By Mark Grey
12:47pm PDT, Apr 19, 2024
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Amid a slew of fawning critiques from critics, essentially the most well-known pop star on the planet began breaking data on the very first day of launch: “The Tortured Poets Division ” — the double album dropped by Grammy-winning music icon Taylor Swift on April 19 — grew to become Spotify’s most streamed album in a single day in 2024 up to now, shortly surpassing Beyonce’s “Cowboy Carter.”
The songwriting masterpiece — which is making headlines not just for its takedowns of actor Joe Alwyn and The 1975 frontman Matt Healy however for its thrilling tracks about Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce (“So Excessive Faculty” and “The Alchemy” are believed to be odes to the “New Heights” podcast host) — can also be inspiring numerous thrilling reactions from followers… together with many within the NFL and leisure worlds.
Be part of us as we check out a number of the greatest reactions from sports activities stars and their spouses, entertainers and extra…
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“The perfect artwork is created from wrestle and disappointment… da anthology is unhappy and actual and Taylor… It makes me wanna punch anybody that harm that lady’s emotions… however nobody can punch them worse than Taylor and her piano and pen. Glad she discovered happiness” —Taste Flav
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“Let’s gooooooo,” Brittany Mahomes, who’s married to Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, wrote on her Instagram Story alongside Taylor’s “The Tortured Poets Division” album-release submit. She added three hand-clapping emojis for good measure.
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“I am so comfortable for @tkelce. That needed to be insanely dope to take heed to the primary time,” Pat McAfee tweeted.
On his eponymous ESPN present, he mentioned, “In the event you take heed to the songs and a number of the narratives, soccer created the one … that ‘So Excessive Faculty’ track. His boys get a shoutout. … His dad will get a shoutout. … I am grateful that Taylor Swift has met a soccer man as a result of I feel what’s approaching the following album is about to be essentially the most ‘I discovered it.’ Because the very starting we mentioned these two is likely to be excellent for one another. Taylor Swift is a workhorse, beast, genius — you title it — excessive degree. Travis Kelce, identical factor, however at a place the place he isn’t the well-known man within the room, so being the man that is with Taylor Swift will not be an issue. A few of these different guys, it was like they could not deal with the shadow. I am extremely pumped for each of them.”
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“And @tkelce has formally made it… Taylor Swift’s new album ‘The Tortured Poets’ has TWO songs about Kelce. ‘The Alchemy’ and ‘So Excessive Faculty.’ #Swifties in pandemonium” —Chase Daniel
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“All’s truthful in [brotherly] love and poetry” –the official X account for the Philadelphia Eagles wrote
Travis Kelce’s brother, Jason Kelce, performed for the Eagles for 13 seasons.
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“TPD [fire emojis] @taylorswift13″ —Lane Kiffin
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“I do not know if I wish to see one other 4 months of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce protection.” —Kelly Stafford, who’s married to Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford
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“#KIMKARDASHIAN GOT WRECKED. I NEED TO SEE HER KID SINGING LYRICS ABOUT WHAT A DIRTBAG HER MOTHER IS. ‘And someday, your child comes dwelling singing a track that solely us two is gonna know is about you.’ #thanKyouaIMee No defining clues moreover capitalizing her title. I really like Taylor,” Barstool Sports activities proprietor Dave Portnoy tweeted.
“#ThanKyouaIMee is Taylor Swift’s magnum opus. A masterpiece! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Sing it, North West! SING IT!!!!” he added.
He later wrote, “I am slowly wading by means of all the key album songs however Travis Kelce watching ‘American Pie’ each Sat night time is correct on model. #SoHighSchool.”
Lastly, he tweeted, “Taylor is arguably the best singer/songwriter diss monitor author ever. You do not have to like her, however in case you do not respect her otherworldly expertise, you’re a hater #TTPD.”
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Taylor Swift sings of Clara Bow on her new track impressed by the Twenties actress, “This city is pretend, however you are the actual factor.”
Clara’s great-granddaughter, Nicole Sisneros, instructed Individuals journal she acquired “chills” listening to the monitor, which she mentioned “poetically attracts parallels between Clara Bow and Taylor.”
“[They’re] each uncooked and amazingly gifted artists,” Nicole mentioned. “My household and I really like the track and are grateful for Taylor connecting with Clara’s legacy by means of her songwriting.”
One other great-granddaughter, Brittany Grace Bell, mentioned, “Clara was a ‘rose’ that was picked by the lads of Hollywood who capitalized on her fame and expertise. I feel it completely encapsulates how she would really feel because the ‘it’ lady of Hollywood.”
“It is actually exceptional for Clara to be again within the media consideration, 100 years later. That is a testomony to her legacy. I hope this conjures up the youthful technology to find out about Clara’s story and really feel impressed by her perseverance,” she added.
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Matt Bushman’s spouse, Emily Bushman, took to her Instagram Story to share a selfie along with her husband, plus Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and one other couple on New 12 months’s Eve in 2023. “Matt out right here leaving Easter eggs,” she wrote throughout the snap.
She later shared a photograph of herself and one other lady displaying their shocked reactions to Taylor’s new album. “Our faces at this double album proper now,” she wrote.
Emily’s husband, by the best way, performs for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs with Travis.