Can you spot all the Taylor Swift references in Lifetime’s ‘Christmas in the Spotlight’?

When Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s romance first began, some fans felt like it was a romantic-comedy plot come to life.

Well, now, it might be just that.

Lifetime’s “Christmas in the Spotlight,” which premiered on the network Nov. 23, is seemingly inspired by the popular couple.

The film focuses on mega pop-star Bowyn Sykes (Jessica Lord), who has blond hair, bright red lips and often sports a cat-eye. Bowyn is at the height of her career, focused on making music her fans love, baking for fun and not looking for a new boyfriend after being tired of only dating “serious actors and indie rockers.”

Meanwhile, Drew “Gonzo” Gonville (Laith Wallschleger) is one of the best wide receivers in the league who, from the outside, seems like a playboy, but he really loves hanging out with his family and niece.

The end credits of the movie state, “The characters and events depicted in this motion picture are fictional. Any similarities to actual persons or animals living or dead are purely coincidental.”

The movie’s writer Eirene Tran Donohue told USA Today that after seeing Swift cheering on Kelce during a football game, she thought, “This could be a rom-com.”

“I was like, ‘Christmas and Taylor Swift?’ These are the two great loves of my life,” she said.

Speaking to the Associated Press, Tran Donohue said, “It’s clearly inspired by Taylor and Travis, but I don’t know them, and I don’t know what is going on behind the scenes.”

But she said she wrote the script for Swift fans.

“There are so many Easter eggs,” she told AP. “I put in as many as I could.”

Here’s a roundup of all the apparent references to Swift, Kelce and their headline-making relationship.

‘Arrows’

Like Swift’s Swifties, Bowyn’s fans also have a nickname — “Arrows” or “Arrow heads.” (“Bows, arrows, Bowyn’s arrows, get it?” one character explains at the start of the film.)

Arrowhead is also notably the name of the Kansas City Chiefs’ stadium, and the place where Swift and Kelce went public with their relationship.

Drew’s jersey number

The male lead of “Christmas in the Spotlight” plays for the fictional Bay Spring Bombers. His jersey number doesn’t emulate Kelce’s (No. 87) but rather, Swift’s lucky number, 13.

How the pop star and football player meet

In “Christmas in the Spotlight,” Bowyn and Drew meet backstage at one of her concerts. Drew then attempts to get Bowyn’s attention after their brief meet up backstage by inviting her to a game over social media.

While, Swift and Kelce famously did not meet at the “Eras Tour,” their relationship was set in motion after the tight end shared that he tried and failed to pass along his phone number while at her show.

References to Swift lyrics

During one of their first meetings, Bowyn tells Drew, “Growing up, I was never really the cheerleader type, more of a bleacher girl. Kind of a nerd to be honest,” paralleling Swift’s line “She’s cheer captain and I’m on the bleachers,” from her song “You Belong with Me.”

On their first date, which just so happens to be in Bowyn’s private jet, the two have a myriad of song lyric interactions relating to Swift’s “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart.” Bowyn says, “I’m a tough kid.” Then, Drew notes, “You look like you’re having the time of your life.”

Newscasters in the film are also given seemingly Swift inspired names: Chad Marcus (“Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus”) and Aimee Hannah (“Thank You Aimee”).

Later in the film, the characters’ dialogue references songs including, but not limited to: “The Alchemy,” “You’re Losing Me,” “Wonderland,” “All Too Well,” “Mean” and more.

Cheering him on

Bowyn and Drew’s blissful romance faces its first challenge when he wants to go public, but Bowyn isn’t ready yet, maintaining that she values her privacy too much.

The couple breaks up, but the world is still unaware they were ever together. While Bowyn privately mourns the relationship, the media begins speculating when she will release her next “catchy break up” song.

Angry at the media and missing Drew, Bowyn decides to show up at his game and surprise him, sitting in his family box. (Swift and Kelce famously went public after she attended the Chiefs-Bears matchup at Arrowhead Stadium Sept. 24, 2023. She’s since become a fixture in the box at Chiefs home games.)

In the film, Drew, who initially wasn’t having a great game, immediately turns it around after seeing Bowyn. After he scores a touchdown, Drew strikes Kelce’s signature archer pose, which Swift has also made on stage during her aptly-titled song, “The Archer.”

While in the family box, Drew’s mom takes the time to tell Bowyn, “I know he’s got a bit of a reputation, but he’s got a good heart,” dropping the name of Swift’s sixth album.

An out of context phone call

Now public with their relationship, Bowyn and Drew start supporting each other at their respective games and concerts. The media starts speculating if it’s a PR relationship and the public begins to get invested.

When the duo attends a party for a brand celebrating their “best things issue,” Drew leaves the event early after a misunderstanding. Meanwhile, Bowyn is intercepted by her actor ex-boyfriend.

Her ex begins questioning why she’s with a football player and insulting Drew, but she quickly shuts him down.

“He is a better man than you in every way and I’ve never been happier,” she says (either accidentally or purposely referencing two Swift songs, “Better Man” and “Happiness”).

Things start to look up after Bowyn and Drew make up, and the wide receiver is offered a contract with a football team in Los Angeles, potentially putting them in the same city.

Then, Bowyn’s ex leaks an edited recording of a conversation the two of them had in which she sarcastically says she is only with Drew for publicity reasons. He conveniently doesn’t release the parts of the conversation where she defended Drew.

While initially heartbroken, Drew finally believes Bowyn after his brother (also a football player) and sister-in-law show him the full video, proving she tried to defend him.

This moment could be a reference to the phone call audio Kim Kardashian leaked in 2016 between Swift and Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, over the rapper using her name in his song “Famous.” The footage caused the internet to turn on Swift, beginning the #TaylorSwiftIsOverParty trending hashtag. In 2020, the full, unedited clip was released online.

Friendship bracelets

After the truth is revealed, Drew resigns himself to thinking Bowyn is out of his league.

Before Drew’s football game and a Christmas gala he was supposed to host (notably featuring Bowyn as a guest performer), his niece gives him a friendship bracelet for good luck, spelling out an indecipherable mix of letters.

Drew’s brother is confused by what it means, but the niece clarifies: “It’s an abbreviation of a Bowyn lyric. Don’t you know anything?”

Friendship bracelets have become a staple accessory — often with acronyms for notable songs and lyrics — for the “Eras Tour” after Swift’s song “You’re On Your Own, Kid” referenced making them.

A song inspired by their romance

In the grand finale of the film, Bowyn sings a Christmas love song at the gala and reveals she wrote it about Drew.

(While Swift never confirms the inspiration for her songs, fans speculate that her songs “The Alchemy” and “So High School” are about Kelce.)

The only snag for Bowyn? She’s been told Drew isn’t actually at the event and backed out of hosting.

Nevertheless, she gives a speech declaring her love in the hopes he is watching a livestream of her performance. (During each “Eras Tour” show, fans can often find a livestream on social media of the show filmed by a concert attendee.)

But surprisingly, Drew is there and catches her declaration of love.

“I will always be your biggest cheerleader,” he says, tying back to Swift’s “You Belong With Me” once more, before asking her, “Are we doing this?”

Bowyn responds, “Let’s freaking go” — a PG version of a phrase Swift was caught on camera appearing to say after the Chiefs scored a touchdown in September 2023.