While it may feel like Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s love story began in the blink of a crinkling eye, it’s been more than a year since that fateful day in July 2023 that the football pro attended one of her Eras Tour shows, setting into motion a romance seemingly beyond both of their wildest dreams.
What’s more is Friday, July 26 marked yet another special anniversary in Taylor and Travis’ tale as it was the day a year ago that Travis — as Taylor later put it in an interview with Time — “very adorably put me on blast on his podcast.”
“Which I thought was metal as hell,” she told the magazine. “We started hanging out right after that.”
As a reminder, Travis revealed on his podcast with brother Jason Kelce that his plan to give Taylor his number on a friendship bracelet at one of her Eras Tour shows had been foiled. “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,” Travis said at the time, “so I was a little butthurt I didn’t get to hand her one of the bracelets I made for her.”
Of course, as Swifties know all too well now, that did not stop a romance from blooming between the two as they stepped out as a couple just a few months later — and have been going strong ever since.
Their high-profile couple continues to dominate headlines after a year of public outings, world travel and professional milestones. Between Swift’s blockbuster Eras Tour and Kelce’s wide-ranging career endeavors, a source told ET on June 14 the couple is committed to making their relationship a priority.
“Taylor and Travis make sure that the current long-distance aspect of their relationship doesn’t last very long. They both move their schedules around if it’s feasible and try to carve out as much time as they can to see each other, as well as each other’s families and friends,” the source said. “They prioritize each other and do anything and everything to make each other happy. Their relationship is genuine and they both want to make it work, so it does.”
The source added, “Taylor and Travis definitely see a long-term future together and things are continuing to move in that direction. Their shared values and love of family keeps them connected.”
