KANSAS CITY, Mo. — “Don’t say I didn’t, say I didn’t warn ya!“
Footage from Taylor Swift’s New Orleans Eras Tour performances shows the popstar at three different shows throwing up very football-coded hand gestures, which fans are interpreting as her attempt to “bless” the stadium ahead of a potential third Chiefs championship win.
Swift made a charming reference to Kelce’s well-known in-game gesture in one of the clips by pointing to the right before turning around, blowing a kiss, and showing three fingers — dare I say, foreshadowing a three-peat?
In the second, she threw her arms up to symbolize a goalpost while mouthing “touchdown.” Finally, the singer appeared to toss a fake football into the crowd by swinging her arm above her head.
The term “Tayvoodoo” was created by fans, who joke that Swift is a magician. The phrase gained popularity during the Eras Tour when synchronous phenomena were seen in specific lyrics, such as a plane descending next to the Buenos Aires venue when Swift sang the “Labyrinth” line, “I thought the plane was going down, how did you turn it right around?” or lightning striking to the beat of “Bad Blood” in Nashville.
“Tayvoodoo” is based on some unprovoked hate, as well. Like the Ravens fan who broke one of her records before last year’s postseason game or the Bills fans who set fire to her photos while tailgating.
Jason Kelce noted in a New Heights episode earlier this season that the Kansas City Chiefs had been winning a lot of games lately as if some sort of magical or supernatural force was influencing them.
“I feel like you guys are the ‘Angels in the Outfield,'” the former Philadelphia Eagles center said to his brother, Travis Kelce. “There’s some unknown.”
Travis jumped in and said, “Here you go with this f***ing Tayvoodoo s*** again.”
The brothers laughed, and a term that’s been ubiquitous in the Swiftie community bled into the sports world.
“Karma takes all my friends to the summit.“
So maybe there is an angel, not in the outfield, but in the suite at the stadium. Swifties and Chiefs supporters can identify with the fact that the “Tayvoodoo” has been effective, whether it is due to pure luck or a little magic.