Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Relationship Timeline

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are all anybody can discuss.

Swift and Kelce had been first linked in July 2023 when the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish shared he tried to ask Swift out after attending her Eras Tour.

“I used to be a bit butthurt I didn’t get handy her one of many bracelets I made for her,” Travis mentioned on an episode of the “New Heights” podcast, which he cohosts with brother Jason Kelce. As a result of Swift doesn’t do meet and greets “earlier than or after the present,” he was unable handy her “[a bracelet] with my [phone] quantity on it.”

Swift later confirmed her curiosity in Travis by accepting an invitation to a Chiefs vs. Chicago Bears recreation in September 2023. Based on Kelce, the duo had been related properly earlier than that NFL recreation, because of a mysterious particular person in Swift’s camp.

“There have been undoubtedly folks she knew that knew who I used to be, in her nook [who said], ‘Yo! Do you know he was coming?’ I had any person enjoying Cupid,” Travis advised WSJ. Journal in November 2023. “She [later] advised me precisely what was happening and the way I received fortunate sufficient to get her to achieve out.”

By October 2023, issues had been heating up between the pair on a extra public stage.

“They’re actually glad. They’re not saying they’re in love but. However it’s apparent to her pals they’re heading in that route,” a supply advised Us Weekly on the time. “Associates suppose they’re in love.”

Hold scrolling to see how Swift and Travis’ relationship has developed:

July 2023

Travis attended Swift’s Eras Tour at her Kansas Metropolis cease in Missouri.

Later that month, Travis opened up about how a lot he loved her live performance on an episode of  the “New Heights” podcast. “It was an unbelievable present. Kansas Metropolis confirmed out … All people was wearing pink and purple, going loopy for her,” he gushed. “I used to be disillusioned that she doesn’t speak earlier than or after her reveals as a result of she has to avoid wasting her voice for the 44 songs that she sings. I wished to present her [a bracelet] with my quantity on it.”

In December 2023, Swift revealed that she heard Kelce “very adorably put me on blast” in his “steel as hell” podcast episode and determined to achieve out.

September 2023

Shortly after a number of sports activities retailers reported that Swift and Travis had been seeing one another, Swift fueled romance rumors when she attended her first Kansas Metropolis Chiefs recreation in Travis’ personal suite. She supported the NFL star by carrying a Chiefs jacket and cheering him on together with his mother, Donna. She even appeared to shout “Let’s f—ing go,” following a giant play.

After the sport, they had been noticed leaving the locker room collectively. For the outing, Travis wore a cool blue and white denim set. The model, KidSuper Studios, noticed Travis carrying the ensemble with Swift and renamed it the “1989 Bed room Portray Denim Jacket,” as a reference to her album 1989. (It was initially named the “Bed room Portray Denim Jacket.”)

The pair had been seen getting cozy at a postgame celebration. Swift wrapped her arm round Travis whereas he sat on a barstool.

In her TIME profile, Swift famous that she and Kelce had been already in a relationship when she attended the Chiefs vs. Bears recreation.

“We really had a major period of time that nobody knew, which I’m grateful for, as a result of we received to get to know one another,” she advised the journal. “By the point I went to that first recreation, we had been a pair. I feel some folks suppose that they noticed our first date at that recreation? We’d by no means be psychotic sufficient to laborious launch a primary date.”

Days after Swift attended the sport, a number of sources advised Us the pair are taking their relationship gradual. “They’ve been on just a few dates and Taylor is smitten with him,” the insider mentioned. “It’s not severe, and Taylor is having enjoyable proper now.” A second supply confirmed, “They’re getting nearer and nearer every single day.”

One other insider famous they’re “having fun with one another’s firm and attending to know one another.” A fourth supply confirmed that they’d frolicked “twice” up to now.

Travis mirrored on Swift’s look at his recreation later that month, calling her courageous for attending. Jason teased on the “New Heights” podcast, “How’s it really feel that Taylor Swift has lastly put you on the map?” Travis laughed and responded, “Shout-out to Taylor for pulling up. That was fairly ballsy.”

That very same day, Jason made an look on SportsRadio 94 WIP and commented on his brother’s budding romance. “It was enjoyable watching the entire world take it in, to be sincere with you,” he mentioned. “I might say with this one, it undoubtedly looks like he’s going above and past to be a gentleman.”

October 2023

Swift rooted for Travis at a Chiefs vs. New York Jets recreation with BFFs Sophie Turner, Blake Energetic, Ryan Reynolds and Sabrina Carpenter. She even hugged Travis’ mother, Donna, through the recreation.

A supply revealed in a difficulty of Us that Swift was “was low-key and low-maintenance” whereas watching Travis defeat the Jets. The insider added that she “was candy to everybody and had a tremendous time.”

