Could Taylor Swift Play the Super Bowl 2026 Halftime Show?

Taylor Swift has broken numerous music industry records and played at some of the world’s biggest venues throughout her two-decade career, but there is still one thing she hasn’t added to her resume: NFL halftime show performer. Although the pop superstar, 35, has been inextricably tied to the NFL amid her romance with Travis Kelce – she was once again cheering from the sidelines as the Kansas City Chiefs battled the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2025 Super Bowl – many fans have been left wondering if Swift could go from the stands to the big stage for a Super Bowl 2026 halftime show performance.

While it will likely be many more months before any official word comes down regarding the Super Bowl 60 Halftime Show performer, it’s well-documented that Swift has been a top contender for the role for some time, and it’s no secret that she’s something of an NFL darling. The “Tortured Poets Department” singer has become the face of Sunday Night Football ever since she began appearing in the stands to support Kelce. The NFL has not only promoted music on social media and cut to her reactions during live broadcasts, but last year reportedly began asking its networks – NBC, ESPN, Fox, and CBS – to air commercials for Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour free of charge in an effort to secure her continued support. The New York Post reported that “TV executives speculated that the NFL’s goal with Swift is the Super Bowl halftime show.”

Swift has reportedly already been asked to perform the halftime show numerous times in the past, but ultimately declined the offers in large part due to her preexisting relationship with Coca-Cola, the company she signed a “long-term partnership” with in 2013. Meanwhile, the Super Bowl halftime show was sponsored by its competitor Pepsi until 2022, when Apple Music took over as the halftime show’s key sponsor, leaving room for her to accept the gig.

Swift’s potential halftime show performance isn’t a done deal, though, and fans may have to wait a few more years to see her grace the halftime show stage. Although the singer has some more free time in her schedule now that her The Eras Tour has wrapped, TMZ previously reported that the singer doesn’t “want to perform until she has finished rerecording all of her first 6 albums.” The “Karma” songstress, whom many thought would join Kendrick Lamar on stage for a performance of “Bad Blood” at the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, has been recording her masters over the past several years and still has two more rerecords to go – her 2006 self-titled debut and 2017’s reputation. She has not announced release dates for those rerecords yet, and it’s unclear how far along she is in rerecording them.

Swifties will ultimately have to wait to see if the “Midnights” singer takes the stage at Levi’s Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers, when the 2026 Super Bowl rolls around on Feb. 8, 2026. If she does, she will join a long list of previous halftime performers, including Beyoncé, Prince, Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, and more.