Taylor Swift’s new album The Life of a Showgirl isn’t the only treat she’s given fans lately—she’s also dishing out juicy details about her engagement to Travis Kelce and their upcoming wedding plans.
The pop icon crossed the pond for a UK press run to promote her 12th studio album, which dropped this past Friday. She stopped by The Graham Norton Show and a handful of British radio programs, including BBC Radio 1 Breakfast, Heart Breakfast, and Hits Radio. During those chats, Swift opened up about how Kelce popped the question, the story behind her showstopping engagement ring, and even tossed out an on-air wedding invite—plus dropped hints about what’s next for their big day.
Swift, 35, and Kelce, also 35, announced their engagement in late August with a joint Instagram post. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married ,” they captioned it, along with a carousel of photos from the proposal—including a close-up of Swift’s dazzling diamond ring.
On Friday’s episode of The Graham Norton Show, Swift walked through just how romantic Kelce’s proposal was. “He totally nailed the surprise—like, knocked it out of the park,” she told Norton, according to People. “We were in the middle of recording an episode of his podcast—him and his brother Jason’s New Heights show—and turns out, he’d had a whole custom garden built in his backyard just for the proposal. He went all out. Like, 10 out of 10, no notes.”
As the 12-time Grammy winner explained, the proposal went down at Kelce’s home in Lee’s Summit, Missouri—and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end didn’t stop at a custom garden. He also designed her engagement ring himself.
Swift spilled that detail during her Friday appearance on Heart Breakfast, where she chatted with hosts Emma Bunton (of Spice Girls fame) and Jamie Theakston. When Theakston mentioned he’d “caught a quick glimpse” of her ring, Swift lit up: “Do you wanna see it?” She held up the diamond, and the hosts gushed over it.
“He designed it with this amazing jeweler, Kindred Lubeck—she does all her gold engraving by hand,” Swift said of Kelce. “I’d shown him a video of her work like a year and a half ago, just because I thought it was so cool. Turns out, he was paying way more attention than I realized. When I saw the ring, I gasped and was like, ‘I know who made this—I know who made this!’ It was like… he listens to me. He really knows me.”
She laughed, adding, “I never even knew what I wanted in an engagement ring, but somehow he did. That’s low-key a flex, let’s be real.”
When it comes to her bachelorette party (known as a “hen do” in the UK), Swift admitted she hadn’t given it—or weddings in general—much thought before meeting Kelce. “The thing is, all my girlfriends are scattered across the world,” she said. “You’d probably assume I’m the type who’s obsessed over wedding plans my whole life, but honestly? I never once thought about what I’d want or do—until I met him. So a bachelorette party? Yeah, I haven’t even wrapped my head around that yet. This is the first time I’ve ever cared to. My girls are so fun, but man, they’re busy.”
Over on BBC Radio 1 Breakfast, Swift shared more wedding tidbits—and even invited her longtime friend, host Greg James, to the nuptials live on air.
“You and I go way back—longer than Travis and I have known each other,” James told her. “I just need to check: He seems like a great guy, but I gotta make sure. Maybe we should play catch sometime?”
“Oh, he’d be down—you’d love it!” Swift joked. “All my guy friends are always saying stuff like, ‘I just wanna get Travis to pick me up and toss me over a roof or into a pool.’ He’s 6’6”, and have you seen his shoulders? Just watching him walk through a door is, like, a privilege.”
James laughed and replied, “That sounds great—I’d let him hit me with a wrestling move into a pool, no problem.”
“The second he sees you at our wedding? That’s gonna happen,” Swift said.
James did a double-take. “Wait, wait—woah. Am I actually invited?”
“Obviously!” Swift laughed. “People act like we’re not real friends, but c’mon.” The two then joked about their viral 2018 moment, when James teased Swift about needing a “shower” after her sweaty performance at Radio 1’s Big Weekend.
Later, James thanked her for the invite: “By the way, seriously—thanks for that. I usually hate destination weddings, but for you? I’d make an exception.” He then asked where the wedding would be.
Swift grinned and teased, “I’ll fill you in on that later.”
As for other wedding guests, Swift hinted that her pal Ed Sheeran will be there too— and might even perform—during her chat with Hits Radio.
“We talked to Ed a few weeks back, and he said everyone’s always asking him to sing at their weddings,” host Fleur East said. “So… is he performing at yours?”
“Honestly? I don’t think we could keep him away if we tried,” Swift replied. “He’s always saying, ‘I get asked to sing at weddings all the time!’ But c’mon—if there’s a stage there, Ed’s gonna be on it. He knows what people want, and he loves giving that to them.”
She added that one of the best parts of her friendship with Sheeran is their shared love of performing. “We’ll joke, ‘Ugh, don’t make me sing!’ but then… we totally do,” she laughed.
Swift also mentioned she saw Sheeran “last weekend” at a mutual friend’s wedding—“Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s, actually,” she clarified. “We were talking about how much fun we had when he joined me at Wembley for the Eras Tour. And we were saying that when we’re in a room together—rehearsing, writing, working—there’s this weird little mind-meld thing that happens. We’ve always had that, and I think we always will.”