Right before announcing their engagement, Taylor Swift shared how Travis Kelce asked her out.
The couple has been together since 2023, with fans quickly catching on after noticing the ‘Shake It Off’ singer at multiple Kansas City Chiefs games.
The Chiefs play at Arrowhead Stadium, where Swift performed on July 7 and 8 two years ago.
Kelce attended one of her 2023 concerts, hoping to connect with Swift during the event.
His idea was to visit Swift’s dressing room and present her with a friendship bracelet—a well-known element of her tour—featuring his number.
Though he couldn’t meet the music icon, Kelce discussed the situation on the New Heights podcast, co-hosted with his brother Jason Kelce.
Talking about his concert experience, Travis shared: “Well, I was disappointed that she doesn’t talk before or after her shows because she has to save her voice for the 44 songs that she sings. So I was a little butthurt that I didn’t get to hand her one of the bracelets I made for her.”
He went on, saying: “If you’re up on Taylor Swift concerts there are friendship bracelets and I received a bunch of them being there, but I wanted to give Taylor Swift one with my number on it.”
When Jason inquired whether he meant his jersey number 87 or his phone number, Travis playfully responded: “You know which one.”
Fast forward to 2025, Swift appeared on the Kelce brothers’ podcast and remembered when she heard about Kelce’s desire to give her his number.
“It was such a wild, romantic gesture to just be like, ‘I want to date you’,” Swift remarked, also pointing out that Kelce ‘never did any proper logistical planning’ to actually meet her at Arrowhead, such as reaching out to her management team.
“[He thought] because he knows the elevator lady, that he could talk to her about just getting down to my dressing room,” Swift joked. “That’s how it works in 1973!”
But Kelce’s podcast revelations piqued her interest.
She described the moment: “This felt more like I was in an 80s John Hughes movie and he was just standing outside of my window with a boombox being like, ‘I want to date you! Do you want to go on a date with me? I made you a friendship bracelet.’
“I was like, if this guy isn’t crazy – which is a big if – this is sort of what I’ve been writing songs about wanting to happen to me since I was a teenager.”
Clearly, Kelce’s boldness paid off as he is now engaged to Swift, having recently proposed.
The couple shared their joyful news on Instagram on August 26.