This time of year, Kansas Citians are usually painting the town a bright Chiefs red.

But this week, you might be seeing more orange, as Kansas City celebrates Taylor Swift's new album, "The Life of a Showgirl." The long-anticipated album announcement has even more excitement surrounding it after Swift sat down for a two-hour tell-all, marking her first podcast appearance, on New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce.

Orange's historical significance goes back decades, involves orange soda, and former President Harry Truman.

Orange is kind of our thing, Pollys Pop General Manager Calvin Hays said.

Hays said this was the case for their Independence soda shop long before Taylor Swift's new album got the color trending.

Harry Truman actually was good friends with Polly Compton, which is the

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