A touchdown with one of the most unexpected love stories of the year. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement on Tuesday, August 26.
Back in July of 2023, Travis Kelce made his desire to meet Taylor Swift known. He attended the Eras Tour in Kansas City and tried to give Taylor a friendship bracelet with his number on it. He was unlucky to walk away with no introduction. He later went on his podcast “New Heights” with his brother, Jason Kelce, expressing how Taylor didn’t want to meet him.
Weeks later, Travis and Taylor made their first public appearance at a Chiefs game. Taylor walked through the front gates to his suite and walked out through the locker rooms with Travis, into his “getaway car.”
Taylor always longed to be a part of a football team. Back in 2008, she released her hit single, “You Belong With Me.” She writes about how she is longing to be with the star football player, but he doesn’t see her that way yet. Travis is now the boy on the football team who finally sees her and loves her for who she is.
“It is interesting that they are together. I feel like something bad will happen to them now,” expresses Keegan Henning, ’28. “Maybe they will break up. Something bad happened to Amy Winehouse after she got engaged.”
Taylor attended many more games that season, leading to her first Super Bowl ring. That summer, Travis took part in the Eras Tour crowd and later the crew. After attending many shows in support of Taylor, he made a surprise appearance onstage during the London leg of the tour as a backup dancer.
Taylor continued to show up for Travis during the 2024 football season. They made many public appearances together, from dinners to Saturday Night Live. Fans knew they were inseparable since her last relationship had her dodging paparazzi and dashing into cars. She wasn’t seen happy in love for years.
On August 13, 2025, Taylor was the guest on Jason and Travis’s podcast to announce her new album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” which will be released on October 3, 2025. Taylor has not done an in-depth interview in years. It showed that she was comfortable enough around Travis to talk about her life in detail to support the connection with her fans.
“I think they really belong together. She has been singing songs about wanting a guy like Travis since she was fifteen, I can’t wait for their wedding!” says Tali Nicholson, ’28
The Tuesday after the podcast, Taylor and Travis announced their official engagement on Instagram, captioned, “Your gym teacher and your English teacher are getting married.”
Corporations and fans all over the world reacted with excitement as the engagement post became one of the most liked of all time, within hours.
Taylor’s new album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” comes out October 3, 2025. Will the album be a love letter to Travis?