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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are arguably the world’s most high-profile couple right now, consistently making headlines on the daily for simply holding hands or enjoying dinner together. But the exact circumstances of how their paths first crossed, other than the Chiefs star shooting his shot via a friendship bracelet, have largely remained a mystery — until now.
In a new Wall Street Journal profile on Kelce, the Kansas City tight end finally revealed what really happened after he was famously blocked from meeting the pop star at her July Eras Tour show in Kansas City. His attempts to slip her a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it were also unsuccessful that night, something he later went viral for talking about on his New Heights podcast. Then, just two months later, the “Anti-Hero” singer attended her first Chiefs games at Arrowhead Stadium, and the rest was history.
But what happened in between? According to Kelce, someone in Swift’s camp brought his public crush on her to her attention. “There were definitely people she knew that knew who I was, in her corner [who said]: Yo! Did you know he was coming?” the football player told the publication. “I had somebody playing Cupid.”
Soon after, Kelce apparently received a text from Swift. “She told me exactly what was going on and how I got lucky enough to get her to reach out,” he said.
The Ohio native didn’t say who exactly put him on Swift’s radar, although he did hint that a few of the 12-time Grammy winner’s family members may have helped his case.
“She’ll probably hate me for saying this, but … when she came to Arrowhead [for her concert], they gave her the big locker room as a dressing room,” he said. “And her little cousins were taking pictures … in front of my locker.”
The pair then started talking before eventually meeting for the first time in New York. “We had already kind of been talking, so I knew we could have a nice dinner and, like, a conversation, and what goes from there will go from there,” said Kelce. “Everybody around me [was] telling me: Don’t f–k this up! And me sitting here saying, Yeah — got it.”
And while Kelce has opened up about certain elements of his relationship with Swift on New Heights or in post-game press conferences, he’s done his best to keep things as private as possible so that the “Karma” musician never starts to feel uncomfortable. “That was the biggest thing to me,” he told the publication. “Make sure I don’t say anything that would push Taylor away.”
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Although the loss of a fan at the first of three scheduled Taylor Swift concerts in Rio de Janeiro left the singer “with a shattered heart,” at the Friday night (Nov. 17) show she had made her acoustic set special when she debuted “Suburban Legends” live.
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Swift surprised the crowd with the vault track from 1989 (Taylor’s Version) on piano at the city’s Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos.
The song might be new, but Swifties screamed in excitement from the first line.
Smiling through the chorus as she went through it live for the first time in Brazil, the pop star sang, “I didn’t come here to make friends/ We were born to be suburban legends/ When you hold me, it holds me together/ And you kiss me in a way that’s gonna screw me up forever.”
Before “Suburban Legends,” Swift pulled a song out of her earliest catalog, one that hadn’t been played live in probably 15 years: “Stay Beautiful,” which is on her debut, self-titled album.
“I wanted to play something to honor the fact that so many amazing Brazilian fans have been with me since day one, since the first album,” she said.
“It’s because you, just this crowd, Rio, you’re just so beautiful,” she continued. “And I hope you stay that way.”
Swift’s second concert in Rio de Janeiro was postponed from Saturday to Monday, Nov. 20, due to extreme temperatures. From her dressing room at the stadium, Swift wrote on social media: “The safety and well-being of my fans, fellow performers, and crew has to and always will come first.”
On Friday night, Swift expressed her grief over the loss of 23-year-old fan Ana Clara Benevides Machado, who died the first night of the singer’s Eras Tour in Rio, where temperatures reached 102.4 degrees Fahrenheit. The young woman was treated by paramedics at the stadium after she said she wasn’t feeling well, and later taken to a hospital, where she passed away, according to an Instagram post by concert promoter T4F. The exact cause of Machado’s death had not been revealed at press time.
“I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by this. There’s very little information I have other than the fact that she was so incredibly beautiful and far too young,” she wrote in a statement she released that night. “I’m not going to be able to speak about this from stage because I feel overwhelmed by grief when I even try to talk about it. I want to say now I feel this loss deeply and my broken heart goes out to her family and friends. This is the last thing I ever thought would happen when we decided to bring this tour to Brazil.”
See a clip of Swift’s “Stay Beautiful” and “Suburban Legends” performances below.
