{"id":100687,"date":"2025-08-27T22:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T22:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/100687\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T22:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T22:29:09","slug":"you-belong-with-me-taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-a-love-story-in-11-pictures-taylor-swift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/100687\/","title":{"rendered":"You belong with me! Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce \u2013 a love story in 11 pictures | Taylor Swift"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a love story; she said yes. Taylor Swift, not long ago hailed as the world\u2019s most famous \u201cchildless cat lady\u201d<\/a>, is tying the knot. She announced her engagement to footballer Travis Kelce, her partner of two years, on Instagram on Tuesday. The post was liked more than 14.5m times in just two hours, and reportedly crashed the platform for many users.<\/p>\n

Swift cheering Kelce on during the 2023 game when they went public as a couple. Photograph: Jason Hanna\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Kelce is a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs. He and Swift publicly debuted their relationship in September 2023, when she attended the Chiefs\u2019 game against the Chicago Bears in Kansas City, Missouri. (The Chiefs won.) The fact she popped up in Kelce\u2019s private suite alongside his mother, Donna, and other friends and family, and left with him for a private afterparty, led fans to speculate that this wasn\u2019t their first date.<\/p>\n

Kelce tried to get backstage to meet Swift when her Eras tour came to Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City. Photograph: Fernando Leon\/TAS23\/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management<\/p>\n

Swift and Kelce had in fact been publicly linked since the summer of 2023, but this was no tabloid gossip-mongering \u2013 the source of the speculation began with Kelce himself. Attending her Eras concert at Arrowhead Stadium in July 2023, Kelce tried to get backstage to meet Swift and give her a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it. He later told the story on New Heights, the podcast he hosts with his brother Jason, saying he was \u201cdisappointed\u201d and \u201ca little butt-hurt\u201d to miss out on the introduction.<\/p>\n

Kelce\u2019s name-drop on his podcast was quick to reach Team Swift \u2013 and clearly piqued her curiosity. Weeks later, news outlets reported that the pair were \u201changing out\u201d. He eventually responded to the rumours in mid-September. \u201cI threw the ball in her court, and I told her, \u2018I\u2019ve seen you rock the stage at Arrowhead. You might have to come see me rock the stage at Arrowhead\u2019,\u201d he said on The Pat McAfee Show. Swift popped up in his family box days later.<\/p>\n

Part of fans\u2019 excitement about the emergent \u201cTayvis\u201d pairing derived from the fact that Kelce was seen as such a significant departure from Swift\u2019s previous partners. In the past, she has been linked to fellow musicians (including John Mayer, Joe Jonas, Harry Styles, DJ Calvin Harris and the 1975 singer Matty Healy) and actors (Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Hiddleston and, most recently, Joe Alwyn). Kelce not only bucked the pattern of fellow entertainers, but also captured Swifties\u2019 imagination as being a stand-in for the popular jock Swift often pined for in the songs she wrote as a teenager.<\/p>\n

The frenzy over Tayvis peaked when Swift showed up at MetLife Stadium, New Jersey. Photograph: Elsa\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The frenzy over Swift and Kelce\u2019s relationship peaked on 1 October 2023, when Swift showed up at MetLife Stadium to watch the Chiefs play the New York Jets with a celebrity entourage, including Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, Sophie Turner, Sabrina Carpenter, Queer Eye chef Antoni Porowski and Hugh Jackman. The audience for that game peaked at more<\/a> than 29 million viewers, making it the best-watched game since the February Super Bowl (in large part due to more female<\/a> viewers) \u2013 largely thanks to Swift\u2019s star power.<\/p>\n

Swift and Alwyn kept a low profile. Photograph: Christopher Polk\/NBC\/NBCU Photo Bank<\/p>\n

Swift and Kelce\u2019s highly public appearances together, months after meeting, contrasted significantly with her earlier relationship with British actor Joe Alwyn. They kept a low profile over the six years they were together, based mostly in London. News of their breakup spread in early April 2023, weeks after the start of Swift\u2019s globe-trotting Eras tour. \u201cTayvis\u201d was born five months later.<\/p>\n

Tayvis arriving at the SNL afterparty after their \u2018PDA moment\u2019 backstage. Photograph: Gotham\/GC Images<\/p>\n

They weren\u2019t just quick to go public with their relationship, but quick to progress. In October, Swift and Kelce were photographed having \u201ca PDA moment\u201d (public display of affection) backstage at Saturday Night Live in New York, having both made surprise appearances on the show. The same month, Kelce was reported to have bought a new home, worth $6m, offering more privacy for his relationship. He later spoke admiringly<\/a> of Swift\u2019s handling of the attention on her: \u201cThe scrutiny she gets, how much she has a magnifying glass on her, every single day, paparazzi outside her house, outside every restaurant she goes to, after every flight she gets off \u2013 and she\u2019s just living, enjoying life.\u201d<\/p>\n

In November, Kelce was photographed in the audience of Swift\u2019s Eras Tour show in Argentina. She then amended the lyrics of her song Karma to refer to \u201cthe guy on the Chiefs, coming straight home to me\u201d, and was later filmed running off<\/a> the stage and into his arms, sending fans into another frenzy.<\/p>\n

