Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are End Game
It’s a love story, baby…she said YES!
by CHLOE RUDNICK ★ August 27th, 2025
Design: Sophie Rottenberg
It’s been a long time coming. What began with a friendship bracelet has become a fairytale ending — proof that, in the end, everyone’s favorite Love Story prevails.
The church bells are ringing, and the internet is breaking. On Aug. 26 (yes, 13 days after Aug. 13), Taylor Swift and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce announced their engagement in a joint Instagram post that’s already racked up more than 20 million likes. Captioned, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨,” the post featured five engagement photos — the first capturing Kelce down on one knee — set, fittingly, to her own song “So High School.” The ring made its debut too — but that deserves a paragraph of its own.
The couple first went public in September 2023, when Swift attended a Kansas City Chiefs game. Since then, they’ve been spotted supporting each other far beyond paparazzi lenses — Kelce cheering from the crowd (and even hopping on stage during the Eras Tour), and Swift proudly taking her seat at Chiefs games. Most recently, on Aug. 13, the last time they broke the internet, Taylor appeared as a special guest on New Heights — the podcast Travis co-hosts with his brother Jason. During the episode, she also announced her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” set for release on Oct. 3.
Beyond that, most glimpses of their relationship have come through the eyes of others — a silent signal that the pair preferred to keep things low-key. Aside from the occasional award-show thank-you, or a passing interview mention, the couple has rarely posted about each other directly.
Fans had already been speculating that Kelce would pop the question earlier in the month and only shared it now — a theory confirmed in an interview with News 5’s John Kosich. Travis’s father, Ed Kelce, revealed that his son proposed to Swift almost two weeks ago. “He got her out there, they were about to go out to dinner, and he said, ‘Let’s go out and have a glass of wine.’ … They got out there, and that’s when he asked her, and it was beautiful,” Ed Kelce said.
Swift wore a striped Ralph Lauren dress — which sold out in under 20 minutes — paired with her signature Cartier watch and a simple pair of brown Louis Vuitton sandals. But the real standout? The not-so-Paper Ring. Kelce proposed with an elongated brilliant-cut old mine diamond he designed alongside Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewelry. Best believe she’s bejeweled — and now officially betrothed.
Edited by: Madison Sherman