After a Long Journey, Taylor Swift Is at the Super Bowl

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After a Long Journey, Taylor Swift Is at the Super Bowl
The pop singer had to travel across the globe (and through time, in a sense) to make the game. How did she get there? That and answers to other Taylor-related questions.

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Taylor Swift, wearing a black top and black pants, holds her left arm straight in the air while pointing up as she is surrounded by numerous people in a luxury suite at a football game.
After making the journey from Tokyo to Los Angeles to Las Vegas, Taylor Swift set up for the Super Bowl in a luxury suite with, among others, Ice Spice, Blake Lively, Donna Kelce and Jason Kelce.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times
Benjamin Hoffman
By Benjamin Hoffman
Feb. 11, 2024
Updated 8:35 p.m. ET
The Kansas City Chiefs are making the team’s fourth Super Bowl appearance in the last five seasons. While some N.F.L. players go their entire career without playing for a championship, one of Kansas City’s newcomers had their ticket punched after only 12 games.

As Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic said on X, shortly after the Chiefs’ championship win: “Taylor Swift makes the Super Bowl in her first year in the league. Elite.”

Swift, who has been dating Travis Kelce, Kansas City’s star tight end, has changed the N.F.L. conversation all season, attracting a new audience for the league and inspiring strong emotions (both positive and negative) among fans. Her critics as well as her detractors may have some burning questions ahead of the game. First and foremost, they wondered if she would be there.