Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement on Tuesday, marking a new chapter in the couple's two-year love story.
Swift and Kelce shared the news of their engagement publicly on Aug. 26, with Swift writing in the caption of a joint Instagram post, "Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨."
The post included five photos from the couple's flower-filled proposal, including an up-close look at Swift's engagement ring, an old-mine brilliant cut diamond.
As the couple and their fans look ahead to their wedding, take a look back at Swift and Kelce's relationship timeline.
Before they went public with their relationship, Kelce revealed that he had attended one of Swift's Eras Tour shows at Arrowhead Stadium in the summer of 2023 and tried but failed to give her a friendship bracelet with his number on it, before they eventually met.
"I'm the one that did the whole friendship bracelet thing and told everybody how butthurt I was that I didn't get to meet Taylor," Kelce said in a September 2023 episode of his "New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce" podcast.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce sparked speculation they were dating in the fall of 2023 when Swift was spotted attending her first Chiefs game alongside Kelce's mom Donna Kelce.
Travis Kelce said on "The Pat McAfee Show" ahead of the game that he had invited the singer-songwriter to see him and the Chiefs play and spoke out about her attendance afterward on his "New Heights" podcast.
"Shout out to Taylor for pulling up," he said. "I just thought it was awesome how everybody in the suite had nothing but great things to say about her, you know, the friends and family. She looked amazing, everybody was talking about her in a great light."
Why are so many fans caught up in Taylor Swift's love life?Kelce confirmed in a November 2023 interview with WSJ. Magazine that he and the Grammy winner were dating and gushed about his new partner.
"I've never dated anyone with that kind of aura about them… I've never dealt with it," Kelce said at the time. "But at the same time, I'm not running away from any of it… The scrutiny she gets, how much she has a magnifying glass on her, every single day, paparazzi outside her house, outside every restaurant she goes to, after every flight she gets off, and she's just living, enjoying life. When she acts like that, I better not be the one acting all strange."
After Kelce opened up, Swift also shared more about their relationship after she was named TIME Person of the Year at the end of 2023.
The pop singer said they started dating shortly after Kelce "very adorably put [her] on blast on his podcast," and that they take turns going to each other's games and shows as a way of "showing up for each other."
"We're just proud of each other," Swift said at the time.
Like this year, Swift was nominated for multiple Grammys and Kelce was getting ready to go to the Super Bowl in early 2024.
The tight end said on "The Pat McAfee Show" at the time that he could only dream of seeing his girlfriend shine at the awards show.
"I wish I could go support Taylor at the Grammys and watch her win every single award that she's nominated for," he said.
Swift would go on to win two Grammy awards last year for best pop vocal album and album of the year for "Midnights," making history by becoming the artist with the most Grammy wins for album of the year.
Kelce and the Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 on Feb. 11, 2024, to take home the Super Bowl LVIII trophy. Swift joined Kelce and the Chiefs on the field after they won.
"I cannot believe that. I can't believe you. How did you do that?" Swift, who was mic'd up during the game for "Inside the NFL," said to Kelce at the time.
When Swift released "The Tortured Poets Department," fans speculated that her "So High School" and "The Alchemy" tracks were about Kelce.
That same month, the couple was also photographed attending Coachella, the annual music and arts festival in Indio, California.
Swifties were treated to a surprise Kelce appearance at one of the singer's Eras Tour stops in London last June. Kelce stepped out during the introduction to "I Can Do It With A Broken Heart" and was spotted lifting Swift off the stage and simulating a motion to revive the singer.
"It was awesome," Kelce said afterward on his "New Heights" podcast. "And I didn't disappoint Taylor, so that's all that really matters."
The couple were photographed at an Eras Tour-themed party in December 2024, the same month Swift turned 35 and her global Eras Tour wrapped.
Along with Kelce, Swift was pictured at the party with close friend Ashley Avignone, Brittany Mahomes -- the wife of Chiefs' quarterback Patrick Mahomes -- and Lyndsay Bell, wife of Chiefs' tight end Blake Bell.
Kelce and Swift were photographed together celebrating at Arrowhead Stadium on Jan. 26, after the Chiefs clinched the AFC championship title 39-32 against the Buffalo Bills.
Swift greeted Kelce on the field after the game and the couple shared hugs and kisses as confetti fell around them.
On Feb. 2, Swift, already a 14-time Grammy winner, attended the 2025 Grammys in Los Angeles, where she was nominated for six awards.
Just one week after the Grammys, on Feb. 9, Kelce, tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, took the field in New Orleans, where the Chiefs faced the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2025 Super Bowl.
Swift stepped out solo at the Grammys on Feb. 2, but wore a red dress, the color of Kelce's Chiefs, and wore a chain with the letter "T."
During a Feb. 6 news conference ahead of the Super Bowl, Kelce spoke about how much he admires Swift's work ethic.
"To see the week in week out traveling from one country to the next and you know, how excruciating it is on her body and on her mind. It wasn't just her, it was her entire tour," he said, referring to her Eras Tour. "It was the dancers, the band, the singers and everybody involved and it was an absolute machine ... It was something I could admire watching and take a lot of notes from."
At the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans, Swift carried a red purse to accessorize her white blazer and white boots.
In the Feb. 9 game, the Chiefs suffered a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, who ended the game as Super Bowl LIX champions.
Kelce took to Instagram on July 24 to share photos from the football offseason, marking the first time he shared photos of Swift in a public Instagram post.
He captioned the post, "Had some adventures this offseason, kept it 💯."
Kelce praised Swift's athleticism, work ethic and kindness in an interview with GQ, telling the outlet he is having fun being the "plus one" in his relationship with the music superstar.
"I get to be the plus one," Kelce said. "I get to go and be that fan. Because I am a fan. I'm a fan of music. I'm a fan of art. And it's so cool that I get to experience her being that plus one for me on the football field…. I feel that same enjoyment every time she comes to my shows."
Swift made her first-ever appearance on Kelce's "New Heights" podcast on Aug. 13, where she opened up about her relationship with Kelce, including sharing details of their first date.
"He's just a vibe booster in everyone's life that he's in. He's like a human exclamation point," Swift said of Kelce in the episode.
The singer also used her appearance on the podcast to announce and share details of her 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl."
Swift and Kelce shared photos from their flower-filled proposal in a joint Instagram post on Aug. 26.
"Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨," Swift wrote in the post's caption.
The photos included a close-up of Swift's engagement ring, which ABC News confirmed is an old-mine brilliant cut diamond designed by Kelce and Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewelry in New York City.
Lubeck is a goldsmith, hand engraver and vintage jewelry collector, according to her bio on Artifex Fine Jewelry's website.
