On August 26, 2025, the music superstar Taylor Swift announced her engagement to the tight end of the Kansas City Chiefs, Travis Kelce. Kelce proposed to her with a 10-carat diamond ring that is worth an estimated $500,000-$1,000,000. The jeweler, Kindred Lubeck, is from Neptune Beach, Florida, and attended Florida State University.
This exciting news sent the pop culture world into mayhem. Swift’s official Instagram post has already accumulated 35 million likes (as of 9/1/2025) and ranks ninth on the all-time most-liked Instagram posts.
The news of the engagement broke shortly after Swift and Kelce set the record for most concurrent listeners to a podcast with 1.3 million, set on Travis Kelce’s podcast New Heights. On that podcast episode, Swift announced her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl.
For some people, this engagement is monumental news. For others, they really couldn’t care less. This clash of opinions leads to the question: how much does the world REALLY care about this engagement? So, in order to find out more, I went around campus asking students and faculty their thoughts about the engagement between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.
Though Marshall Skinner ‘28 doesn’t quite know what to think of the engagement, his sister is a huge Swiftie. Skinner learned of the news through a sports network, which shocked him. Skinner has a theory about the whole thing being a publicity stunt. “I don’t think they’re going to get married for a little bit,” he said. “I think they will drag this publicity out for a while.” So, even though Skinner is thrilled for his sister, he “really couldn’t care less.”
Olivia Owens ‘27 is thrilled about the engagement and is trying her hardest to land a spot on the wedding guest list. “Do I think that there are more important news articles to be looking at instead of this engagement? Yes. But will I stop reading the articles? No,” said Owens. She is looking forward to listening to the good music that Travis Kelce will inspire Swift to write.
Zach Schaefer ‘27 is quite happy for the couple getting engaged. Though he is a little tired of seeing Swift during the Chiefs games, he says,“if they’re in love, they’re in love” and we should “be happy for them tying the knot.”
Viviana Gomez ‘28 is a serious Swiftie. She has nearly every single Taylor Swift song on her playlist and she loves the couple getting engaged. “I’m really excited for her [Taylor] and Travis. They make a great couple. I can’t wait to keep up with them.”
Now, in my opinion, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are cool and all, but the whole thing has gotten quite old. Back in July 2023, I was shocked when news broke that notorious “loud-mouth” Travis Kelce started dating Taylor Swift, who seems like the most gentle and nicest person in the universe. I remember telling my mom, “Six months max, just you wait!” But here we are, more than TWO years later, and they’re getting married. And to be honest, I like the couple. Listening to their podcast together really showed how (shockingly) compatible they are. Both have great personalities, and it really shows. I think they’ll be together for a long, long time.
Has the media coverage of their relationship gone a little too far? Yeah. Has it been annoying at times? Yes again. But, should we celebrate this engagement? I say of course. So, congrats to Taylor and Travis, and let’s hope that this relationship doesn’t end with another breakup song.
