Taylor SwifthadAnderson Coopergiggling like a teenage girl on New Year's Eve as he read the lyrics to the singer-songwriter's spicy song "Wood" from her recent album "The Life of a Showgirl."
During CNN's annual "New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen,"Cooper, 58, could be seen raising his eyebrows and expressing his astonishment over the song's lyrics as his co-hostCohen, 57, sipped his drink, chuckled at the camera and encouraged the popular broadcaster to keep reading.
"You're probably familiar with this song, I was not," Cooper said about the song, to which Cohen responded, "Sweetie, yeah."
As Cooper read the song's lyrics, which include "Redwood tree his love was the key that opened my thighs" and "New Heights of manhood," he continued to giggle with Cohen, leaving no chance to tease his pal.
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What haveTaylor Swiftand Travis Kelce said about 'Wood'?
"Wood," which is part of Swift's 12th studio album, is clearly about Swift's fiancé,Travis Kelce, with mentions of hispodcast "New Heights"and getting a "hard rock," presumably herengagement ring.
While discussing the song on"The Tonight Show,"Swift joked that her writing process for the song started "in a very innocent place," but that she doesn't know "what happened, man."
"I got in there, we started vibing, and I don't know how we got here," the singer told "The Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon.
Swift turns superstitions on their head in "Wood" with the line, "Seems to me that / you and me, we / make our own luck," before rounding out the bumping beat with "his love was the key that opened my thighs."
When asked onSiriusXM's "Morning Mash Up" what it was like to play "Wood" for her mom, Swift joked: "I think that she thinks that that song is about superstitions, which it absolutely is."
"That's the joy of the double entendre," she continued. "You can play that song for people, and it just goes right over their head. You see in that song what you want to see in that song."
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Pop star Taylor Swift and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce announced their engagement on Aug. 26, 2025. The couple began dating in the summer of 2023. Look back at their time together, including here, at the game between Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers during the Stanley Cup Final at Amerant Bank Arena on June 12, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Swift and Kelce react after the AFC Championship game against the Buffalo Bills at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Jan. 26, 2025 in Kansas City." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
(Top Row L-R) Swift and Travis Kelce attend the men's final match between Italy's Jannik Sinner and USA's Taylor Fritz on day fourteen of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on Sept. 8, 2024." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Swift and Kelce watch game one of the ALCS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Guardians at Yankee Stadium on Oct. 14, 2024 in Bronx, N.Y." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Swift watches the action during the first half between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Las Vegas Raiders at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Nov. 29, 2024 in Kansas City, Mo." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Swift and Donna Kelce arrive prior to a game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Las Vegas Raiders at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Nov. 29, 2024 in Kansas City, Mo." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Kelce celebrates with Swift after a 17-10 victory against the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC championship game at M&T Bank Stadium on Jan. 28, 2024, in Baltimore, Md." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Swift reacts after Kelce (not pictured) scores a touchdown against the Bills during an AFC divisional round game at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Jan. 22, 2024." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Swift and Jerrod Carmichael watch the 2024 AFC divisional round game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium on Jan. 21, 2024." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Swift reacts during the game between the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Dec. 10, 2023 in Kansas City, Mo." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Lyndsay Bell, from left, Taylor Swift and Brittany Mahomes react in a suite during the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, in Green Bay, Wis." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Swift and Brittany Mahomes cheer during the second half of the game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Oct. 22, 2023 in Kansas City, Mo." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Swift and Donna Kelce look on before the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Denver Broncos at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. 12, 2023." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Swift and Donna Kelce look on before the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Denver Broncos at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Oct. 12, 2023 in Kansas City, Mo." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Swift and actor Blake Lively cheer prior to the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on Oct. 1, 2023 in East Rutherford, N.J." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Swift cheers prior to the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on Oct. 1, 2023 in East Rutherford, N.J." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Swift reacts while sitting next to Donna Kelce watching the Kansas City Chiefs play the Chicago Bears at Arrowhead Stadium on Sep 24, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Swift and Kelce (87) react after the AFC Championship game against the Buffalo Bills at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Jan. 26, 2025 in Kansas City, Mo." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged! See the couple's love story in photos
Pop star Taylor Swift and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelceannounced their engagement on Aug. 26, 2025. The couple began dating in the summer of 2023. Look back at their time together, including here, at the game between Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers during the Stanley Cup Final at Amerant Bank Arena on June 12, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla.
Kelce also spoke about the viral song on his own "New Heights" podcast.
In a playful exchange, when Kelce's brother, Jason, asked him for his thoughts on the song, theKansas City Chiefstight end responded that "Wood" is a "great song." When his older brother pressed him further and alluded to the fact that the lyrics are presumably referencing the NFL tight end's manhood, Travis feigned innocence.
"Any song that she references me in…" Travis began before Jason interrupted, "That's not just any song. This is a very specific you." He added, "It's not just you, though. It's an appendage."
"What?" Travis replied, pretending not to get the double meaning of the lyrics. "I think you're not understanding the song."
Internet loves CNN's NYE duo
Besides blushing over Swift's new song, Cooper and Cohen appeared to be having great fun during the NYE special, taking multiple shots on air, playing with puppets made in their likeness and FaceTiming TV host Stephen Colbert. Social media users, meanwhile, could not get enough of the two getting tipsy on-air and giggling through the night.
Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper need to be in a Christmas Hallmark movie.The best energy.#NYE2026#CNNNYEpic.twitter.com/a2bvAVHnIQ
— CHRIS TORELLO 𝕏 (@TorelloSports)January 1, 2026
The world could be actively burning, but Anderson Cooper cackling while drunk on NYE will forever heal every wound 🥹#CNNNYE
— liv (@sophaaachi)January 1, 2026
From January 1st, I count the days until I get to see Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen drunk again!And that Anderson giggle and Andy while drunk out of his mind still so protective of Anderson.Andy and Anderson friendship goals!#CNNNYEpic.twitter.com/P3TEqTZxdx
— Carmella (@Sussex5525)January 1, 2026
The real New Year's Eve tradition is watching Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper get drunk on live television.@andy#CNNNYE#HappyNewYearpic.twitter.com/U53XUZsfS5
— Erika (@erikaxtc)January 1, 2026
I will never get tired of watching Anderson Cooper take a shot#CNNNYE#NewYearsEvepic.twitter.com/hupLFRH7GC
— Christine Galea (@chrisgalea)January 1, 2026
Cooper, during the show, also delivered a heartfelt message about grief, reminding people they are not alone and encouraging them to end the year with hope.
'Wherever you are in the world, or in your grief, you are not alone," Cooper said. "You are here with us, and I am grateful that we are together."
Contributing: Bryan West, USA TODAY NETWORK
Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at sshafiq@gannett.com and follow her on X and Instagram @saman_shafiq7.
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