After Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement on Tuesday (Aug. 26), social media exploded with well-wishes for the superstar couple — from ecstatic fans and the pair’s famous friends alike.

Celebrity reactions included Sabrina Carpenter, who is the only featured artist on Swift’s upcoming The Life of a Showgirl album, teaming up with her Eras tourmate for the project’s title track. On Instagram Stories, Carpenter shared 10 white hearts above an engagement photo of the couple embracing with their foreheads touching.

Charlie Puth shared the same photo on his Instagram Stories, writing above it: “Congratulations Taylor & Travis! This is the best part of life. So happy for you both!!” Puth was in his own #EngagementEra last year, before marrying longtime family friend Brooke Sansone in September 2024.

Jelly Roll couldn’t contain his all-caps excitement on Instagram Stories, writing, “Let’s go TRAV AND TAYLOR! Congrats big dog! @killatrav love looks good on you bubba.”

Avril Lavigne shared the engagement post too, writing on Instagram Stories: “Awww huge congratulations to @taylorswift and @killatrav.” She finished her message with three ring emojis and three shimmering pink heart emojis. Chainsmokers DJ/producer Alex Pall chimed in on Instagram Stories too, with a message for the NFL star: “Shout out to the lover boy @killatrav.”

Beyond Swift’s fellow pop stars, Kelce’s football family also weighed in on the news, with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes sharing three red hearts on Instagram Stories alongside the engagement post, and his wife Brittany writing on IG: “Two of the most genuine people meet & fall in love. Just so happy for these two.”

Gracie Hunt, daughter of Chiefs Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt, shared her “congratulations” on Instagram Stories, adding, “so happy for you two.” She also released a statement to People, which read: “I can’t stop smiling — Travis and Taylor’s engagement feels like a modern fairytale unfolding in real life. Their love story has captured so many hearts, and now it’s stepping into an even more magical chapter.”

Some more of Swift’s high-profile friends sent messages too, with Taylor’s childhood bestie Abigail (name-dropped on her Fearless single “Fifteen”) simply writing, “This ❤️,” above the engagement news on Instagram Stories, while supermodel/actress and longtime #Squad member Cara Delevingne wrote “@taylorswift + @killatrav” with 14 hearts-on-fire emojis.

After President Trump’s surprisingly supportive reaction to the engagement news earlier Tuesday, another vocal Swift critic, conservative host Megyn Kelly, shared that she was “rooting” for the couple — among other less-cheerful words. “I am rooting for them,” Kelly wrote on her website, after saying that Swift lost her when “she went political and, like anybody who does that in the arts, they risk alienating half the country.” Kelly’s essay continued: “I don’t think it is a coincidence that the person she ultimately decided to settle down with is a real man, is a football player, is a tough guy who doesn’t really take a lot of sh– from people. That is generally attractive to most women. I think it is no accident that this gal from the south [Note: Swift is from Pennsylvania] who started out singing country songs found him attractive, and he was ultimately the one who won her heart. I also think it is obvious the reasons why he would be attracted to Taylor Swift, so I am rooting for them.”

Swift and Kelce had nothing but support from tennis legend Martina Navratilova, who simply shared a clapping emoji alongside the news on X.

👏🏼 https://t.co/ytgHRdMcdO

— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) August 26, 2025

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay wins for the best reaction, as he perfectly played off the couple’s original “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married” caption in his own Instagram post. “From one ring to the next,” Ramsay wrote alongside a photo of himself with Kelce on the field for the 2023 Super Bowl, in which Kelce’s Chiefs beat the Eagles. “Congrats @killatrav & @taylorswift ! From your favourite Home Ec Teacher.”

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The internet has had a lot to say about Betty Who‘s recent appearance on the Made It Out podcast — and now, King Princess is offering her two cents on the situation.

In a TikTok posted Tuesday (Aug. 26), Mikaela Straus shared her thoughts on the recent controversy, in which Who talked about being a queer woman while dating a straight man, and how it felt “like a crime to be straight” in the queer community.

“You are not a victim because you started dating a man and queer people are disappointed in you because you used the queer community to market your music,” Straus said in her video. “They feel betrayed, that’s fair, you have to live with that. Who cares? To get up on a podcast and claim this victimhood when you are in a position of privilege — dating a man in a heteronormative society — is ridiculous, and it is not going to resonate with people.”

Straus did not specifically call out Who by name, but clarified in a comment under the video that her statements were “about the many divas who felt the need to do this THIS YEAR,” seemingly also referring to similar controversies that erupted around JoJo Siwa and Fletcher.

“Date a man, it’s not a big deal. But why are you on a podcast talking about it? It’s not an interesting narrative,” Straus continued in her video. “We live in a country where our rights are being stripped from us every day, and you think it’s important to get on a podcast and talk about how hard it is to be in a heteronormative relationship? Diva!”

During her appearance on the Made It Out podcast, Betty Who also made comments about lesbian pop star Reneé Rapp, saying that she would “hold space” for the singer to one day fall in love with a man while trying to make a larger point about the fluidity of sexuality. “Reneé Rapp is like, ‘You’ll never catch me dating a man.’ It’s like, ‘Go off, queen! I love that for you,’” Who said. “But I also hold space for her in 10 years if she goes, ‘Oops, I met the love of my life and it’s this man, I didn’t mean to.’ It’s like, that’s OK!”

