Wake up, babe, new wedding of the century just dropped.
That’s not an exaggeration. The engagement of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, which Swift announced Tuesday via Instagram, warranted breaking news alerts from outlets ranging from the Washington Post to ESPN, and a live cutaway by Fox News from a presidential Cabinet meeting — after which, reporters promptly asked the president to comment on the engagement.
Swift’s post — which included photos of the two cuddling in a cottagecore flower garden, like something out of a Taylor Swift song — racked up over 5 million likes within 40 minutes of dropping. From New York to Mexico City, fans were literally shouting in the streets.
In a world of divided attention spans and too many celebrities, it really, really doesn’t get bigger than this. Between the two of them, the newly engaged Swift and Kelce take up huge amounts of room in our collective cultural headspace — and now the two are forming an empire. With their marriage, the pair will far surpass just about any other couple you could think of in terms of their cultural reach, influence, and power.
