The world simply hasn’t been the same since Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce confirmed in summer 2023 that they were dating. Nearly two years and about 55 trillion engagement rumors later (they’re actually trolling us now), it seems fans still can’t get enough of this couple and their big reputations. The clock started ticking on the Swift and Kelce timeline when the NFL player admitted to shooting his shot at an Eras Tour concert by using the singer’s friendship bracelet trend to try to slip her his number. The worlds of music and sports have since collided in some wild and unexpected ways.
Let’s take a look at the biggest moments in Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship.
July 8, 2023: Travis Kelce Attends Eras Tour At Arrowhead Stadium In Kansas City
Was this the night it all started? On July 8, 2023, Taylor Swift brought her Eras Tour to Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium — a venue that the three-time Super Bowl champion Travis Kelce knows all too well. A number of seemingly random celebrities attended the record-setting concert event over its nearly two-year run, including athletes like Aaron Rodgers and J.J. Watt, and fans dug up proof that the Chiefs tight end was, in fact, in the house that night:
the way we have footage of travis kelce at the eras tour and taylor at a chiefs game oh this is doing so much for me pic.twitter.com/RNBC5qqQj6September 25, 2023
Anyone who got footage of the athlete enjoying the July 8 show couldn’t, in their wildest dreams, have imagined what a big deal that was going to become.
July 26, 2023: Travis Kelce Recalls Shooting His Shot With Taylor Swift At Eras Tour Concert
I’ve always said, never underestimate a man who’s willing to make you homemade jewelry. Swifties were swept right off of their feet when Kelce recalled his Eras Tour experience on a July episode of New Heights, the podcast he shares with his brother, retired Philadelphia Eagle Jason Kelce. Travis was all about the Eras Tour etiquette, as he fashioned quite the special friendship bracelet. Yet he admitted to being a little “butt hurt” when he wasn’t able to complete the pass, so to speak. He said:
I wanted to give Taylor Swift one with my number on it. And she doesn't meet anybody, or at least she didn't want to meet me, so I took it personal.
A cruel summer indeed! However, the Grammy winner told Time Magazine that she thought it was “metal as hell” that he put her on blast, and the two made a connection soon after.
September 27, 2023: Travis Kelce Speaks Out About Taylor Swift On His Podcast
Swift’s presence at the Chiefs game took things to a whole new level, and forget No. 13; Kelce’s No. 87 became the number to be enchanted with. Sales of his jersey reportedly jumped 400% in the aftermath of her Arrowhead appearance. Kelce spoke out again on New Heights to address all of his new fans, calling it “ballsy” that Swift accepted his invitation, and relaying that everyone had only great things to say about her.
He called it “a game to remember” but also warned that moving forward, he would be keeping that part of his life more private, just “talking about sports and saying 'alright now' will have to be kind of where I keep it.”
April 19, 2024: Taylor Swift’s New Album Includes Songs That Appear To Be About Travis Kelce
Swifties were expecting The Tortured Poets Department to be full of heartbreaking lyrics, but what a treat it was to find at least a couple of songs that appeared to be written about her current relationship. “The Alchemy” includes a bridge that says:
Cheers chanted, cause they said / There was no chance, trying to be / The greatest in the league / Where's the trophy? / He just comes running over to me.
“So High School” also includes many references to the heart eyes Swift and Kelce have for each other, as the artist seemingly mentions her boyfriend’s now-infamous “Kiss, Marry, Kill” interview as well as “that impression you did of your dad,” which the Kelce brothers acknowledged on New Heights.
May 9, 2024: Travis’ Touchdown Celebrations Appear To Be Incorporated Into The New Eras Tour Choreography
When the Eras Tour resumed on May 9 following the release of The Tortured Poets Department, Paris concert goers were the first to be treated to a whole new set to incorporate the new songs. “Tayvis” lovers quickly picked up on the fact that much of the choreography performed during “So High School” seemed to be inspired by Travis Kelce’s infamous touchdown dances. Other cute Easter eggs in the new dances appeared to reference her and Blake Lively watching a Chiefs game together, several of Taylor’s viral facial expressions and her tendency to point at Trav on the field.
June 23, 2024: Travis Kelce Surprises Swifties By Joining Taylor On Stage At Wembley Stadium
Nearly one year after Kelce watched Swift perform from a suite at Arrowhead Stadium, the football player gave London concertgoers the surprise of a lifetime when he appeared on stage during The Tortured Poets Department set. A deafening roar erupted from the crowd the moment they realized Kelce was on stage, as he picked his girlfriend up off the floor and participated in the “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” skit.
September 2024: Taylor Swift Attends Chiefs Opener, Shouts Out ‘My Boyfriend, Travis’ At VMAs
Taylor Swift has stayed pretty quiet when it comes to publicly acknowledging her relationship, but after showing her support by attending the Chiefs’ first game of the 2024-25 season (a win over the Baltimore Ravens on September 5) she name-dropped her bf at the MTV Video Music Awards. It was six days after the Chiefs’ home opener when she won Video of the Year for “Fortnight,” and she shared the sweetest BTS story from the video shoot, recalling:
Something that I’ll always remember, when I’d finish a take and say ‘cut’ and we’d be done with that take, I would always just hear someone cheering and like ‘Woo!’ like, from across the studio where we were shooting it. And that one person was my boyfriend, Travis. Everything this man touches turns to happiness and fun and magic, so I want to thank him for adding that to our shoot because I’ll always remember that.
That award made her the artist with the most VMAs ever, and Swifties loved the public acknowledgment of Travis Kelce.
November 28, 2024: Swift And Kelce Families Celebrate Thanksgiving Together In Nashville
Taylor Swift, along with her parents Scott and Andrea, hosted Travis Kelce and his family for Thanksgiving, People reported. In addition to getting their parents together, Travis’ brother Jason also attended with wife Kylie and their three daughters.
December 18, 2024: Travis Kelce Surprises Taylor Swift With Eras Tour Wrap Party
Following the end of the Eras Tour after nearly two years, Travis Kelce reportedly surprised Taylor Swift with a wrap party. Lots of photos circulated from the star-studded event, where the couple partied with the Haim sisters, Patrick and Brittany Mahomes, and more of Kelce’s teammates and Chiefs WAGs. The tight end donned the tuxedo he wore on stage in London, while Swift sported a pair of $36,000 earrings. It was another item of jewelry fans were on the lookout for, though, as some thought an engagement ring might have been photoshopped out of the party pics.
February 2, 2025: Taylor Swift’s Grammys Outfit Pays Homage To Travis Kelce Ahead Of Super Bowl
Kelce wasn’t able to accompany his partner to the Grammys in 2025, as he was in New Orleans preparing for his third-straight Super Bowl appearance. Swift paid homage to him and the Kansas City Chiefs, sporting a red dress and a “T” pendant on her thigh, which many took as a nod to the “Guilty as Sin?” lyrics on TTPD that say “What if he's written ‘mine’ on my upper thigh only in my mind?”
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have continued to prove the haters wrong, seemingly going strong despite constant predictions that their “sham” romance is ending soon. For now, at least, Swift seems happy to show fans she’s more than “a one night or a wife.”
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