Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s love story, from friendship bracelets to engagement rings

By JOCELYN NOVECK and MARIA SHERMAN Associated Press Entertainment Writers NEW YORK AP It started with a friendship bracelet It ended with an engagement ring Taylor Swift the pop superstar and Travis Kelce the football champion are engaged The fiances both revealed the news in a joint post on Instagram on Tuesday It is the latest chapter in the couple s love story one that has spanned two years two Super Bowls an album announcement and the highest-grossing tour of all time Here is a look at various of the major events in their relationship A friendship bracelet undelivered It started fittingly with a friendship bracelet It was way back in July that Kelce attended Swift s Eras concert at Arrowhead Stadium where the Chiefs play FILE Taylor Swift gets a kiss from Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce as they arrive to watch play between Jannik Sinner of Italy and Taylor Fritz of the United States during the men s singles final of the U S Open tennis championships Sept in New York AP Photo Frank Franklin II File After on his New Heights podcast with brother Jason Kelce he professed to being disappointed well his word was butthurt that he couldn t meet Swift and present her with a bracelet with his phone number on it She doesn t meet anybody or at least she didn t want to meet me so I took it personal he quipped The podcast petitioned on Instagram Anyone know how to get a bracelet to taylorswift asking for a friend Drivin the getaway car But by that September Kelce was hinting his efforts had achieved a few success He declined to elaborate amid speculation telling an interviewer It is what it is FILE Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce center left and singer Taylor Swift leave Arrowhead stadium after an NFL football meeting between the Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers in Kansas City Mo Oct AP Photo Charlie Riedel File Clearly though something was happening Soon Kelce revealed he d invited Swift to a competition at Arrowhead I threw the ball in her court he mentioned on another talk show Swift took Kelce up on his offer appearing for all the world to see at the Chiefs-Bears match cheering next to his mom Donna Kelce The two left the stadium in Kelce s purple Chevelle getaway car forgive the pun but Kelce himself used it Pretty ballsy Kelce noted a sparse days later of Swift s appearance adding how much he loved seeing her cheer next to his mother It was the launch of a long series of appearances by Swift at Chiefs games There was particular online angst over whether Swift was distracting from football while the NFL itself capitalized on her fandom A day after the flashy Los Angeles premiere of her Taylor Swift Eras Tour movie she was back at Arrowhead Karma is the guy on the Chiefs And now it was time for Kelce to be the adoring fan In November after a hiatus of two months Swift brought her tour to Argentina where she changed the lyrics of Karma to salute her beau Karma is the guy on the Chiefs coming straight home to me she sang Scott Swift next to a beaming Kelce applauded his daughter s new flame FILE Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce hugs his girlfriend Taylor Swift after the association s conquest over the San Francisco ers during the NFL Super Bowl football challenge Feb in Las Vegas AP Photo David J Phillip File When Time magazine stated its person of the year meager were surprised In the Time interview Swift spoke about her relationship This all started when Travis very adorably put me on blast on his podcast which I thought was metal as hell Swift explained adding that they d already been a couple before that first Chiefs tournament cameo Soon after things were heating up on the football field meaning the Chiefs were heading to the Super Bowl At the AFC championship championship the couple made it clear they were fine with whatever attention was coming their way In the middle of the field in Baltimore after the Chiefs beat the Ravens Swift and Kelce kissed I love you Kelce disclosed So much it s not funny A race across nine time zones There was one competition left Fans wondered How would Swift make it from her Tokyo shows to the Super Bowl in Las Vegas This week is truly the best kind of chaos Swift posted on Instagram FILE Travis Kelce right and Taylor Swift appear with actor-comedian Jerrod Carmichael left at Competition of the baseball AL Championship Series between the Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees Oct in New York AP Photo Seth Wenig File Chaos indeed In one week of February Swift attended the Grammys in Los Angeles jetted to Tokyo for four concerts then jumped back onto her private plane to make the Super Bowl with time to spare To get there she crossed nine time zones and the international dateline She s rewriting the history books herself Kelce stated a day after the Grammys where Swift had won album of the year for a record fourth time I notified her I ll have to hold up my end of the bargain and come home with hardware too And he did The two kissed on the field again after the Chiefs beat the San Francisco ers Swift in her necklace On the road again Within days Swift was on the road again with Kelce joining her in Australia for specific koala-cuddling at the zoo Related Articles Gov Polis offers to officiate Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce s wedding Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged The late great Rainbow Music Hall brings back dizzying Denver memories A deep trip inside the head of an artist at Denver s Leon Gallery years in and Hamilton is still downright revolutionary In Paris Swift introduced a section from The Tortured Poets Department her new album Fans wondered if Kelce had made his way into several of its lyrics like You knew what you longed and boy you got her from So High School But the highlight came in June during a celebrity-packed set of concerts in London There Kelce made his Eras stage debut donning a tuxedo and top hat and carrying Swift in his arms during a choreographed bit before I Can Do It With a Broken Heart I m still cracking up swooning Swift wrote later on Instagram Happiness and fun and magic As for Kelce he spoke with pride about the relationship noting on the Bussin with the Boys podcast that he had no desire to hide anything That s my girl he reported That s my lady I m proud of that Swift echoed that emotion when she accepted an MTV Video Music Award last September shouting out my boyfriend Travis in her speech Everything this man touches turns to happiness and fun and magic she commented I am just a jamoke supporting his girlfriend Throughout the summer and fall of Kelce attended a number of Swift s remaining tour dates and mentioned her on New Heights officially referring to her as his girlfriend in a July episode She is every bit of what everyone makes her out to be She s so awesome Several of these people you meet and you re just like I don t know what I m doing here he noted You are unbelievable your talent is unbelievable how you present yourself is unbelievable and I am just a jamoke supporting his girlfriend Swift too was regularly photographed attending Kelce s games including the Super Bowl Lights camera action football A month post-Super Bowl the couple made their red-carpet debut at the Tight End University in June an annual three-day training summit founded by Kelce George Kittle and Greg Olsen They were then spotted at Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville where Swift hopped on stage to perform Shake it Off with country singer Kane Brown For fans it marked yet another moment of the couple showing very residents promotion and admiration for one another The Life of a Showgirl A couple that collaborates together stays together Swift reported her highly anticipated th studio album The Life of a Showgirl in mid-August and included Kelce in the rollout It began with a tease from New Heights which later revealed Swift would appear in an episode the following day Swift reported the Kelce brothers she needed to show them something revealing a mint-green briefcase that featured her initials in orange Jason Kelce requested what was in it prompting her to pull out a vinyl record Our jobs are very similar In the two-hour New Heights episode featuring Swift she went into detail about the pair s summer following the Super Bowl She reported she spent considerable time in Florida with Travis Kelce She also reported our jobs are very similar They revolve around entertaining people for three hours in NFL stadiums On her self-described favorite podcast Swift credited New Heights for getting her a boyfriend This is sort of what I ve been writing songs about wanting to happen to me since I was a teenager she announced of their romance And Kelce credited the tour for well getting him a girlfriend I see you on that stage and see how you can get an entire stadium going and then I get you in a room and it s like I ve known you forever he stated It s the easiest conversation I ever had and it was just so much fun that it knocked my socks off Jock meet writer In late August in a five-photo carousel shared to both Swift and Kelce s official Instagram accounts the couple stated their engagement Your English professor and your gym trainer are getting married she wrote in her caption It s unclear when and where the two got engaged