After Travis was seen leaving her New York Metropolis condo, one other supply advised Us, “Taylor’s actually having fun with attending to know Travis … They’re taking it daily, however she has excessive hopes. She likes that he’s a standard, good man. He’s down-to-earth and isn’t affected by fame. She additionally thinks he’s scorching.”

A separate insider gushed, “Travis is totally smitten.”

Sources later advised Us Swift flew to Kansas Metropolis “to see Travis” for his thirty fourth birthday. The pair loved a “chill evening,” per the insider.

October 2023

Travis shocked followers with an October 14 look on Saturday Evening Stay, showing in a sketch that took a dig at Swift’s well-known ex-boyfriends.

Within the skit, which included host Pete Davidson, Kenan Thompson, Curt Menefee, Mikey Day and extra, the actors performed sports activities commentators who shortly received sidetracked by Swift’s appearances at NFL video games.

The boys praised Travis for being a greater suitor for Swift than exes Joe Alwyn and Matty Healy had been. (Swift and Alwyn dated for six years earlier than Us confirmed their cut up in April. Following the breakup, she had a short romance with Healy.)

Thompson then advised the group, “Knock it off, folks tuned in for soccer, OK? We’re going to converse with somebody, who really needs to speak soccer.” Cameras then lower to Travis, who was standing on the sideline.

“Sure, me!” he mentioned, earlier than mouthing “come on.”

Travis attended an afterparty whereas holding fingers with Swift. Followers seen that Travis appeared to have a little bit of Swift’s pink lipstick on his lips, hinting that the couple had been making out earlier than the social gathering.

The couple loved their second date evening in a row on the Waverly Inn in New York Metropolis. For the romantic night, Swift rocked a sheer Jean Paul Gaultier prime that includes floral particulars and a leather-based miniskirt.

November 2023

Kelce was pressed about his “standing” with Swift throughout a press convention in Germany forward of the abroad recreation. “The most recent standing is I received to see her final week,” the tight finish shared. “That’s the most recent standing proper there.”

The questions had been taken a step additional when Kelce was requested whether or not he’s “in love” with Swift, however he shortly turned the inquiry down. “I’m going to maintain my private relationship private,” he defined.

Weeks later, Kelce was seen in Argentina with Swift. They went to dinner on the Elena restaurant, which is positioned inside 4 Seasons Resort Buenos Aires. Social media footage confirmed the 2 holding fingers as they entered and exited and fellow diners even applauded them as they made their means via the restaurant.

“Travis and Taylor are a really actual couple, they really spend plenty of one-on-one time collectively and have developed a really actual connection,” a supply completely advised Us. “They’ve very detailed plans developing on keep collectively whereas she’s on tour and he has video games.”

He additionally received to attend a handful of her South American Eras concert events. He was noticed within the VIP tent at Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires alongside Swift’s dad, Scott, who wore a Chiefs lanyard. Throughout the present, Swift even swapped the lyrics to “Karma” to use to Kelce and the Chiefs. “Karma is the man on the Chiefs, coming straight house to me,” she sang with a giggle. Kelce blushed on the shout-out, in keeping with social media footage. After the live performance ended, Swift and Kelce shared a passionate kiss backstage.

Later that month, Travis gushed over Swift in his WSJ. Journal interview.

“I’ve by no means been a person of phrases. Being round her, seeing how sensible Taylor is, has been f–king mind-blowing,” the soccer star mentioned of their relationship. “I’m studying every single day.”

December 2023

Swift made her first public feedback on their relationship to TIME when she was named the outlet’s Particular person of the 12 months.

“Once you say a relationship is public, which means I’m going to see him do what he loves, we’re displaying up for one another, different individuals are there and we don’t care,” Swift mentioned. “The alternative of that’s it’s important to go to an excessive quantity of effort to ensure nobody is aware of that you just’re seeing somebody. And we’re simply happy with one another.”

The musician additionally gushed about lacking out on watching soccer in years previous and never caring in regards to the “dads, Brads and Chads” who get upset in regards to the NFL highlighting her of their recreation protection.

Swift additionally spent Christmas Day cheering on Kelce on the Chiefs vs. Las Vegas Raiders recreation in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri. She donned a pink sweater and a Santa hat emblazoned with Kelce’s jersey quantity for the sporting occasion. Swift’s mother and father and her brother, Austin, had been additionally in attendance.

The couple then rang within the New 12 months collectively at a celebration that was additionally attended by their friends Patrick and Brittany Mahomes. In a photograph from the vacation bash that made the rounds on social media, Swift posed along with her arm round Travis. 

January 2024

The couple’s matchmaker was lastly revealed when Danny Frye III revealed he was the one to arrange Swift and Kelce.

