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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged! Literally everyone and their parent knows it by now, and we're each thrilled.
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Anyone who's ever listened to Taylor's euphony knows however large of a woody this is. So arsenic a certified Swiftie who's been decoding everything Taylor Swift-related connected the net for galore years, I consciousness it's the close clip to recap Taylor and Travis's narration — astatine least, everything we know. (And I mean everything.)
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Forgive maine for being parasocial, but I received much messages astir Taylor's engagement than I fishy I'd person astir my own.
2016: Our communicative starts mode earlier you'd expect. In a resurfaced interview with AfterBuzz TV, lil' babe Travis Kelce played "kiss, marry, kill," with 3 celebs: Katy Perry, Ariana Grande, and Taylor Swift. He chose to "kiss" Taylor. Manifestation astatine its finest, I suppose.
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This might've been the inspiration for a lyric successful Taylor's 2024 opus "So High School": "Are you gonna marry, kiss, oregon termination me? It's conscionable a game, but really? I'm betting connected each 3 for america two."
Also, successful lawsuit you're wondering, helium chose to "marry" Katy and "kill" Ariana, though helium was precise hesitant astir that past part.
July 2023: In a New Heights podcast episode, Travis Kelce revealed that helium made a relationship bracelet with his phone number connected it, to springiness to Taylor Swift astatine her Eras Tour amusement successful Kansas City that month. But it ne'er ended up happening. "She doesn't conscionable anybody — oregon astatine slightest she didn't privation to conscionable me, truthful I took it personal," helium joked.
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We aboriginal recovered retired that Taylor simply didn't know helium wanted to springiness her the bracelet!
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September 12, 2023: It wasn't until a fewer months aboriginal that we learned that Taylor and Travis were "quietly hanging out," done an anonymous root who told The Messenger. Another root clarified to ET that they were "not officially dating" astatine this point, though Travis "definitely [had] a crush connected her" and "[had] been into Taylor for awhile."
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A mates days later, Tony Gonzalez, erstwhile NFL star, asked Jason Kelce astir the rumours successful an interview, to which Jason said helium "cannot comment."
September 21, 2023: Travis commented connected the dating rumours for the archetypal clip connected The Pat McAfee Show, noting that helium "threw the shot successful her court." He besides said: "I told her, 'I've seen you stone the signifier astatine Arrowhead [Stadium]. You mightiness person to travel spot maine stone the signifier astatine Arrowhead and spot which one's a small much lit.'"
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September 24, 2023: Taylor came to ticker her archetypal Kansas City Chiefs game, supporting Travis conscionable arsenic he'd hinted! She watched the crippled successful a box, lasting close beside Travis's ma — though thing was confirmed astatine this point, we aboriginal recovered retired they were so dating astatine the time. After the game, Travis reportedly bought retired an full restaurant to propulsion a enactment with his team, family, and Taylor. They were allegedly "very affectionate."
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On her attending this game, a root told People: "Taylor is precise focused connected enactment close present and hanging retired with her girlfriends. Travis invited her to the game, and of people she said 'yes.' She conscionable thought it was a fantastic mode to walk Sunday."
October 1, 2023: I curse I won't recap each azygous clip Taylor attended a Chiefs game, but this was a large one: Taylor showed up with a BUNCH of her famous friends, including Sabrina Carpenter, Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, and Hugh Jackman. It was, like, a full get-together.
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October 14, 2023: Taylor and Travis yet made their archetypal nationalist quality unneurotic — HOLDING HANDS, I mightiness add! They some made (separate) cameos successful an occurrence of Saturday Night Live that evening, and they were spotted leaving the workplace together. According to People, they had a "PDA-filled" nighttime astatine the after-party.
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October 18, 2023: A fewer days aft making different nationalist quality together, Travis reportedly bought a $6 cardinal mansion, according to TMZ. Supposedly, his narration with Taylor "certainly factored into his decision."
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October 19, 2023: The L-word is successful the air! "Taylor is blown distant close present and her household is each astir Travis," a root told Daily Mail. "She is trying to support it together, but is evidently falling successful emotion with him and helium feels the aforesaid way." A time later, different root told Us Magazine that "they're not saying they're successful emotion yet," but "friends deliberation they're successful love."
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November 11, 2023: Travis came retired to sojourn Taylor successful Argentina for The Eras Tour! This was besides erstwhile she changed a lyric successful her opus "Karma," singing, "Karma is the feline connected the Chiefs, coming consecutive location to me," which instantly became iconic successful the fandom. After the show, Taylor was spotted moving into Travis's arms and kissing him. Finally, soon after, Travis revealed he'd met Taylor's dad astatine meal the nighttime before.
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November 2023: Lots of caller deets astir their narration emerged this month. First, Travis gushed astir Taylor successful a screen communicative for WSJ Magazine: "Being astir her, seeing however astute Taylor is, has been fucking mind-blowing." Then, a root told Us Weekly that Taylor's narration with Travis is overmuch antithetic than her erstwhile narration with histrion Joe Alwyn. "[She and Joe would] ne'er spell extracurricular and locomotion astir together. They conscionable stayed astatine her Nashville compound oregon her Rhode Island house. With Travis, she's much escaped and capable to stock her afloat beingness and she loves it," the root said.
