Taylor Swift fans say she's got a new pep in her step since she started dating Travis Kelce, and the clue is in her singing.
Swift, 34, went public with her relationship with the Kansas City Chiefs tight end in September and confirmed they had been dating for a couple of months before that.
Prior to that, Swift dated English actor Joe Alwyn for about six years, but they broke up in early 2023, just before she was due to start her record-breaking The Eras Tour.
Swifties— the name of the singer's fans— have compared performances of the Eras tour and claimed they could spot when she was visibly emotional, taking it as a sign of her heartbreak after the split from Alwyn.
A number of TikTok accounts posted a clip from the second night of her Chicago Eras shows in June 2023 against footage from a recent show in Singapore. Swift sings two surprise songs at every concert and on these two nights she sang I Don't Want To Live Forever.
At the time of the Chicago concert, Swift apparently teared up when singing the line "I'm wondering if I dodged a bullet or just lost the love of my life." But during her performance of the same song in Singapore, Swift was smiling and looking around the crowd as they sang along.
"She is healed," wrote one person on TikTok.
@meet.me.at.midnight12 Seeing her smile during that song now is everything 🫶🏻 #singaporetstheerastour #singaporesurprisesong #erastoursuprisesong #erastoursurprisesong #taylorswift #erastour #swifties #midnights #melbourne #taylorswiftedit #reptv #tdpd
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"The difference. She is healing," wrote another.
@jessicagrace9 Taylor sounded so happy tonight🫶🏻 Chicago N2: June 3, 2023 vs Singapore N1: March 2, 2024.🤍 video credits: @Taylor Swift on Instagram. #taylorswift #taylornation #taylor #swift #erastour #erastoursingapore #erastourchicago #swifttok #swiftie #thetorturedpoetsdepartment #taylorsversion #tswift #idontwannalivefoverer #surprisesong #fyp #swiftok #theerastour #joealwynandtaylorswift #traviskelcetaylorswift #ttpd #pianosurprisesong
♬ original sound - Jess (Taylor’s Version)⸆⸉
"Thank you Travis for healing our girl," commented one person.
Another added: "Travis really healed a heart he didn't break. Taylor is glowing now."
And a third wrote: "I think about Chicago N2 rent free several times a week and how devastated she sounded."
Newsweek contacted Swift's representatives by email for comment.
The comparisons come after fans noticed Kelce's tribute to Swift while attending his brother Jason Kelce's retirement announcement.
Jason revealed on Monday he would finish his NFL career and would no longer be playing with the Philadelphia Eagles. Kelce attended the media conference with their parents, Donna and Ed Kelce, and Jason's wife, Kylie Kelce.
But Swifties quickly saw that Kelce was wearing at least two "friendship bracelets," which they exchange at her concert in a long-running tradition. They are bespoke bracelets with a person's name or other information.
One bracelet Kelce wore showed his full name, but the other featured: two letter T's on either side of a heart, which many interpreted as meaning "Travis loves Taylor."
"Travis wearing friendship bracelets in his every day life just because.... the T❤️T beads... even im swooning like im so happy for my girl," wrote one fan on X, formerly Twitter.
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