Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Officially Announce Engagement After Two-Year Romance
Pop superstar Taylor Swift and NFL star Travis Kelce officially announced their engagement on Instagram, confirming their two-year romance that began in July 2023.
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Overview
- Pop superstar Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce officially announced their engagement on Instagram, sharing photos of Swift's custom old mine brilliant-cut diamond ring.
- The engagement occurred almost two weeks prior, with Travis Kelce proposing to Taylor Swift in an intimate garden setting at Ed Kelce's home in Lee's Summit, Missouri.
- Their high-profile romance began in July 2023 when Travis Kelce attempted to give Swift a friendship bracelet at her Eras Tour concert, culminating in two years of dating.
- Swift's frequent presence at Kelce's NFL games, including the Super Bowl, significantly boosted league ratings and generated extensive media attention for their widely celebrated relationship.
- Both Swift and Kelce embraced the public spotlight, receiving widespread well-wishes from various figures like Donald Trump and the NFL, with their posts garnering millions of likes.
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Analysis
Center-leaning sources frame this story by creating a narrative around a celebrity engagement, even when the primary source (the podcast) doesn't confirm it. They use the podcast as a hook to then deliver details from a secondary source, emphasizing the romantic and celebratory aspects of the couple's relationship and promoting ongoing coverage of the celebrity news.
"Jason shouted amid cheering."
USA TODAY"As her friend and collaborator Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine once pointed out: "Contentment is a creativity killer.""
BBC News"Jason Kelce and the team at "New Heights" felt it was their duty to celebrate the couple's engagement and "send Travis and Taylor a giant congratulations for being engaged!""
NBC News"Swift announced her highly anticipated 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” in mid-August and included Kelce in the rollout."
ABC News"Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged to be married."
USA TODAY"Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement on Instagram on Tuesday, and the likes exploded like pyrotechnics at a concert."
CNET"Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce skipped the engagement and birthed a new standard for audience development and engagement."
Deadline"Taylor Swift, the pop superstar, and Travis Kelce, the football champion, are engaged."
Associated Press"The two 35-year-old celebrities have been dating for two years. It's a love story, and Taylor just said yes."
CNET"Worldwide superstar Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce announced on Aug. 26 that they’re engaged in a joint post on Instagram."
USA TODAY"Swift’s engagement is proof that even "childless cat ladies" can eventually have it all: marriage, success, and a family if they wish to."
USA TODAY"Today is a fairytale."
Associated Press"What’s the point, really? I want to pay attention to other things, but the need to know who made the white-and-black striped dress Swift is wearing in the engagement photos is all I can think about ‒ it’s Ralph Lauren ‒ and there are so, so, so many other questions yet to be answered."
USA TODAY"Global music icon Taylor Swift is engaged to football player Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs after about two years of dating."
NPR"The couple took the spotlight after Kelce, a star tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs and Super Bowl champion, made a public appeal on his podcast, New Heights, two years ago, expressing a desire to meet the superstar singer."
Associated Press"That relationship took a big step forward on Tuesday as Swift and Kelce announced their engagement, and the internet has already gone into sleuth mode about the ring, Taylor's dress, and anything else that might be hidden in the photos."
USA TODAY"Gosh, I thought. I think I like these people."
The Free Press"The massive diamond that now rests upon Swift's left ring finger is set in yellow gold, its bright sparkle featured in the couple's engagement announcement on Instagram."
NBC News"The dress, which is on sale for $319, quickly sold out in all sizes on Ralph Lauren's website."
USA TODAY"The internet promptly erupted in celebration, with some fans saying the news has renewed their own hopes of finding love."
USA TODAY"The couple announced their engagement in an Instagram post on Tuesday, Aug. 26."
USA TODAY"Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged!"
USA TODAY"Taylor Swift has announced she is engaged to her partner Travis Kelce."
BBC News"Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are officially engaged."
ABC News"Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce revealed Tuesday they are engaged, sharing photos of the ring and proposal in a garden filled with pink and white roses."
CBS News"The choice also fits Swift’s personality, he added."
Fortune"The couple announced they were engaged in an Instagram post on Tuesday, featuring a slideshow of photos from the proposal, along with a shot of the large diamond set in yellow gold."
NBC News"It's been a "Love Story" in the making! Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are officially engaged after two years of dating."
USA TODAY"Swift announced the power couple's engagement via Instagram on Tuesday afternoon with a series of five photos of her and her new fiancé in a garden."
USA TODAY"Taylor Swift, queen of love songs, is tying the knot."
USA TODAY"The pop singer, 35, revealed her engagement to her NFL star boyfriend in an Instagram post on Tuesday, Aug. 26, while giving fans a look at the ring he proposed with."
USA TODAY"Now, after two years, the two have decided they want their love story to continue forever and always."
USA TODAY"It’s a love story and, baby, she said yes: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged, they announced Tuesday."
Associated Press"It's a love story, and Taylor Swift said yes."
USA TODAY"And baby, she just said yes."
NBC News"Kelce gushed about being Swift's "plus one," expressing his admiration for her and the unique understanding they share as entertainers."
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FAQ
Travis Kelce designed Taylor Swift's engagement ring in collaboration with Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewelry. The ring features an old-mine brilliant cut diamond, which has a distinctive squarish shape with antique qualities, set in yellow gold with detailed engraving.
The proposal happened in an intimate garden setting at Ed Kelce's home in Lee's Summit, Missouri, under an arch covered in flowers, two weeks before their public announcement.
Swift's frequent presence at Kelce’s NFL games, including the Super Bowl, significantly boosted NFL ratings and generated extensive media attention for their widely celebrated relationship, with supportive messages from figures like Donald Trump and the NFL.
The diamond is estimated to be approximately five to six carats, with an elongated cushion or old-mine brilliant cut, known for a smaller table, larger culet, and higher crown, giving it a vintage antique look that matches Swift's style.
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