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Taylor Swift has postponed the second night of her Eras Tour concert in Brazil on Saturday (Nov. 18) due to “extreme temperatures” in Rio de Janeiro.
The last-minute delay arrives one day after the death of a fan attending the pop superstar’s opening night at Rio’s Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos on Friday (Nov. 17).
“I’m writing this from my dressing room in the stadium,” Swift shared in a handwritten note on her Instagram Story Saturday. “The decision has been made to postpone tonight’s show due to the extreme temperatures in Rio. The safety and well-being of my fans, fellow performers, and crew has to and always will come first.”
Brazilian concert promoter T4T noted in a statement on Instagram that Saturday’s concert will be scheduled for Monday (Nov. 20). Further information about rescheduled event will be shared through taylorswifttheerastour.com.br.
On Friday night, Swift expressed her sorrow on social media over the loss of 23-year-old fan Ana Clara Benevides Machado, who died after attending the opening night of the singer’s Eras Tour in Rio. The woman was treated by paramedics after she reported not feeling well and was later taken to a hospital, where she died, according to an Instagram post by T4T. The exact cause of Machado’s death had not been revealed at press time.
“I can’t believe I’m writing these words but it is with a shattered heart that I say we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show,” Swift wrote on her Instagram Story. “I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by this. There’s very little information I have other than the fact that she was so incredibly beautiful and far too young.”
She continued, “I’m not going to be able to speak about this from stage because I feel overwhelmed by grief when I even try to talk about it. I want to say now I feel this loss deeply and my broken heart goes out to her family and friends. This is the last thing I ever thought would happen when we decided to bring this tour to Brazil.”
Many concert-goers complained that they were not allowed to bring in water bottles to the stadium despite a record-breaking heat wave in Rio, the Associated Press reports. Temperatures reached 102.4 degrees Fahrenheit in the city on Friday.
During Friday’s show, her first of three at Rio’s Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, Swift paused her performance to request water for a group of fans who indicated they needed it.
“There’s people that need water right here, maybe 30, 35, 40 feet back,” the singer said, as seen in fan-captured footage on X. “So whoever is in charge of giving them that, just make sure that happens. Can I get a signal that you know where they are?”
This marks the second time Swift has been forced to postpone dates on the South American leg of her Eras Tour. Just hours ahead of her second show at the Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Friday (Nov. 10), the “Cruel Summer” singer announced that the concert was being delayed due to “truly chaotic” rainy weather conditions in the region.
Taylor Swift is “devastated” following the death of a fan at her Eras Tour concert in Brazil on Friday (Nov. 17).
The pop superstar shared a handwritten note on social media after the show at Rio de Janeiro’s Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos to express her sorrow over the loss.
“I can’t believe I’m writing these words but it is with a shattered heart that I say we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show,” Swift wrote on her Instagram Story. “I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by this. There’s very little information I have other than the fact that she was so incredibly beautiful and far too young.”
She continued, “I’m not going to be able to speak about this from stage because I feel overwhelmed by grief when I even try to talk about it. I want to say now I feel this loss deeply and my broken heart goes out to her family and friends. This is the last thing I ever thought would happen when we decided to bring this tour to Brazil.”
A cause of death for the fan, identified as 23-year-old Ana Clara Benevides Machado, has not been revealed.
The concert’s organizer, T4F, wrote on Instagram that paramedics attended to the woman after she reported feeling unwell. She was first taken to a first aid area and then to a hospital, where she passed away shortly after, according to the Brazilian promoter.
Some concert-goers complained that they were not allowed to bring in water bottles to the stadium despite a record-breaking heat wave in Rio, the Associated Press reports. Temperatures reached 102.4 degrees Fahrenheit in the city on Friday.
During the show, her first of three at the venue, Swift paused her performance to request water for a group of fans who indicated they needed it.
“There’s people that need water right here, maybe 30, 35, 40 feet back,” the singer said, as seen in fan-captured footage on X. “So whoever is in charge of giving them that, just make sure that happens. Can I get a signal that you know where they are?”
On Saturday morning (Nov. 18), T4F shared a statement on Instagram noting that free water will be distributed at designated areas of Swift’s concert and that a limited number of sealed water containers will be allowed into the stadium.
Swift is scheduled to continue her Eras Tour at Rio’s Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos on Saturday and Sunday.
See T4F’s statements on Instagram below.
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