SAO PAULO (AP) — Taylor Swift is very likely unaware of that, but she is considered a lucky charm for the Brazilian football team, who will be holding Friday’s match between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers.
Impossible connections between pop superstars – fiancee Chief Sticky End Travis Kelse – And one of the most popular clubs in Soccer Mad Brazil is on the release date of her album, registered in 2006. The Corinthians have since been undefeated in all but one game, just before the release of each other album.
It all began as a joke about five years ago, but it grew into a superstition for local fans.
Until last year, the Corinthians won 13 matches, and in such cases they drew seven matches. Some were against their bitter rival Palmeiras, while Brazilian social media was flooded with quick black and white memes and montages of Corinthian colours.
Many Corinthian fans could have thrown their expectations at them after losing both the release of the “Tortured Poets Division” and the match for the previous team. However, Sao Paulo’s NFL game could quickly attract Neoquimica Arena, continuing to bring Swiftie vibes to life among many local supporters.
“I laughed at first, but there’s even more coincidence. Taylor’s first contract was signed on September 1st. This is the same day the Corinthians were founded in 1910.” “It has become an object. Whenever there is a new album, we have a double joy. The new Taylor song and the Corinthians are undefeated before and after that.”
In that long term, it encourages Corinthian fans to consider singers as honorary supporters. Some people wore quick costumes during the game.
Gavioes da Fier, a samba school associated with Corinthians parading at the Carnival in Sao Paulo, jokingly invited Swift to take part in the festival in 2022.
Swift promoted her album “Red” in Brazil in 2012 and held six concerts in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo during her ERAS tour in 2023. She has not yet appeared at Corinthian Stadium.
Natalie Nascimento, a hardcore Corinthian swift, said this trend was boosted after Swift had all three concerts in Sao Paulo at Parque in Allianz, the stadium of their archbishop Parmeilas.
“People began looking for that connection to bully Palmeiras fans, and Corinthian fans began to find those links,” said Nascimento, a 25-year-old teacher who lives in the northeast of Brazil but does not attend. “But there’s something bigger. Just as Corinthian fans are far more passionate about the club, Swift feels that about Taylor. It’s mystical.”
When asked if Corinthian fans could hope for a connection to return after two defeats last year, Nascimento said the fans have adopted their story ever since.
“Some people said it was over, but we didn’t let her go. What actually happened was that last year, even Taylor couldn’t save us,” she said.
Swift’s next album, “The Life of a Show Girl,” will be released on October 3rd. The Corinthians are currently behind in the 12th position in the Brazilian League with 26 points after 22 matches, earning Southern rival international two days before launch and will host the Sao Paulo Countryside team a day later.
Fans like 45-year-old lawyer Sidney Abreu have not been too concerned about the NFL and Swift music, but he watches part of Friday’s game in hopes of the singer being present, hoping that her presence at the stadium will revamp the superstition.
“As long as the Corinthians win these matches, she can come here and release her album whenever she wants,” he said.
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