In the meantime, Swift attended each post-season Chiefs recreation to cheer on Kelce and at last met Travis’ brother, Jason Kelce, and sister-in-law Kylie Kelce on the Payments recreation on January 21. Swift hit the sector for the primary time after a recreation when the Chiefs received the AFC Championship on January 28, securing their spot within the Tremendous Bowl. The singer kissed and hugged Travis and was seen hugging his father, Ed, and even appeared to share a candy second with head coach Andy Reid.

February 2024

Swift attended the 2024 Tremendous Bowl, sooner or later after enjoying a live performance in Japan, alongside her and Kelce’s households, in addition to a bunch of her A-list pals. The Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22, and Swift went right down to the sector to have fun with Kelce afterward.

“It was unbelievable, unbelievable,” Swift advised the NFL star earlier than they shared a kiss.

April 2024

Swift launched her eleventh studio album titled The Tortured Poets Division. And whereas a lot of the album was rumored to be impressed by her previous relationships with Alwyn and Healy, Swift included a handful of nods to Travis on a number of the file’s extra uplifting tracks.

“So after I contact down / Name the amateurs and lower ‘em from the group / Ditch the clowns, get the crown / Child I’m the one to be,” Swift sings within the refrain of “The Alchemy,” showing to make references to the Chiefs and their Tremendous Bowl LVIII win.

In one of many album’s bonus prolonged model tracks, “So Excessive College,” Swift seemingly compares her and the athlete’s relationship to that of a highschool energy couple. “Fact, dare, spin bottles / You understand how to ball, I do know Aristotle,” she sings within the track’s bridge.

Swifties had been fast to note the “So Lengthy Excessive College” lyrics included an obvious reference to Travis’ dad, Ed. “I really feel like laughing in the midst of apply / To that impression you probably did of your dad once more / I’m listening to voices like a madman,” she states within the second verse. (Travis impersonated his father a number of occasions on his and Jason’s “New Heights” podcast.)

June 2024

Swift blushed whereas singing the “Fifteen” track lyric, “In your life, you’ll do issues larger than relationship the boy on the soccer group,” throughout an Eras Tour cease in Lyon, France. She additionally tuned in to an Instagram Stay of the Chiefs Tremendous Bowl ring ceremony in between reveals in Liverpool, England.

Travis, Jason and Kylie had been amongst dozens of superstar attendees at Swift’s London Eras Tour reveals. Along with being noticed busting out the choreography to numbers similar to “So Excessive College” and “Karma,” Travis made his debut on Swift’s Instagram in a backstage selfie with Prince William, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.

Throughout the tour’s third evening at Wembley Stadium, Travis shocked followers by becoming a member of Swift on stage through the TTPD set, collaborating in a skit wherein two of her dancers assist a reluctant Swift get able to carry out “I Can Do It With a Damaged Coronary heart.” Matching the dancers, Travis sported a black morning go well with and prime hat as he did a jig and pretended to repair Swift’s make-up.

Swift included images from Travis’s efficiency in her London Eras Tour recap Instagram submit, writing, “I’m nonetheless cracking up/swooning over @killatrav’s Eras Tour debut 🥰 By no means going to neglect these reveals.”

July 2024

Travis continued to attend extra of Swift’s worldwide Eras Tour performances. The 2 had been noticed holding fingers and packing on PDA after her concert events in Amsterdam and Germany, which marked the final reveals Travis attended earlier than starting Chiefs coaching camp for the 2024/2025 NFL season.

Whereas away from the Eras Tour, Travis continued to point out his love for Taylor by dancing to her music at a golf occasion and dedicating a karaoke competitors win to her.

August 2024

The couple kicked off Swift’s two-month break from The Eras Tour by throwing a star-studded bash at her Rhode Island house. Attendees included Jason and Kylie, Energetic and Reynolds, Patrick and Brittany, Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper and Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum.

September 2024

Travis kicked off the NFL season with a house recreation in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens, which they received 27-20. Swift watched the sport from a non-public suite with Donna and Ed earlier than leaving the stadium holding fingers with Travis. The subsequent day, the couple jetted off to New York Metropolis for a weekend getaway capped off with an look on the US Open finals.

Days later, Swift gave Travis a candy shout-out whereas accepting the Video of the 12 months award for “Fortnight” on the MTV Video Music Awards.

“One thing that I’ll at all times bear in mind, after I’d end a take and say ‘lower’ and we’d be carried out with that take, I might at all times simply hear somebody cheering and [yelling] ‘Woo!,’ like, from throughout the studio the place we had been capturing it,” Swift recalled of filming the music video. “And that one particular person was my boyfriend, Travis. All the things this man touches turns to happiness and enjoyable and magic, so I need to thank him for including that to our shoot as a result of I’ll at all times keep in mind that.”

