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Pop superstar Taylor Swift's appearance on the New Heights podcast with her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and his brother, retired former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, is being recognized by Guinness World Records.
Swift's New Heights appearance officially earned the world record for 'most concurrent views for a podcast on YouTube after the livestreamed episode got 1.3 million total concurrent views on August 13, according to GuinnessWorldRecords.com. Additionally, the episode has more than 20 million total views as of Tuesday (August 26), while New Heights surpassed 3 million Instagram followers and added more than 400,000 new YouTube subscribers days after the episode aired.
Swift said she participated in the New Heights interview because it was her "favorite podcast" and joked that it "got me a boyfriend."
"This podcast has done a lot for me, I owe a lot to this podcast. This podcast got me a boyfriend ever since Travis decided to use it as his personal dating app about two years ago," Swift said, referencing Kelce saying he attempted to give her a friendship bracelet when he attended her her 'Eras Tour' concert at Arrowhead Stadium, the home of the Chiefs, prior to their relationship.
Swift then revealed that Kelce "didn't even reach out to our management" when he and quarterback Patrick Mahomes attended the concert.
"He came with Pat and he thought that cause he knows the elevator lady that he could talk to her about just getting down to my dressing room," Swift said.
"Yeah, that's how it works, you just go," Jason joked before laughing.
"That's how it works in 1973," Swift responded. "But yeah, he really was just like, 'yeah, I know a guy, I can figure this out.'"