We'll all remember when we heard Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are engaged. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Jamie Squire/Getty Images, messages via Messenger and Instagram)Stop the presses, alert the group chats and cue the champagne (Taylor's Version style): Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are officially engaged.
Don't even try to pretend you weren't invested. If you care about anything pop culture, you'll always remember the moment you learned that Swift, who's been singing about love stories for two decades, got her fairy tale proposal. Maybe you were mid-scroll on TikTok, stuck in a meeting, or, if you're lucky, the one who got to break it to Kevin Bacon himself.
Naturally, Swifties lost all chill. From fans behind the wheel pulling over their cars to capture their reactions, to strangers celebrating together on the internet, the responses have been as unhinged, hilarious and deeply heartfelt as you'd expect when the worlds of a pop princess and future NFL Hall of Famer collide.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHere are 38 of the most unfiltered reactions to Kelce and Swift's engagement - because when America's power couple trends, everyone's got something to say.1. I interviewed Bacon on Tuesday afternoon for his new film The Toxic Avenger. Here's how our exchange started:TR: How are you doing today?KB: I'm good. How are you, Taryn?TR: I'm great because Taylor Swift just got engaged and I can't wipe the smile off my face right now.KB: Oh, really? I didn't hear the news.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementTR: I'm happy I can break it to you. It's been a big day, but still talking to you will be the best part.2. "At the risk of sounding so parasocial, Taylor Swift being engaged is the best thing that happened to me in 2025," Mackenzie Lee, a TikTok influencer and baker said.3. Inside a Swifties group chat of women in their late 20s, one of the friends broke the news but was too excited to text more than "GUYS. TAYLOR." She's asked to elaborate. "MARRIED. PROPOSED. INSTAGRAM. NOW. RIGHT NOW." The group proceeded to start crying IRL.
Taylor Swift fan reactions. (Photo: Yahoo)4. "Getting an ESPN notification that Taylor Swift is engaged is the funniest way to find out," a Kentucky-based Swiftie shared on Threads.5. A 28-year-old Seattle woman texted her boyfriend: "TAYLOR AND TRAVIS GOT ENGAGED. I HAVE A NEW STEPDAD."Taylor Swift fan reactions. (Photo: Yahoo)AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement6. One male Swiftie in his late 20s expressed excitement, then shock: "I'm surprised she didn't do a countdown for her engagement post."Taylor Swift fan reactions. (Photo: Yahoo)7. Jessica Maddox, an associate professor in media studies at the Grady College of Journalism at the University of Georgia, posted on X, "The number of people that texted me that Taylor Swift is engaged says something about my life that I'm OK with."8. My exchange with my brother's girlfriend:Taryn: Are you cryingTaryn: I'm freaking out!!!Logan: i saw it 30 seconds after she posted i thought it was fake !!!!!!Taryn: She did it!!! I'm so happy for our girl! I knew they were end gameLogan: i thought her and i would go to the grave together without proposals! Now im a lone soldier [three laughing emojis]Taryn: Hahaha no you are both getting your love story endingsLogan: i can't believe how big that rock on her hand isLogan: how's she gonna hold up her mic with it weighing her downTaylor Swift fan reactions. (Photo: Yahoo)9. A 31-year-old Swiftie in New York texted her fiancé: "OH MY GOD TAYLOR AND TRAVIS ENGAGED," accompanied by siren emojis. His response: "Wow!!! So happy for you my love!"AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement10. One Swiftie was busy conducting interviews when the news broke. She said she opened her office door and her direct report ran over to her screaming, "She's engaged!!!" Even though the employee did not explicitly name Swift, the Swiftie checked her phone and saw she had missed 86 texts in 30 minutes.11. Costume designer and author Sara Hinkley overheard the news about the engagement from a stranger who was yelling about it over the phone, while X user Monica got a notification about it through the ESPN app. "So unserious lmao," she wrote.12. "I saw it 48 seconds after it was posted," another 31-year-old Swiftie said.13. Teacher Zoë Rose Bryant said on X that she's never felt more parasocially happy for someone in her entire life.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement14. "Very, very happy for her," one Swiftie superfan wrote. "'Love Story' will be on a loop at the wedding, the only song that plays."15. "Taylor Swift posts her engagement to Travis Kelce via Instagram like some girl I went to high school with and I'm just supposed to go back to work," Stephen, otherwise known as @thecardiganguy, shared on TikTok. "I can't function."16. When asked to express how she's feeling, a Swiftie replied, "Sorry, I'm having an episode."17. @SwiftNYC on X