The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is set to launch a special episode this Friday — “Taylor Swift (Extended Cut)” — featuring more moments from Swift’s late night interview.
The pop star stopped by Monday’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Swift, who was all blinged out in a sparkly silver dress, covered a variety of topics, including her latest album The Life of Showgirl, released on Oct. 3. Friday’s special episode will feature additional, not-yet-released moments from Fallon’s interview with Swift.
Swift chatted about her recent engagement to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. Fallon joked he was being “blinded” by Swift’s ring, which she showed off to the host and camera. She joked that going on Kelce’s podcast, New Heights, was a “distraction” to not notice that the backyard was being decorated for the big proposal.
Later, in a game about the many rumors that swirl around the pop star, she and Fallon put some things to bed. Swift clarified through the game that she didn’t tell pal Selena Gomez that she “beat” Swift to the altar during a speech at Gomez’s recent wedding. “I did not make it about me,” she told Fallon.
She also addressed the speculation that she turned down the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime show because of a dispute over owning the footage. “No,” she told Fallon when he asked her if that’s why she didn’t want to take on the job, adding that Jay-Z and his team have always been good to her.
Monday’s show marked Swift’s seventh appearance on the show over the years. While the appearance was strictly billed as an interview — rock band The Format was the episode’s musical guest — the singer and Fallon played tracks off of Showgirl and broke them down. The crowd sang along to “Opalite,” “Wood” and “The Fate of Ophelia.” Swift cheekily told the crowd that “Wood,” her horniest track to date, started off innocent.
Swift’s 12th album, produced and written by the singer herself along with hitmakers Max Martin and Shellback, was thought to be a return to some of her most standard pop albums, like 1989, but it instead managed to be the love child of Evermore and Midnights. The album sold 2.7 million copies on release day (Oct. 3), making that day alone her largest week ever, according to Luminate via Billboard.
In addition to the album, Swift released a cinematic companion over the weekend, which included a chance to see the music video for the album’s lead single, The Fate of Ophelia, before its online release Sunday. Swift directed the video, which was filmed by frequent collaborator and Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, and features choreography from famed choreographer Mandy Moore, who worked on the singer’s Eras tour.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Taylor Swift (Extended Cut) is set to air on NBC this Friday, Oct. 10 at 11:35 p.m. local time and streams the next day on Peacock.