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December 6, 2023: In her interrogation for TIME's Person of the Year, Taylor spilled astir her narration with Travis: "We really had a important magnitude of clip that nary 1 knew, which I'm grateful for, due to the fact that we got to get to cognize each other. By the clip I went to that archetypal game, we were a couple," she said. "When you accidental a narration is public, that means I'm going to spot him bash what helium loves, we're showing up for each other, different radical are determination and we don't care."
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December 25, 2023: Taylor and Travis spent their archetypal Christmas unneurotic with their families, a root told Daily Mail. "Seeing their families unneurotic connected specified a peculiar vacation was the champion acquisition ever for Taylor," the root said. Taylor was spotted astatine yet different Chiefs crippled earlier that aforesaid day.
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January 28, 2024: After the Chiefs won their semifinal playoff game, Taylor rushed to the tract and congratulated Travis with a large hug and kiss. We tin besides perceive Travis accidental "What's up, sweetie?" to Taylor aft they hug.
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February 5, 2024: As if it wasn't evident already, Taylor and Travis's narration was getting overmuch much serious, according to reports from ET. "Travis has ne'er felt much supported by a important different ever. This is conscionable the opening for them arsenic a mates and galore milestones are coming their way," a root said.
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February 11, 2024: After the Chiefs won the Super Bowl, Taylor rushed the tract again — and, of course, these pics went super-viral, too! We besides got tons of videos of them dancing astatine the after-party.
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February 20, 2024: Ed Kelce, Travis's dad, commented connected their relationship publically for the archetypal time. According to Us Weekly, helium said their narration volition look "some challenges," but that they "seem a bully fit."
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April 13, 2024: Taylor and Travis were spotted astatine the 2nd time of Coachella, close determination successful the crowd! They watched immoderate of Taylor's collaborators perform, notably Ice Spice and Jack Antonoff (Bleachers), and looked similar they had a blast.
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April 19, 2024: Taylor's album, The Tortured Poets Department, dropped, and connected it are 2 songs that are each but confirmed to beryllium about Travis: "So High School" and "The Alchemy." (BTW, Taylor ended up utilizing the erstwhile connected her engagement post.) The period after, Taylor added "So High School" to her Eras Tour setlist, and Travis had an adorable reaction.
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June 23, 2024: To fans' full shock, Travis went onstage with Taylor astatine The Eras Tour!!! He was fundamentally an histrion during her opening sequence-slash-skit earlier she performs "I Can Do It With A Broken Heart." A fewer weeks later, helium explained however they came up with the idea, joking, "I've seen the amusement enough. Might arsenic good enactment maine to enactment here." This infinitesimal became arguably the astir viral infinitesimal successful their narration (other than, yanno, the engagement).
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This infinitesimal besides gave america Taylor's archetypal authoritative hard-launch with Travis connected her Instagram.
September 12, 2024: In her acceptance speech for the Video of the Year grant astatine the VMAs, Taylor mentioned Travis. She talked astir how, whenever they'd decorativeness a instrumentality connected set, she'd "always conscionable hear, like, idiosyncratic cheering" from crossed the workplace — "and that 1 idiosyncratic was my boyfriend, Travis." Needless to say, we each mislaid our minds astatine that. "Everything this antheral touches turns to happiness and amusive and magic," she continued.
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September 18, 2024: A root told Us Weekly that Taylor and Travis were heading toward marriage — and fixed that they'd been dating for implicit a twelvemonth astatine the time, it was casual to believe. "They some spot matrimony arsenic thing they privation sooner alternatively than later, and they some privation kids," the sources said. We besides learned that Travis had reportedly started "[dropping] hints to those adjacent to him" astir "[taking] things up a level." All I could accidental was 👀
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December 2024: Taylor and Travis reportedly spent their archetypal Thanksgiving together, a source told People, with Taylor's household hosting the Kelces. Then, for Taylor's birthday, Travis pulled retired each the stops: He "had jewelry engraved particularly for Taylor, helium gave her countless roses and showered her successful gifts," another root said. He besides hosted a surprise party for her (Eras Tour themed, duh) — and we got immoderate fun pics from that.
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February 2, 2025: At the Grammys, Taylor wore a missive "T" concatenation connected her (absolutely stunning) sparkly dress. And yes, that could basal for Taylor, but we were each reasonably affirmative it was a reference to Travis — not conscionable due to the fact that the formal was Chiefs red, but besides due to the fact that erstwhile presenting an award, she walked retired to "So High School."
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June 25, 2025: Taylor joined Travis astatine Tight End University (an NFL event, for those of america who person nary hint what that is). They made their red carpet debut, and Taylor made a surprise performance.
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August 13, 2025: This was *the* day! Taylor appeared connected the New Heights podcast with Travis and Jason Kelce to denote her caller album, The Life of a Showgirl — but besides conscionable to chat. And, guys, they gave america much details connected their narration successful this 1 interrogation than they had successful 2 afloat years. The full net hasn't stopped gushing astir it ever since, due to the fact that it's the archetypal and lone clip we've ever genuinely seen them interact together. And connected behalf of everyone, we're each loving it. We spot it, and we get it.
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