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SNL Stars Stumped by Taylor Swift's 'Wood' Song
29 Oct
Summary
- Jost and Che struggled with a Taylor Swift song on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'
- The song in question was 'Wood' from Swift's album 'The Life of a Showgirl'.
- Swift revealed the song's innocent origins evolved into a double entendre.
Saturday Night Live comedians Colin Jost and Michael Che found themselves unexpectedly challenged during an appearance on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'. Host Jimmy Kimmel posed a question about Taylor Swift's 2025 album, 'The Life of a Showgirl,' specifically asking for the shortest, innuendo-laden track among the options 'Wood,' 'Anti-Hero,' 'Cruel Summer,' and 'Karma.'
Che humorously questioned the term 'innuendo-laden,' while Jost attempted a logical deduction based on track lengths. Their confusion eventually cleared as they pieced together clues about the song's lyrical content and its title, 'Wood,' which hints at size and double meanings. The ninth track on the album, 'Wood,' began with Swift's intention to create a song about superstitions.
Swift later shared on 'The Tonight Show' that the song's theme, which included lyrics like "His love was the key / That opened my thighs," evolved unexpectedly during studio sessions. She described the song as having a "timeless sounding" quality that started innocently with ideas about knocking on wood. Even Swift's mother initially missed the deeper, racier implications within the lyrics.
