Taylor Swift fans have been feeling all the emotions after a heartwarming realization about her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, started making the rounds online.
Megastar Swift and celebrated NFL tight end Kelce are each others' biggest fans - although Swifties will beg to differ, I'm sure.
The power couple have been together for nearly two years now, with Swift frequently spotted cheering from the stands at Kansas City Chiefs games, and Kelce making an unforgettable cameo during her Wembley Stadium Eras Tour show last summer (which, by the way, I was lucky enough to witness - and I’ll take any excuse to mention!).
On Tuesday (August 12), fans of the loved-up pair were sent into a frenzy when Swift joined Kelce and his brother, Philadelphia Eagles' Jason Kelce, for a major announcement on their New Heights podcast.
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A teaser clip showed the singer clutching a mint green briefcase with 'TS' emblazoned on it, as she revealed a pixelated vinyl cover, declaring: "This is my brand new album, The Life of a Showgirl."
Co-host Jason let out an excited scream in response, while Kelce also celebrated the news, shouting in excitement: "TS 12!", a reference to her 12th album which they cleverly plotted to reveal at 12:12pm on the 12th.
The star is famously deliberate with her use of numbers and synchronicities, weaving them into both her album announcements and the music itself.
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The full podcast episode is set to drop on Wednesday (August 13 - Swift's lucky number...) at 7pm ET. Swift's website, meanwhile, teases 'pre pre-order' of the album, where the cover remains blurred out.
As fans celebrate the big announcement, many have reflected on just how far the couple have come - and it all traces back to New Heights.
The weekly sport podcast launched in September 2022, and nearly a year later, in a July 2023 episode, Kelce casually mentioned Swift for the first time.
He recalled attending her Eras Tour show at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City and trying to give her a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it - though, to his disappointment, he never got the chance to hand it over.
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This moment, he shared, ultimately led to them connecting after the show. And the rest, as they say, is history...
One fan perfectly captured the sentiment by sharing side-by-side the videos of Kelce's first mention of Swift and her recent appearance as a guest on the podcast, writing simply: "We’ve come so far."
"Manifestation in real life," a second responded, as another dubbed Kelce 'Mr Mastermind', - referring to Swift's 2022 Midnights track about laying down the groundwork to get a guy.
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"He knew what he wanted and boy he got her," somebody else said, referring to the bridge of 'So High School' from Swift's 11th album, The Tortured Poets Department.
"Don't make me cry," one person wrote, as a final fan added: "I became a fan of that football player because of a Taylor concert… and now Taylor shows up on his podcast."
If you were looking for a sign to shoot your shot, then perhaps this is it. Although we're not all Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, are we?
Topics: Music, Podcast, Sport, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Celebrity
Ellie Kemp