Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are officially engaged! From that famous friendship bracelet...to the proposal announcement heard 'round the world, let's take a look back at their relationship timeline.
00:00Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey are officially engaged.
00:03From that famous friendship bracelet mention to the proposal announcement heard around the world,
00:08let's take a look back at their relationship timeline.
00:11On July 8th, 2023, Kelsey attended Swift's The Heiress Tour at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
00:17Later that month, he revealed on his New Heights podcast, which he co-hosts with his brother Jason Kelsey,
00:22that he unsuccessfully tried to give Swift a friendship bracelet with his number on it at her concert,
00:27publicly proclaiming that he wanted to meet her.
00:29If you're up on Taylor Swift concerts, there are friendship bracelets,
00:33and I received a bunch of them being there, but I wanted to give Taylor Swift one with my number on it.
00:39Not right now.
00:40Just two months later, in September 2023, Swift attended a Chiefs game in Kansas City
00:44and was spotted sitting in Kelsey's suite alongside his mom, Donna.
00:48Swift kept popping up at Chiefs games that season,
00:51cementing Taylor and Trav's relationship status in the eyes of the public.
00:54After one such game in October, she was even seen kissing Kelsey on the cheek in this Instagram.
00:59The pair were also spotted out and about in New York City that month,
01:03including following Kelsey's surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live.
01:06In November of that year, Swift proclaimed,
01:08Karma is the guy on the Chiefs, while the NFL star sat with her father at one of her heiress tour stops in Argentina.
01:14And in December, the superstar singer publicly commented on her relationship with Kelsey for the first time in her Time 2023 Person of the Year interview.
01:22Then in the beginning of 2024, Swift was by Kelsey's side as he celebrated the Chiefs' AFC Championship win in January,
01:29as well as their February win at the Super Bowl.
01:31Swift even shared this TikTok video of the pair partying post-Super Bowl with her parents in Las Vegas.
01:36Fast forward to April 2024, Swift released her 11th album, The Tortured Poets Department,
01:42which included a song about Kelsey called So High School.
01:49In June 2024, Taylor and Trav made their relationship Instagram official,
01:56when she posted this selfie of the couple alongside Prince William and two of his children at the heiress tour in London.
02:01But the royal family weren't the only special guests at Swift's London airs tour shows.
02:06On June 23rd, 2024, Kelsey joined Swift on stage for a special moment.
02:10During September of that year, the pair were spotted attending a wedding together, as well as the U.S. Open.
02:16Plus, Swift even gave her boyfriend a shout-out on stage at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards that month,
02:21mentioning how he supported her on the set of her Fortnite music video.
02:25During the 2024 NFL season, Swift also continued to support her man at Chiefs games,
02:37including the AFC Championship and the Super Bowl.
02:40After the end of football season, the public sightings of Taylor and Trav became less frequent.
02:44But in July 2025, Kelsey shared this carousel of photos, recapping how the couple spent his offseason.
02:50Then on August 13th, 2025, Swift made her first appearance on the New Heights podcast
02:55and announced her new album, The Life of a Showgirl,
02:58as well as gave a lengthy interview that addressed buying her master recordings,
03:01the pair's relationship, and much more.
03:04But if he's not crazy, then, like, this is basically like every song I've ever written
03:09since I was a teenager come to life.
03:12And on August 26th, 2025, the couple announced their engagement on Instagram,
03:17writing, your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.
03:21For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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