Travis Kelce dedicates karaoke competition win to Taylor Swift

Travis Kelce took part in a karaoke competition on Thursday, July 11, proving that he can hold his own musically next to his girlfriend Taylor Swift.

Kelce, 34, attended the 35th annual American Century Championship golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, California, on Thursday, where he even took part in a round of karaoke. According to social media Footage of the Kansas City Chiefs included Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again,” which helped him earn a win.

“Taylor, this is for you,” Kelce joked into the microphone, pretending to burst into tears while holding up a microphone-shaped glass trophy. “I love you.”

One of the event’s announcers further stated that Kelce was “so happy” to win the award, adding, “This is the best thing that happened to him this year.” (The pop star was absent on Thursday as she started her concerts in Milan this weekend.)

Kelce has been in a relationship with 34-year-old Swift since the summer of 2023 after he was with her Eras tour show in Kansas City last July.

“It was an incredible show. Kansas City showed up. … Everyone was dressed in pink and purple and going crazy over her,” Kelce said at the time during an episode of his “New Heights” podcast, noting that he wanted to meet Swift and exchange phone numbers.

He added at the time: “I was disappointed that she doesn’t talk before or after her shows because she has to save her voice for the 44 songs she sings. I received some while I was there, but I wanted to give Taylor Swift one with my number on it.

Although Kelce wasn’t able to meet Swift backstage, she eventually heard his “metal as hell” podcast pleas and reached out privately to connect. They started dating “right away,” as she said TIME in December 2023. The pair made their romance public in September 2023 when Swift attended the Kelce’s Chiefs game for the first time.

Swift has supported Kelce at 13 NFL games — including February’s Super Bowl LVIII, which his Chiefs won — and the professional athlete has returned the favor. In between his athletic commitments, Kelce took off to catch many of Swift’s internationals Eras tour concerts this summer. In June, he even made his official stage debut at Swift’s third concert at Wembley Stadium in London.

“It’s very different from me. I’m not big, I don’t like being on stages. There were a lot of people who really didn’t feel at home,” Kelce said on his podcast earlier this month. “At first I told Tay I thought, ‘How funny would it be if I just rolled around on one of the bikes during the race?’ 1989 [set]?’ She started laughing and said, “Would you really want to do something like that?”

Kelce continued, “I was like, ‘I would love to do that, are you kidding me?’ I’ve seen enough of the show, I might as well get to work here. Sure enough, she found the perfect part of the show to get in for me.

Instead of cycling around the stage while Swift sang “Blank Space,” Kelce joined the dancers Kam Saunders And Jan Ravnik for the Department of Martyred Poets transition. The three men, dressed in matching morning suits and top hats, pretended to revive Swift between “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” and “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart.”

A source said this later We weekly that the couple planned Kelce’s cameo to mark their first anniversary.

“It was a special moment to celebrate their relationship milestone,” the insider said exclusively Us in July. “Travis’ schedule is going to be crazy again soon [and they] wanted to do something fun while he was there [and] creating something memorable for the fans.”