Kelce, for his part, joked that Swift is his \u201cgood luck charm\u201d on the field. Her frequent appearance at games has certainly been beneficial for the NFL, leading to significant spikes in viewership figures of women and girls. In January 2024, an eight-year-old Swiftie attended the Chiefs\u2019 game against the Buffalo Bills in New York with the sole intention<\/a> of meeting her idol \u2013 and was plucked from the crowd by Jason Kelce.<\/p>\n

Kelce jokes Swift is his \u2018good luck charm\u2019 on the field. Photograph: Julio Cortez\/AP<\/p>\n

After her shout-out in Argentina, Kelce delighted fans by joining Swift on stage at Wembley for her reworked Eras Tour show, with a revised setlist to include songs from her new album The Tortured Poets Department. He carried her in his arms, fanned her and dusted her face with a makeup brush before she launched into I Can Do It With a Broken Heart. Two songs from that album, The Alchemy and So High School, were both understood by fans to refer to her relationship with Kelce.<\/p>\n

Meeting the royals and making their relationship \u2018Instagram official\u2019. Photograph: Facebook<\/p>\n

Swift and Kelce\u2019s relationship has often been described as a union of entertainment and sporting royalty; in the UK for the Eras Tour in June 2024, they met actual royalty. Swift\u2019s selfie of the pair with Prince William, Prince George and Princess Charlotte also marked her making their relationship \u201cInstagram official\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a barnstorming year for Swift, she broke yet another record at the MTV video music awards in September, where she became the most-awarded artist in the event\u2019s history with her win for video of the year for Fortnite. She thanked Kelce in her acceptance speech: \u201cEverything this man touches turns to happiness and fun and magic, so I want to thank him for adding that to our shoot.\u201d<\/p>\n

In September, weeks before the US presidential election, Swift endorsed Kamala Harris in an Instagram post she signed \u201cchildless cat lady\u201d \u2013 a reference to Trump running mate JD Vance\u2019s disparaging description of Democrat voters. The endorsement was received with relief by many Swift fans, not least given the support for Trump reported within Kelce\u2019s wider family, but it was not enough to secure a victory for Harris. Swift\u2019s Eras Tour finally concluded on 7 December after 149 shows, breaking numerous records, including for the biggest-selling tour in history.<\/p>\n

Swift wearing a \u2018T\u2019 chain at the Grammys. Photograph: Neilson Barnard\/Getty Images for The Recording Academy<\/p>\n

Attending the Grammys in February this year, Swift incorporated a subtle shout-out to her partner, accessorising her Vivienne Westwood mini-dress with a body chain bearing his initial \u201cT\u201d.<\/p>\n

Though known as Kelce\u2019s \u201cgood luck charm\u201d, Swift\u2019s appearance in this year\u2019s Super Bowl crowd was no match for the Philadelphia Eagles (her home town team), who defeated the Chiefs 40-22. She was reportedly given a frosty reception<\/a>, and was booed by thousands in the crowd. With Trump just returned to the White House for a second term, commentators chalked up the heckling to Swift\u2019s endorsement of Harris.<\/p>\n

Tayvis on the New Heights podcast. Photograph: Youtube\/New Heights<\/p>\n

After the end of their respective \u201ceras\u201d \u2013 Swift\u2019s concert tour and Kelce\u2019s NFL season \u2013 the couple retreated from the public eye to enjoy the first quiet patch in their relationship \u2013 though not for long. In August, Swift announced a new album: The Life of a Showgirl, penned during the European leg of her Eras tour. She appeared on the Kelces\u2019 podcast New Heights to dish the details, speaking for more than two hours \u2013 and affording fans an unprecedented level of access into her private life. She acknowledged the podcast\u2019s part in the start of their relationship, saying of Kelce\u2019s highly public wooing of her: \u201cThis is sort of what I\u2019ve been writing songs about wanting to happen to me since I was a teenager.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kelce, for his part, spoke admiringly of his partner\u2019s athleticism, intelligence and vocabulary. In a profile interview for GQ\u2019s September issue, he swooned over Swift and their relationship: \u201cWhenever I\u2019m with her, it feels like we\u2019re just regular people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.\u2019 Photograph: Taylor Swift\/Instagram\/Reuters<\/p>\n

The couple\u2019s engagement announcement on Tuesday took some punters by surprise: after the New Heights episode, bets were placed for Swift to be the performer at next year\u2019s Super Bowl and\/or for Kelce to propose on the pitch. In fact, the couple got engaged almost two weeks ago, Kelce\u2019s father confirmed<\/a> to the press.<\/p>\n

Swift\u2019s engagement ring. Photograph: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce<\/p>\n

One of the five photos posted to Instagram on Tuesday was a closeup of Swift\u2019s ring: a large diamond set in a yellow gold band. Tree Paine, Swift\u2019s infamous publicist, confirmed only that the ring was designed by Kindred Lubeck<\/a> and the diamond is an \u201cold mine brilliant cut\u201d.<\/p>\n

Swift captioned the images with \u201cYour English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married\u201d, a quote from her song So High School. For fans, as well as perhaps Swift herself, it\u2019s nothing short of a fairytale romance \u2013 a nerd, pining from the bleachers, finding happy ever after with the homecoming king.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a love story; she said yes. Taylor Swift, not long ago hailed as the world\u2019s most famous…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-100687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}