Taylor Swift Sings a Travis-Inspired Mashup of “Paper Rings”

Taylor Swift may have just released Tortured Poetrybut it looks like she’s back Lover era, thanks to Travis Kelce. The couple’s whirlwind romance has withstood the test of a global Eras tour schedule and a busy football season, and now it looks like “Paper Rings” is back on Swift’s radar. A day after Kelce showed up in Germany to attend Swift’s July 17 and 18 shows at Gelsenkirchen’s Veltins Arena, the Kansas City Chiefs star was clearly on Swift’s mind when she shared a romantic mashup seemingly dedicated to her boyfriend on July 19.

While Kelce had to miss Swift’s Friday night show to fly back to the States to start Chiefs training camp in Missouri, the “Karma” singer gave Swifties a sweet look at how serious her relationship has become — and it looks like she’s seeing it as the end game. Just hours after the couple were seen leaving the arena with Kelce’s arm wrapped around the singer, Swift serenaded the crowd with a surprise rendition of “Paper Rings” and “Stay, Stay, Stay,” which took on new meaning with a football reference.

In a fan-shared video on X (formerly Twitter), Swift can be seen singing in her acoustic version, “I like shiny things, but I’d marry you with paper rings, yeah, you’re the one I want” from her. Lover album. She smiled and told the crowd, “You all sing so loud. That’s right!” before launching into “Stay, Stay Stay,” a 2012 single she re-released as part of Red (Taylor’s Version) in 2021. As she sang the lyrics “That’s when I stepped in my football helmet,” fans could be heard cheering and singing along.

This isn’t the first time Swift has sung for her boyfriend. During her final show in Amsterdam, the “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” singer debuted remixes of “Mary’s Song,” “So High School,” and “Everything Has Changed.” Kelce was visibly emotional. and wipes her face as she sings, “‘Cause all I know is we said, ‘Hello,’ and your eyes looked like you were coming home, all I know is a simple name and everything changed.” He then claps as Swift calls out his jersey number and their shared birth year in “Mary’s Song,” singing, “I’ll be 87, you’ll be 89, I’ll still be looking at you like stars.”

Although Kelce wasn’t there to hear Swift’s latest remix of her love song, it’s safe to say the athlete’s spirit was there as Swift wrapped up her final Eras tour night in Germany.