, meanwhile, has played coy about what inspired \u201cWood\u201d and its tracklist position.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4122915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-Stars-React-to-Wood-Lyrics-inline.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Taylor-Swift-Stars-React-to-Wood-Lyrics-inline\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-Stars-React-to-Wood-Lyrics-inline.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-Stars-React-to-Wood-Lyrics-inline.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-Stars-React-to-Wood-Lyrics-inline.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-Stars-React-to-Wood-Lyrics-inline.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-Stars-React-to-Wood-Lyrics-inline.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-Stars-React-to-Wood-Lyrics-inline.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-Stars-React-to-Wood-Lyrics-inline.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-Stars-React-to-Wood-Lyrics-inline.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-Stars-React-to-Wood-Lyrics-inline.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-Stars-React-to-Wood-Lyrics-inline.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-Stars-React-to-Wood-Lyrics-inline.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-Stars-React-to-Wood-Lyrics-inline.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-Stars-React-to-Wood-Lyrics-inline.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-Stars-React-to-Wood-Lyrics-inline.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-Stars-React-to-Wood-Lyrics-inline.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Taylor Swift.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Mert Alas &amp; Marcus Piggott<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt\u2019s a love story,\u201d the Grammy winner said during <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-swifts-life-of-a-showgirl-easter-eggs-and-fan-theories\/\">an Amazon Music explanation<\/a> of the song. \u201cIt\u2019s] about using, as a plot device, popular superstitions [and] good luck charms, bad luck charms and all these different ways we have decided things are good luck or bad luck \u2014 like knocking on wood and seeing a black cat. That is the way I\u2019ve decided to explore this very, very sentimental love song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">While Swift is staying mum about the musical inspiration, a handful of celebrity fans think that they\u2019ve figured it out already. Keep scrolling for their best reactions:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>Elizabeth Banks<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cNot HARD to guess who this one is about,\u201d Banks captioned a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/t\/ZTMhMY9kx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a> video of herself listening to the song for the first time, tagging both Swift and Travis\u2019 accounts. \u201cLoving <i>Life of a Showgirl.<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">In Banks\u2019 footage, she gushed that the melody for \u201cWood\u201d seemed \u201cjammy\u201d and she needed to check out the lyric video after hearing a few NSFW metaphors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cI need to see these lyrics written out. I\u2019m in a fantasy in my mind,\u201d the actress quipped. \u201cOh, she\u2019s really telling tales on this one.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>Nicki Minaj<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\">Minaj live-tweeted her first reaction to hearing the full album on Friday, October 3, including \u201cWood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201c#Wood is exactly what falling in love with your soulmate \u2018sounds like,\u2019\u201d the rapper wrote via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NICKIMINAJ\/status\/1973988253058646136\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>Heather McMahan<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\">The comedian said in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/t\/ZTMh6MqS7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a> video that it was \u201cfantastic\u201d to hear Swift\u2019s new songs about \u201cgetting d***ed down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cLike, she\u2019s a baddie,\u201d McMahan said. \u201cShe\u2019s had her heart broken a million times, we\u2019re over that. She\u2019s, like, \u2018It\u2019s big.\u2019 And we\u2019re like, \u2018Congrats!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>Dave Portnoy<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\">After listening to \u201cWood\u201d multiple times upon its release, the Barstool Sports owner came to the realization that the track was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/dave-portnoy-reacts-to-taylor-swifts-wood-being-about-travis-kelces-d\/\">actually about Travis\u2019 body<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cIt\u2019s about Travis\u2019 d***? And then you re-listen and it\u2019s all, \u2018Redwood tree\u2019 and \u2018I knew he had a big d*** and hard rock and I have to catch the bouquet.\u2019 No. No. I\u2019m not bobbing and weaving and jamming to a song about Travis\u2019 d***,\u201d Portnoy quipped in an Instagram video. \u201cI\u2019m a football guy and I\u2019ve known Kelce a lot longer than I\u2019ve known Taylor, so some of the songs you don\u2019t want to get too into, \u2018Oh, they\u2019re talking about it like that.\u2019 So, \u2018Wood\u2019 is out.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Chrishell Stause<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cEverything I have learned about Travis Kelsie\u2019s [sic] wood is very much against my will,\u201d the\u00a0Selling Sunset\u00a0personality wrote via her Instagram Stories on Sunday, October 5. \u201cTo clarify, I LOVE love and am very happy for any of you (her obviously included) in love. I also would find it TMI to hear about your partner\u2019s genitalia. That\u2019s just me! But, I don\u2019t want to yuck your yum. I\u2019m glad some of you love to hear about it and got just that!\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>Jen Affleck<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p3\">The <i>Secret Lives of Mormon Wives <\/i>star made up a dance to the less suggestive lyrics with her <i>Dancing With the Stars <\/i>partner, pro dancer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/who-is-jan-ravnik-meet-taylor-swifts-eras-tour-dancer\/\"><strong>Jan Ravnik<\/strong><\/a>. (Ravnik previously danced with Swift on her <i>Eras Tour <\/i>and appears in her new music video for \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cVibing to Taylor\u2019s new album ON REPEAT,\u201d Ravnik captioned a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/t\/ZTMh6BC3F\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a> video.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Jason Kelce<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Travis\u2019 older brother shared<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/jason-kelce-reveals-kylie-kelces-favorite-life-of-a-showgirl-song\/\"><span class=\"s1\"> his glowing review<\/span><\/a> for the entire album during an episode of the siblings\u2019 \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast later in October. The track \u201cWood,\u201d as one could imagine, sparked an in-depth conversation about Travis\u2019 body parts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cDo you feel \u2014 not confident \u2014 do you feel cocky about the song \u2018Wood?\u2019\u201d Jason asked Travis, referencing one of Swift\u2019s lyrics. \u201cIt\u2019s not just you. It\u2019s an appendage. It\u2019s a very specific thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Travis, however, played coy about Swift\u2019s double entendres, joking that Jason was taking it too far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI love that girl, so \u2026 any song that she would reference me in that way,\u201d Travis said, trailing off. \u201cI think you\u2019re not understanding the song.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Kylie Kelce<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Travis\u2019 sister-in-law also praised \u201cWood\u201d on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/kylie-kelce-has-hilarious-reaction-to-taylor-swifts-new-song-wood\/\"><span class=\"s1\">her \u201cNot Gonna Lie\u201d podcast.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThere are some bops on there, I think everybody knows,\u201d Kylie said, listing \u201cOpalite\u201d and \u201cWish List\u201d as two of her favorites. \u201cAnd who are we kidding? \u2018Wood.\u2019 Here\u2019s the deal. Do I need that much detail, specifically about my brother-in-law? Probably not. But also \u2026 Good job, Trav. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><i>The Life of a Showgirl <\/i>is out now.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\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.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift\u2019s double entendre-filled \u201cWood\u201d has the entire internet in a tizzy over the pop star\u2019s very suggestive lyrics. \u201cForgive me, it sounds cocky \/ He ah-matized me and opened my \u0435yes,\u201d Swift, 35, sings in the ninth track from The Life of a Showgirl. \u201cRedwood tree, it ain\u2019t hard to see \/ His love [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2108229,"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":[25173],"tags":[21741,24386,21800],"class_list":["post-2108228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-entertainment","tag-entertainment-news","tag-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Stars-React-to-Taylor-Swifts-Suggestive-Lyrics-of-Showgirl-Song.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108228","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=2108228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2108230,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108228\/revisions\/2108230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2108229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2108228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2108228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2108228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}