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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Announce Engagement With Romantic Garden Proposal
After two years of dating, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have taken their love story to the next level. The Grammy-winning superstar and Kansas City Chiefs tight end announced their engagement via Instagram, sharing photos of Kelce’s romantic garden proposal.
The post featured Taylor Swift beaming as Travis Kelce popped the question, with a close-up shot of her stunning ring. Captioned, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” Swift’s playful note quickly set social media ablaze.
The Ring: Designed Just for Taylor
Taylor Swift’s engagement ring is already the talk of the internet. Designed in collaboration with Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewellery, the piece features a brilliant-cut diamond set in a gold bezel. Vogue reported that Travis Kelce personally worked on the design, ensuring that the ring reflected both timeless elegance and a personal touch.
Taylor Swift paired the reveal with her song “So High School”—a track many fans believe was inspired by her relationship with Travis Kelce. The lyrics reference both sports and philosophy, nodding to their contrasting worlds that have blended into one of pop culture’s most beloved romances.
From Friendship Bracelet to Forever
Taylor Swift’s engagement marks a milestone in a love story that began in July 2023, when Travis Kelce revealed on his New Heights podcast that he had tried to give Taylor Swift a friendship bracelet with his phone number at her Eras Tour stop in Kansas City. Although the attempt failed, fate soon intervened. By September, Taylor Swift was spotted at a Chiefs game, sparking a media frenzy.
Their relationship became headline news, with Taylor Swift cheering Travis Kelce on during the Super Bowl 2024 victory and Kelce joining her on stage during the Eras Tour in 2024. Fans affectionately dubbed them “Swelce,” and the couple quickly became a fixture in both NFL and music conversations.
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A Love Story in the Spotlight
Despite intense media attention, both Swift and Kelce have emphasized that their romance remains grounded. In her 2023 Time Person of the Year interview, Taylor Swift said, “We’re proud of each other. The opposite would be hiding. And we don’t want that.”
Travis Kelce echoed the sentiment in a 2025 GQ profile, noting: “When there’s no camera, we’re just two people in love. It all happened very organically, even if it looked bigger from the outside.”
The engagement announcement follows another milestone—Kelce helping Taylor Swift reveal her upcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl. For fans, the timing feels like a poetic merging of two careers and two lives destined to intertwine.
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From a failed friendship bracelet exchange to a glittering engagement ring, Taylor Swift summed it up best: “He may not have put a bracelet on my wrist, but he put a ring on my finger.”
As wedding planning begins, the world will be watching as one of music and sports’ most iconic couples writes the next chapter of their fairy tale.
