By DAVE SKRETTA (AP Sports Writer)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — With the run she’s having, how might Taylor Swift be on something apart from the profitable facet?
She embraced her boyfriend Travis Kelce and the couple locked lips on the sector at Allegiant Stadium after his Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 within the Super Bowl.
Moments earlier, Swift smiled along with her eyes wanting misty from tears as she stood subsequent to Kelce’s mom whereas he held aloft the Lombardi Trophy, shouting “Chiefs nation!” and bellowing a refrain of “Viva Las Vegas.”
Minutes earlier than that, she was smothered by celeb suite mates, who at varied factors included Blake Lively, Ice Spice and Lana Del Rey, when the Chiefs scored the profitable landing in additional time, arrange by a key reception by Kelce for a primary down.
It was the second straight Super Bowl win for the Chiefs, however the first since Swift turned fan-in-chief. She and Kelce started relationship shortly earlier than the season began.
It completes an epic stretch for Swift, who gained album of the yr per week earlier for a file fourth time on the Grammys, the place she additionally introduced a brand new album dropping in April earlier than jetting off to Japan for a collection of stadium reveals.
Soon after flying midway world wide to get to the sport, she strolled by means of safety to enter the stadium together with Lively, Ice Spice and her mother, Andrea Swift. She cuddled with Lively throughout Post Malone’s efficiency of “America the Beautiful” and gained what gave the impression to be a beer chugging contest, slamming her cup all the way down to an appreciative roar from the followers.
She was noticed speaking to Kelce’s brother, Philadelphia Eagles heart Jason Kelce, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in one of many personal containers that reportedly value greater than $1 million. Del Rey joined the celeb-packed suite in time to catch Usher’s halftime present.
Swift flew on a non-public aircraft throughout 9 time zones and the worldwide date line from the final of 4 reveals on the Tokyo Dome to reach about two hours earlier than kickoff. The time change allowed her to land in Los Angeles and make the ultimate hop to Las Vegas.
The 14-time Grammy winner walked in carrying a black outfit with a pink jacket slung over her shoulder, apparently getting the memo from Kelce and lots of the Chiefs. He wore a shimmering black swimsuit, quarterback Patrick Mahomes wore a pointy black swimsuit of his personal, and even Chiefs coach Andy Reid wore a black blazer because the Chiefs leaned into the function of the villains.
“Anti-Hero” additionally occurs to be the lead single from Swift’s Grammy-winning album, “Midnights.”
“She’s unbelievable. She’s rewriting the history books herself,” Kelce stated a day after the Grammys. “I told her I’ll have to hold up my end of the bargain and come home with hardware, too.”
Swift started relationship Kelce after he stated on his “New Heights” podcast that he had tried and failed to present her a friendship bracelet throughout her efficiency at Arrowhead Stadium. Kelce then invited her to observe him carry out on the dwelling of the Chiefs, and she or he surprisingly confirmed up for his or her Week 2 sport in opposition to Chicago.
Swift quickly turned an everyday at video games, each dwelling and away, steadily sitting with Brittany Mahomes, the spouse of Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Swift sometimes introduced alongside associates, together with Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds.
“Having Taylor as a new Chiefs fan is very unique,” Chiefs proprietor Clark Hunt stated throughout Super Bowl week. “I don’t ever do an interview without someone asking me about it. I think a lot of players and coaches on the team are in the same boat. The most important thing is we’re happy for the two of them that they have found each other and have such a special relationship.”
There was loads of star energy in addition to Swift for the NFL’s marquee evening. Usher’s halftime present included visitor performers Alicia Keys, Ludacris and Lil Jon. Reba McEntire sang the nationwide anthem. Beyoncé, who was additionally on the sport, appeared in a business and dropped a pair of latest songs within the second half.
Few have been below a brighter highlight than Swift, although. Her sprint from Tokyo, the place she promised followers that “we’re all gonna go on a great adventure,” had Swifties world wide watching on-line flight trackers, whereas her boyfriend appeared to get as many questions on his relationship as the sport in the course of the run-up to kickoff.
Asked to clarify the extreme curiosity, Kelce replied: “I think the values we stand for and just who we are as people — we love to shine light on others, shine light on the people that help and support us, and on top of that, I think we both just love life.”
Kelce and Swift gained’t have a complete lot of time collectively to have a good time. She is due again throughout the Pacific later this week. The worldwide leg of her Eras Tour resumes Friday evening in Australia with the primary of three reveals on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
“This week is truly the best kind of chaos,” she posted Wednesday on Instagram.
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AP Music Writer Maria Sherman contributed to this report from Los Angeles.
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