The tight end attended his first Eras Tour show exactly one year ago.
On July 8, 2023, Travis Kelce attended Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour show in Kansas City with a friendship bracelet and a dream. Exactly one year later, he’s not only dating the 34-year-old pop superstar, but has songs believed to be about him written into the exact show that started their love story — something that has fans celebrating as if it were their own anniversary on social media.
And in honor of the occasion, many Swifties are reminiscing on the fateful sequence of events that led to the couple’s union. First, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end attempted to shoot his shot by giving Swift a homemade bracelet with his phone number on it at her Eras performances in Arrowhead Stadium, but left disappointed when he discovered that she wasn’t meeting people after her show.
That moment — which turns 1 Monday (July 8) — ended up being the genesis of Kelce’s romance with the 14-time Grammy winner. Swift somehow took notice of him after he told the bracelet story on his New Heights podcast, and the pair started dating later that summer. By the fall, they were officially a couple, with the singer attending many of his games all the way up through the 2024 Super Bowl, which the Chiefs won.
Also in that time, Swift wrote and released The Tortured Poets Department, featuring two mushy love songs — “The Alchemy” and “So High School” — fans are certain Kelce inspired. The latter track is now embedded into the musician’s three-hour-plus Eras showcase — which the athlete now regularly attends — and she seemingly personally celebrated the one-year anniversary of her beau’s first show by singing an acoustic mashup of the track with “Everything Has Changed” and “Mary’s Song” at her July 6 concert in Amsterdam with him in the audience.
In short, Swifties couldn’t be happier about how things have progressed since Kelce attended his future girlfriend’s concert a year ago. “one year ago, travis attended her show and left disappointed that couldn’t give her a bracelet with his number on it,” one person wrote on X. “today, she serenaded him with the cutest surprise song mashup to date.”
“The greatest love story of our time” another fan tweeted on the anniversary date. “I can’t believe it was exactly one year ago that Travis tried to give Taylor a friendship bracelet with his number on it, how far we have come!”
A third person gushed: “You cannot convince me the invisible string theory doesn’t work because it’s been one year since travis went to eras with a friendship bracelet and a dream and now she’s f–king singing marys song which she wrote like 18 years ago with his football number in it,” referring to Swift’s lyric, “I’ll be 87, you’ll be 89, I’ll still look at you like the stars that shine in the sky.”
See more Swiftie tweets celebrating the one-year anniversary of the beginning of Tayvis below.
what do you mean marys song x so high school x everything has changed!!! on the one year anniversary eve of the eras tour in kansas the day she posted the “independent girlies” tweet!! the day travis went to her show with a bracelet and a dream!!pic.twitter.com/bSeZtPANF2
— Taylor Throwbacks (@ThrowbackTaylor) July 6, 2024
Travis Kelce one year ago heard, “it’s time to sing last kiss and cry” and decided that’s the last time you write a sad song or cry.
Happy 1 year anniversary of my first show. pic.twitter.com/eAzogtiKJE
— Elam (@bigelam) July 8, 2024
one year ago, travis attended her show and left disappointed that couldn’t give her a bracelet with his number on it.
today, she serenaded him with the cutest surprise song mashup to date. oh my my my. pic.twitter.com/MMmSHtm5wN
— k (@kiralovestaylor) July 6, 2024
you cannot convince me the invisible string theory doesn’t work because it’s been one year since travis went to eras with a friendship bracelet and a dream and now she’s fucking singing marys song which she wrote like 18 years ago with his football number in it
— abby (@fifteeenswift) July 6, 2024
The greatest love story of our time I can’t believe it was exactly one year ago that Travis tried to give Taylor a friendship bracelet with his number on it, how far we have come! pic.twitter.com/hJ6kY43UyO
— marie (taylor’s version) (@harrypurplebow) July 8, 2024
