How Taylor Swift paid tribute to ‘guy on the Chiefs’ Travis Kelce at her final Eras Tour show
It’s a love story.
Taylor Swift couldn’t end her Eras Tour without final nods to her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, while onstage Sunday night.
Fans freaked out when Swift, 34, referred to the NFL player, 35, in her “Karma” performance in Vancouver.
Taylor Swift honored Travis Kelce at her final Eras Tour show on Sunday. andrewspruill/Instagram
The Grammy winner changed the lyrics to “Karma” to reference her boyfriend. Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
The hit used to mention her ex, Joe Alwyn, “the guy on the screen.” AFP via Getty Images
The Grammy winner changed the song’s original line about “the guy on the screen” — her ex Joe Alwyn — to “the guy on the Chiefs coming straight home to” her.
The songwriter first made the lyric swap in November 2023 during a Buenos Aires show.
“We got ONE LAST ‘Karma is the guy on the Chiefs,’” a TikTok user captioned a concert video over the weekend. “AHHH!”
Swift sang, instead, about “the guy on the Chiefs.” Getty Images
The pop star also did an archer pose during “So High School.” lexiismail/Tiktok
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Multiple social media users gushed over the “happiness in her voice” when Swift sings about the athlete.
“The way you can always hear her smile when she says [the line].🥹🥹🥹,” one gushed. “She deserves this kind of love💞.”
Another concertgoer “caught” Swift doing an archer pose while singing “So High School,” which is a song believed to be about Kelce.
Kelce does the same move during football field celebrations. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
The motivation behind his signature is his intentions to “shoot for the stars.” Chiefs/Twitter
The move has been the Super Bowl winner’s signature during football field celebrations, with him explaining the reason in an October 2023 “New Heights” episode.
“I do the archer pose when I enter the stadium because I wanted to do something when I ran out of the tunnel,” he said at the time. “What’s really been motivating for me is to dream big. Always shoot for the stars.”
Swift, notably, has used the same dance pose in her choreography for her 2019 song “The Archer” since before she began dating Kelce last year.
Swift did the move before the couple began dating last year. GC Images
The athlete missed Swift’s final Eras Tour stop over the weekend. GC Images
The couple got together in the summer of 2023 after the tight end admitted on a podcast episode that he tried to give Swift his number during an Eras Tour performance in Missouri.
At the time, Swift was fresh off of her and 1975 frontman Matty Healy’s short-lived fling.
Before that, the American Music Award winner was in a six-year relationship with Alwyn, 33, with news breaking in April 2023 that the duo had called it quits.
He was busy beating the Los Angeles Chargers. AP
The tour began in March 2023 and included more than 150 performances. Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
Swift was one month into her tour at the time.
The record-breaking concert series started in March in Arizona and included over 150 shows across five continents.
While Kelce has been a staple at Swift’s tour, he did not attend the final stop in Canada as his team was playing the Los Angeles Chargers Sunday night. The Chiefs won 19-17.
