What Taylor Swift's engagement means for her music and her brand
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The Times
4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
This week, Taylor Swift announced her engagement to boyfriend of two years, NFL tight end Travis Kelce. So what can we expect at America's version of a royal wedding? Will there be hints or Easter eggs about it in her new album? And what could a stable love life mean for an artist who’s built a career on heartbreak?
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Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Olivia Case.
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| 0:00.0 | From the Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story. |
| 0:05.7 | I'm Manvine Rana. |
| 0:10.6 | It was a simple caption. |
| 0:17.4 | Your gym teacher and your English teacher are getting married. |
| 0:21.5 | Q masssteria. |
| 0:25.3 | She's engaged! |
| 0:27.6 | She's engaged! |
| 0:29.5 | Johnny, we have to throw out the entire show. |
| 0:31.8 | Breaking news. |
| 0:33.7 | We have to leave with the kids. |
| 0:34.6 | Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. |
| 0:36.2 | Taylor's engaged! |
| 0:37.3 | Taylor and Travis just got engaged. |
| 0:39.3 | Due to this information, I can't focus, you all can't focus, classes cancel, get out of here. |
| 0:45.3 | We got to go. |
| 0:46.3 | We need to have to process this information. |
| 0:52.3 | And it's not just the Swifties who've piled in to congratulate her. |
| 0:56.4 | I think he's a great player. I think he's a great guy. And I think that she's a terrific person. |
| 1:03.0 | So I wish them a lot of luck. |
| 1:04.4 | With a new album for fans to pour over and a new engagement causing mass hysteria, is this the summer of Swift? |
| 1:14.2 | In what's bound to be the American equivalent of a royal wedding, |
| 1:18.3 | the worlds of music and sport will be joined together. |
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