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Chiefs’ Chris Jones Enters Press Conference Singing Taylor Swift’s ‘The Fate of Ophelia

The lighthearted moment highlights Taylor Swift’s growing footprint inside the Chiefs’ locker room.

Overview

  • Video from Oct. 30 shows Jones walking to the podium with the track playing on his phone, as captured by reporter Harold Kuntz and posted on the Chiefs’ website.
  • Jones briefly sang along to the chorus, including the line “On the land/ the sea/ the sky,” drawing laughs from reporters before restarting the song as he exited.
  • The scene follows Travis Kelce referencing the song’s choreography during his Oct. 26 touchdown celebration, a nod widely noticed by fans on social media.
  • The Fate of Ophelia” appears on Swift’s album The Life of a Showgirl, and Jones is a longtime teammate and close friend of Kelce.
  • Swift has said on BBC Radio 1 that the song’s “100” motif plays on numerology, which fans link to Kelce’s 87 and Swift’s 13 adding to 100.