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NextImg:Travis Kelce breaks down how Taylor Swift’s surprise Nashville performance came to be
Travis Kelce broke down how Taylor Swift’s surprise Nashville gig came to be. kanebrown/Instagram

Travis Kelce was ready for it.

The Kansas City Chiefs player explained how Taylor Swift’s recent surprise performance in Nashville, Tenn. came to be, admitting it had been “planned for a while.”

The couple decided to “have some fun with the athletes” attending the Tight End & Friends event in June, Kelce told “New Heights” podcast listeners Wednesday.

The pop star took the stage at last month’s Tight End & Friends event. willcompton/Instagram
The performance had been “planned for awhile,” the athlete told “New Height” listeners Wednesday. newheightshow/Instagram

While the Super Bowl winner didn’t clarify exactly “when the idea came up,” he said Kane Brown’s “professional” presence as one of the event’s performers was a motivating factor.

“We knew … he could figure it out,” Kelce, 35, explained. “He’s a pro, he’s been onstage a million times, he’s not shy at all by any means.

“Tay just kind of went up to him and the band,” the “Catching Kelce” alum continued. “[She] said, ‘Hey if you guys are down, I’ll go up there and play a song and see if we can pop the roof off this place.'”

He noted that the pop star “didn’t practice” before the “Shake It Off” rendition. @sohighschooll/X
Swift approached Kane Brown about the duet, with Kelce gushing that she is “good” at making people “comfortable.” @sohighschooll/X

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He noted that Swift, also 35, is “so good with … making people feel comfortable” that Brown “sure enough” agreed to do a duet.

The pair went viral for their “Shake It Off” collab, with the country singer, 31, later joking that he was replaced as the “special guest.”

Kelce gushed on Wednesday that his girlfriend “absolutely rocked the stage yet again” in her “awesome” performance — despite not rehearsing.

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He gushed that the Grammy winner “killed it.” Davis Stevens/NFL/Instagram
Swift also attended the Tight End University ceremony the previous day. nfl/Instagram

“[She] just went out there without practicing and was pitch perfect and just killed it,” he told listeners, noting that she prepped the band beforehand.

“She was, like, in the back doing musical notes, sheets of music,” Kelce said. “She was kind of writing out, I think, the high hats. Maybe? I don’t know, I’m not a musician.”

At the time, the NFL star was filmed rocking out to the “Shake It Off” rendition and singing along.

Kelce co-founded the event in 2021. te_university/Instagram
The Kansas City Chiefs player began dating Swift two years later. MEGA

Kelce and Swift, who began dating in 2023, shared an intimate slow dance to that same song while at the Tight End University welcoming ceremony the previous day.

Since Kelce, George Kittle and Greg Olsen’s annual event wrapped on June 26, the couple have been spotted looking loved-up on two dates.

The pair held hands as they went to dinner at New York City’s San Vicente last week, and they lunched at JoJo’s Bar near Kelce’s Ohio hometown on Tuesday.