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The album is rumored to feature two songs that reference the singer’s current romantic relationship with Donna’s son, football star Travis Kelce.
By Carly Thomas
Associate Editor
Donna Kelce is sharing her high praises for Taylor Swift‘s new album, The Tortured Poets Department.
The mother of Super Bowl-winning athlete Travis Kelce recently told People magazine at the Age of Possibility summit in Las Vegas, “I listened to the whole album, and I listened to it all morning long when it was released.”
On April 19, the Grammy-winning singer dropped Tortured Poets, which features 16 songs, plus an additional 15 tracks on a surprise “double album,” titled The Anthology.
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“I was just very impressed,” Donna added. “She is a very talented woman, and I think it is probably her best work.”
When the outlet later asked the football star’s mom if she had any life advice for the “Fortnight” singer about growing older, she dismissed the idea, saying, “She doesn’t need my advice on anything. In fact, I hope she will give me advice.”
Following the album’s release, fans have speculated that at least two songs on Tortured Poets, “The Alchemy” and “So High School,” are referencing Swift’s current romantic relationship with Travis.
In The Hollywood Reporter’s resident Swiftie’s rankings of the latest album’s songs, Ryan Fish said, “The Alchemy” is “about undeniable chemistry and when your relationship just feels right.” As for “So High School,” he described it as “one of the happiest moments of the record,” and called it a “lovey-dovey tribute to those good old days.”
Since the release of Swift’s 11th studio album — which hasn’t even been out for an entire week yet — it has broken multiple records, including becoming Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single week with more than one billion streams.
The “Cruel Summer” singer has previously described Tortured Poets “an anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time — one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure.”
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