Travis Kelce doesn’t need to perform on stage at Taylor Swift’s billion-dollar grossing Eras Tour to pique the interest of her fans. Over the weekend in Amsterdam, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end drew the crowd’s attention all the way from the back of the stadium after Swift dedicated a mega mashup of three romantic “secret songs” to the athlete. (For the uninitiated, this segment involves Swift singing two songs—one on acoustic guitar, the other on a floral upright piano—from her discography that doesn’t appear on the setlist).
The sweet serenade accorded on the second night of her concerts in The Netherlands, with Kelce filmed tearing up over the gesture. The medley involved a deep cut from her self-titled debut album and a single Swift reportedly penned specifically for Kelce from her most recent album, The Tortured Poets Department.
Watch a snippet of Taylor Swift’s adorable performance here and below:
The moment we have ALL been waiting for 🥲 #AmsterdamTSTheErasTour #TSTheErasTour https://t.co/b2OYytQeYT
— Taylor Nation (@taylornation13) July 6, 2024
The assorted musical number began with a single Swift hadn’t sung in 16 years. “Mary’s Song (Oh My My My)”, with Swfities theorising this track contains an “invisible string” tying the star-crossed lovers together. In the final verse, Swift sings the lyric: “I’ll be 87, you’ll be 89”, which fans believe to be a clandestine reference to the songstress’ birth year and the NFL player’s jersey number.
The 34-year-old then moved into “So High School” before finishing with the duet she originally recorded with Ed Sheeran, “Everything Has Changed”. As Swift and Kelce will soon celebrate their one-year anniversary, this feature may be a timely display of her commitment and affection for him. The couple were seen leaving the concert loved up and hand-in-hand.
Swift has been on the road with the tour since March 17, 2023. She will wrap up the European leg with a suite of performances at London’s Wembley Stadium before taking the show back to North America. Her concluding show is slated for December 8 in Vancouver, Canada, where Kelce, Blake Lively and her British Columbia-native husband Ryan Reynolds will be undoubtedly watching on.
