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Taylor Swift Says 'Wood' Started Innocent Before Turning Racy in Studio

She points to her mom’s superstition-only reading to emphasize the song’s double entendre.

Overview

  • On The Tonight Show, Swift said she began with a throwback idea built on superstitions and that the track became spicier as the session unfolded.
  • In a SiriusXM interview, she noted Andrea Swift interprets the song as about superstitions, calling that perspective the joy of a double entendre.
  • Lyrics include suggestive lines referencing a “redwood tree,” a “hard rock,” and “New heights of manhood,” with a clean edit that swaps “thighs” for “eyes.”
  • The Life of a Showgirl features multiple explicit-labeled tracks, and several songs are widely read as nods to her relationship with Travis Kelce.
  • As of these interviews, Kelce had not shared a public reaction to the song.