WATCH:Taylor Swift Sings ‘Football Helmet’ Lyric in a Surprise Mashup of 2 Love Songs in Germany amid Travis Kelce Romance: “I like shiny things, but I’d marry you with paper rings, that’s right, you’re the one I want,”

Swift blended together ‘Stay Stay Stay’ and ‘Paper Rings’ during the acoustic segment of her July Eras Tour show. Taylor Swift likes shiny things — like football helmets! On Friday, July 19, the 14-time Grammy winner seemingly expressed just how much in love she is with NFL boyfriend Travis Kelce, 34, during her third Eras Tour show at Gelsenkirchen’s Veltins Arena in Germany.

Swift, 34, treated the crowd with a surprise mashup of two old love songs: “Paper Rings” from 2019’s Lover album and “Stay Stay Stay,” which came out in 2012 and was re-released in 2021 on Red (Taylor’s Version). “I like shiny things, but I’d marry you with paper rings, that’s right, you’re the one I want,” she sang before switching to “Stay, Stay, Stay,” which includes the lyric, “That’s when you came in wearing a football helmet.”

The “football helmet” lyric has taken on a new meaning since 2023 when Swift started dating the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, frequently attended his games and shared a kiss with him after his 2024 Super Bowl victory. Kelce attended his 13th and 14th Eras Tour shows on July 17 and July 18, but he missed the romantic mashup moment from Friday’s show because he was traveling back to the U.S. for Chiefs training camp in Missouri.

At Thursday’s show, the Super Bowl champ was seen with his arm around his girlfriend as they left the arena. The couple have shared several sweet moments throughout the Eras Tour, including when Kelce surprised Swifties by performing onstage with Swift at the June 23 show in London.

For his cameo, Kelce rose onto the stage from a stage door on the floor with Kameron Saunders and Jan Ravnik, who are the usual backup dancers for this part of the show, during the outfit change skit between “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” and “I Can Do It with a Broken Heart.”

Swift was lying on the floor at the end of “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived,” which is speculated to be about ex Matty Healy. This is when Kelce symbolically picked up the heartbroken performer off the stage and carried her to a couch area to change outfits. Swift, still in performance mode, then begrudgingly changed clothes, while Kelce and the two dancers tried to hype her out of her fictitious funk. At the first note of “I Can Do It with a Broken Heart,” Swift put on a happy face.