October 2024

Swift was noticeably absent from two away video games — one in Atlanta and the opposite in Los Angeles — firstly of the 2024-2025 NFL season, however a supply reassured Us that “nothing has modified” for the couple. “They’re spending as a lot time collectively as potential whereas balancing their careers and particular person duties — his recreation and her music empire, together with private tasks,” the insider completely revealed. “They’re selecting to not dwell on the noise, focusing as a substitute on staying true to themselves and being glad.”

The pair stepped out for date evening with Energetic and Reynolds through the Chiefs bye week on October 11, grabbing dinner at NYC hotspot The Nook Retailer.

November 2024

Swift and her household hosted Travis for Thanksgiving in Nashville, per a report from Folks. “Taylor and her household had been excited to host the Kelces this 12 months,” a supply advised the outlet, noting that it was the primary Turkey Day the duo celebrated collectively. “[Travis’ brother] Jason was there together with his household and youngsters too. It was very festive and particular.”

December 2024

After Swift wrapped up her Eras Tour for good, Travis gave his girlfriend a shout-out on his “New Heights” podcast about all of the laborious work she and her group put into each efficiency.

“Shout-out to everyone that was part of that present,” Travis gushed. “Clearly, it’s her music, her tour and all the pieces, however that was a full manufacturing, man. That factor was the very best tour on this planet due to lots of people, however largely due to Taylor.”

Later that month, Swift returned to Kansas Metropolis and made a particular go to to the Kids’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas Metropolis and bonded with a number of sufferers over her boyfriend and the Chiefs. One baby even advised the pop star that they “like Travis now” and Swift had the sweetest response.

“Sure, me too. That’s an absolute sure on that one,” she replied whereas signing a replica of her Eras Tour ebook for the fan. “Is he your favourite participant?”

The fan responded they like each Travis and his teammate Patrick — which earned a stamp of approval from Swift.

“Good. These are good solutions,” Swift mentioned with a smile. “You might be ace-ing this!”

Whereas visiting with different sufferers, one other confirmed off their Chiefs-themed blanket that learn, “Go Taylor’s Boyfriend,” which earned fun from the Grammy winner.

January 2025

Swift made it to each one in every of Travis’ playoff video games in January, together with the AFC championship matchup in opposition to the Buffalo Payments. Swift celebrated the Chiefs’ victory with Travis on the Arrowhead Stadium area.

“I really like you a lot,” she gushed on the sector. “I’m so happy with you. I can’t stand it.”

February 2025

Whereas Swift attended the Grammys solo because of Travis’ Tremendous Bowl journey schedule, she appeared to have her man on the mind. Adorning her Chiefs-red frock by Vivienne Westwood was a bedazzled “T” chain designed by Swift and jeweler Lorraine Schwartz. It was closely speculated the jewellery was a nod to Travis’ initials.

Days later, Travis praised his girlfriend in his pre-Tremendous Bowl press convention.

“If she’s out right here being the celebrity she is, by no means taking no for a solution, and at all times working her tail off, , I higher match that power, for positive,” he quipped.

Later that month, Swift confirmed her assist for Travis at Tremendous Bowl LIX in New Orleans. Whereas strolling into the Caesars Superdome, the singer rocked a white ensemble with matching knee-high boots.

April 2025

An insider completely advised Us that the couple is “doing nice” and “nonetheless very a lot collectively and in love” whereas opting to take a “break” from the highlight.

“Travis needs to take [a breather] from the general public eye,” a second supply advised Us on the time. “He was working an excessive amount of final 12 months, and he didn’t play in addition to he wished. He needs to have a superb season and never have the main focus be on his relationship with Taylor.”

Could 2025

Swift and Travis resurfaced in Could throughout a date evening in Philadelphia after taking time away from the general public eye. Later that month, the pair was noticed having dinner at Harry’s restaurant in West Palm Seaside, Florida.

June 2025

Early within the month, the pair stepped out for the Stanley Cup hockey playoffs and packed on the PDA whereas seated within the crowd.

They then resurfaced for a New York Metropolis dinner date on June 20, with fan footage shared through X capturing the couple holding fingers as they left a restaurant.

Three days later, Swift and Kelce had been seen smiling in a Nashville bar forward of the athlete’s fifth annual Tight Finish College summit, which introduced a string of public appearances together with pink carpet PDA on the June 23 welcome social gathering.

On June 24, the couple introduced Swift’s childhood BFF, Abigail Anderson, and her husband alongside to the summit’s live performance the place Swift staged a shock efficiency of “Shake It Off” as Kelce cheered her on from the facet of the stage.