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Taylor Swift announced her 12th album The Life of a Showgirl last week on Travis and Jason Kelce’s New Heights podcast. On the episode, she also revealed a new fixation—baking sourdough bread—which fans quickly tied to the 49ers’ mascot, Sourdough Sam. With next year’s Super Bowl set for Levi’s Stadium, Swifties are now convinced she just hinted at headlining the halftime show.

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For a few years, Ed Sheeran wasn’t making hits. In the US, he hasn’t cracked the top 10 since 2021’s “Shivers.” His last two albums, Autumn Variations and Subtract, were slower, more melodic, and more introspective than what we’ve come to expect. Produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner, those records reflected a rough period in his life: his wife’s cancer diagnosis during pregnancy, the death of a close friend, and a lengthy plagiarism lawsuit that forced him to miss his grandmother’s funeral. He won the case, but the toll was clear.