Taylor Swift has announced her engagement to American football star Travis Kelce, sharing the news with fans in a series of romantic photographs.
The pop superstar, 35, confirmed the proposal on Instagram on Tuesday with the caption: “Your English teacher and gym teacher are getting married.”
Swift, who often jokes about her bookish side, was referencing her career as a songwriter compared with Kelce’s life in professional sport.
The images show Kansas City Chiefs tight end Kelce, 35, on one knee in a flower-filled garden surrounded by cascading roses, hydrangeas and peonies as Swift leans down to embrace him.
Another shot captures the newly engaged couple, forehead to forehead, smiling through tears, while a further frame is a close-up highlighting the dazzling ring.
Swift’s engagement ring features an elongated cushion-cut diamond estimated to be between 7 and 9 carats, set in yellow gold. The design is both vintage-inspired and modern, with jewellery experts already valuing it in the high six-figure range.
It is understood Swift’s engagement ring is an Old Mine Brilliant Cut, and her jewellery was designed by Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewellery.
The Instagram post racked up more than five million likes in less than an hour as Swift’s fans around the world were thrilled by the news.
The couple, who began dating publicly in late 2023 after months of speculation, have become one of the most talked-about pairings in pop culture.
Swift, who has 280 million followers, also posted a heart on her Instagram story with her song So High School from the anthology version of album The Tortured Poets Department, which is said to have been written about her fiancé, playing in the background.
Kelce’s teammate Patrick Mahomes shared the post on his story accompanied by three hearts, while his wife Brittany also shared the post, with a comment that read: “Two of the most genuine people meet and fall in love. Just so happy for these two.”
The Kansas City Chiefs also congratulated the couple in a post on X, which read: “Today is a fairytale.
“Congrats to Travis and Taylor – we’re excited to have you as a permanent member of the Chiefs Kingdom family.”
Singer Avril Lavigne, who has previously performed on stage with Swift, also sent “huge congratulations” to the singer and Kelce in a post on her Instagram story.
The NFL’s official Instagram account also congratulated the pair twice, first sharing a video compilation of Swift attending games with the words “what a journey”, while another post showed a clip of the pair celebrating Kelce’s 2024 Super Bowl win.
Swift was frequently spotted at Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs games last season, where cameras captured her cheering alongside his family and friends. The Chiefs went on to win the Super Bowl in February, with Kelce crediting Swift’s support as “part of the magic.”
Their bond was cemented further earlier this year when Swift made a surprise appearance on New Heights, the podcast Kelce co-hosts with his brother Jason, in what fans described as one of her most intimate interviews to date.
On the show, Swift announced that her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, will be released this autumn.
The record marks her first release since 2024’s The Tortured Poets Department, with speculation already swirling that Kelce will inspire new material.
The singer is currently on a short break from her record-breaking Eras Tour, which resumes later this year in Asia, while Kelce has begun preparations for the new NFL season.
After years of writing about heartbreak, the award-winning songstress now appears to have found her fairy-tale ending.
