Has Taylor Swift ever performed at the Super Bowl?

8 February 2026, 20:28

Why has Taylor Swift never performed at the Super Bowl halftime show? Picture: Gareth Cattermole/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management, Graham Denholm/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

By Katie Louise Smith

Has Taylor ever done a halftime show? Here's why Taylor Swift has never done the Super Bowl halftime show – and when fans predict she might finally perform.

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A Taylor Swift Super Bowl halftime show? It would literally break every record possible.

Thanks to her relationship with Travis Kelce, Taylor has become a regular face across NFL coverage over the past three years and has also been crowned the MVP (Most Valuable Princess) of Chiefs Kingdom, but has she ever performed at the Super Bowl?

Taylor has never actually performed at the Super Bowl halftime show nor has she sung the national anthem or 'America The Beautiful' on the big game day.

Following the success of her record-breaking Eras Tour, the purchase of her masters, and her latest album The Life of a Showgirl, Swifties and casual fans alike think she's going to perform very soon.

But the superstar has now confirmed that she's turned the opportunity down a couple of times.

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Why hasn't Taylor Swift ever performed at the Super Bowl?

Has Taylor Swift ever played at the Super Bowl? Picture: Getty

Why has Taylor Swift never performed at the Super Bowl?

As one of the biggest and most popular music superstars on the planet, why has Taylor Swift never played the Super Bowl halftime show?

According to Time, Taylor allegedly turned down the halftime show a number of times in the past because of a “long-term partnership” with Coca-Cola. The Super Bowl halftime sponsor was previously Pepsi.

In 2022, when Apple Music took over as the official sponsor, rumours started to swirl that she'd been asked. TMZ later reported that she turned it down once again because she was working on her album re-records at the time.

At the start of 2023, Taylor was then busy rehearsing for her mammoth Eras Tour which spanned all the way through to December 2024.

In October 2025, Taylor confirmed to Jimmy Fallon that she had been asked recently, but turned it down because she was too "locked in" to what Travis is doing on the field.

Taylor Swift has technically appeared at the Super Bowl but she's not yet performed during the big game. Picture: Getty

Speaking on The Tonight Show, Taylor said: "JAY-Z has always been very good to me. Our teams are very close. They sometimes will call and say how does she feel about..."

"That's not an official offer or a conference room conversation," she added. "We're always able to tell him the truth, which is that I am in love with a guy who does that sport on that actual field."

Taylor then confirmed that she won't do it while her fiancé Travis Kelce is in a chance with playing, saying: "That is violent chess. That is gladiators without swords. That is dangerous. The whole season I am locked in on what that man is doing on the field."

Sounds like Taylor is down to perform at the halftime show, but not if there's a chance that Travis and the Kansas City Chiefs could end up at the big game again.