Tremendous Bowl 2024: Taylor Swift cheers as she watches Travis Kelce and Chiefs play 49ers

LAS VEGAS — Taylor Swift has made it to the Tremendous Bowl. Over an hour earlier than kickoff, Swift was noticed talking with Philadelphia Eagles’ heart Jason Kelce and later, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in a personal field at Allegiant Stadium.

Swift accomplished her epic journey from the Tokyo Dome to Allegiant Stadium for the Tremendous Bowl on Sunday, strolling by way of safety together with pals Blake Vigorous, Ice Spice and her mother, Andrea Swift, to look at the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs play the San Francisco 49ers.

The 14-time Grammy-winner, who has been relationship Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce because the first few weeks of the NFL season, flew throughout 9 time zones and the worldwide date line from her Eras Tour to reach about two hours earlier than kickoff.

In the midst of Submit Malone’s efficiency of “America the Lovely,” cameras reduce to Swift and Vigorous holding one another and having fun with the efficiency. She danced when the Chiefs gained the coin toss.

Swift walked in carrying a black outfit with a purple 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 villain function by which they’ve been solid.

There was loads of Taylor Swift on the massive screens of Allegiant Stadium, and over the past timeout, cameras caught her in a race to chug what gave the impression to be a beer in her suite.

Swift was the primary to complete, and he or she triumphantly slammed the cup down because the video reduce away to different followers. However not earlier than an appreciative roar rippled by way of the stadium.

If solely the Chiefs had been capable of transfer the ball as efficiently as she downed her drink. Their offense has gone nowhere within the first half of their Tremendous Bowl showdown with the 49ers.

“Anti-Hero” additionally occurs to be the lead single from Swift’s Grammy-winning album, “Midnights.”

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“She’s unbelievable. She’s rewriting the historical past books herself,” Kelce stated after the Grammys final Sunday. “I advised her I will have to carry up my finish of the discount and are available residence with {hardware}, too.”

Swift wrapped up the final of 4 reveals in Japan on Saturday evening, then hopped a personal airplane at Haneda Airport for a flight throughout the Pacific Ocean. She landed in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon – the time change labored in her favor – earlier than Swift headed on to Las Vegas, the place so many high-rollers had arrived that parking for personal planes was completely booked up.

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 look at him carry out on the residence of the Chiefs, and he or she surprisingly confirmed up for his or her Week 2 recreation in opposition to Chicago.

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Swift quickly turned a daily at video games, each residence and away, often sitting with Brittany Mahomes, the spouse of Kansas Metropolis quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Swift often introduced alongside pals, together with Vigorous and Ryan Reynolds.

“Having Taylor as a brand new Chiefs fan may be very distinctive,” Chiefs proprietor Clark Hunt advised a small group of reporters. “I do not ever do an interview with out somebody asking me about it. I feel plenty of gamers and coaches on the group are in the identical boat. A very powerful factor is we’re completely satisfied for the 2 of them that they’ve discovered one another and have such a particular relationship.”

There was loads of star energy in addition to Swift for the NFL’s marquee evening. Usher is performing the halftime present, and was rumored to have a number of friends deliberate, whereas Submit Malone and Reba McEntire carried out earlier than the sport.

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Few had been to be underneath a brighter highlight than Swift, although. Her sprint from the Tokyo Dome, the place she promised followers that “we’re all gonna go on an awesome journey,” had Swifties world wide watching on-line flight trackers, whereas her boyfriend appeared to get as many questions on his relationship as the sport through the run-up to kickoff.

Requested to elucidate the extraordinary curiosity, Kelce replied: “I feel the values we stand for and simply who we’re as folks – we like to shine mild on others, shine mild on the those who assist and help us, and on high of that, I feel we each simply love life.”

Kelce and Swift will not have a complete lot of time collectively, no matter how the sport performs out.

After profitable a record-breaking fourth album of the yr award on the Grammys for “Midnights,” saying her subsequent album will drop in April and attending the Tremendous Bowl, Swift is due again throughout the Pacific later this week. The worldwide leg of her Eras Tour resumes Friday evening with the primary of three reveals on the Melbourne Cricket Floor.

“This week is really the perfect sort of chaos,” she posted Wednesday on Instagram.

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AP Music Author Maria Sherman contributed to this report from Los Angeles.