Check out King Princess’ take on Betty Who’s comments below:

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are the most famous couple in the modern world, so naturally, they announced news of their engagement on Instagram.

In a post that sent shockwaves through the platform Tuesday (Aug. 26), the pop superstar and Kansas City Chiefs tight end revealed their upcoming nuptials by sharing photos of the proposal. Getting down on one knee in a lush garden of flowers, Kelce popped the question to his now-fiancée with a massive diamond ring in hand, officially starting a new chapter in their romance after about two years of dating.

“Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” the couple wrote in the joint caption.

But how many people hearted the post immediately after it went live? According to figures shared by Meta with Billboard, Tayvis’ engagement announcement racked up a whopping 14 million “likes” in just over an hour — plus 452 thousand reposts. The 14-time Grammy winner’s name has also remained in the top trending topics on Threads ever since the reveal.

Among those who “liked” the post were some of Swift’s famous friends — including Lorde, Ice Spice, Gracie Abrams, Jack Antonoff and Sabrina Carpenter — not to mention the countless Swifties who have been listening to the Eras Tour headliner’s songs about someday wanting to get married for about two decades now. Though the comments on Swift and Kelce’s post are turned off, fans took to other social media platforms to share messages of congratulations for the happy couple.

Even the president put his negative feelings toward Swift aside when he heard the news. “Well, I wish them a lot of luck,” Donald Trump said at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. “I think he’s a great player, I think he’s a great guy, and she’s a terrific person, so I wish them a lot of luck.”

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Another week, another round of new accomplishments for KPop Demon Hunters and its soundtrack.

This week, “How It’s Done” — performed in the movie by fictional girl group superheroes HUNTR/X — hits the Billboard Hot 100’s top 10 for the first time, moving 14-10 on the chart. It joins “Soda Pop” (10-5) and “Your Idol” (static at No. 4), both by boy band film antagonists Saja Boys, as well as HUNTR/X’s “Golden” (which returns 2-1) as the fourth simultaneous top 10 hit from KPop Demon Hunters, a record for concurrent top 10 hits among movie soundtracks.

How big a deal is this latest chart benchmark? And will the soundtrack’s popularity last the rest of the year at this point? Billboard staffers discuss these questions and more below.

1. The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack notches its fourth top 10 hit this week — as “How It’s Done” meets “Soda Pop,” “Your Idol” and “Golden” in the chart’s top tier — making it the first soundtrack to ever notch four simultaneous top 10 hits, and just the second to have four total. On a scale from 1-10, how massive an achievement do you think this is for the movie and its soundtrack? 

Stephen Daw: I mean, if this isn’t a 10, I don’t know what is. I can practically guarantee you that no one involved in the creation or promotion of this film ever thought that KPop Demon Hunters would not only spawn a No. 1 Hot 100 hit but break records for the most soundtrack songs within the chart’s top 10. There are a lot of iconic film soundtracks that haven’t achieved this level of immediate appeal and success, which only goes to show how well-crafted this soundtrack is.

Kyle Denis: 10. I mean it’s beyond massive, right? KPop Demon Hunters is accomplishing things — albeit in a different consumption era — that classic soundtracks like Saturday Night Fever couldn’t. The soundtrack to be performing this impressively is representative where the cultural zeitgeist currently is, both regarding (film and music) streaming and global pop in non-English languages. 

Jason Lipshutz: A 10. Not only has KPop Demon Hunters become an out-of-nowhere musical phenomenon, its magnitude has now become historic: it is the first soundtrack with four simultaneous top 10 hits in the history of the Hot 100. Think of all of the culturally dominant movie soundtracks in the modern music era — none of them have produced as many huge hits at the same time. Even the highest expectations for the KPop Demon Hunters couldn’t have included a No. 1 single, a slew of top 10 hits and essentially the entire soundtrack in the top 40 of the Hot 100 — this is record-busting stuff, and easily a 10-out-of-10 achievement.

Andrew Unterberger: Like a 9.5? Gotta save something for it ties or breaks the overall record I guess.

Abby Webster: I’d give it a solid 8 or 9! Clearly no one — even the soundtrack’s creators — expected KPop Demon Hunters to have this level of impact. On top of all its other achievements, it feels pretty significant to see a girl group so high on the charts for the first time in forever, even if HUNTR/X is technically fictional. (Sidenote: “How It’s Done,” the work of longtime BLACKPINK producer Teddy Park, has now officially bested the IRL K-pop group on the Hot 100, since their highest chart peak is at No. 13 with Selena Gomez collab “Ice Cream.” Fight back, girls!)

2. “Golden” not only returns for a second week at No. 1, it continues to rise in streams, sales and airplay. Is it time to start taking “Golden” seriously as a contender to match the 10-week run atop the Hot 100 of “Ordinary,” the song it’s traded off the top spot with the past few weeks? 

Stephen Daw: If there is a song out there that can surpass Alex Warren’s streak (outside of any unreleased Taylor Swift songs from The Life of a Showgirl), it’s clearly “Golden.” Every indicator says this song is only getting bigger and bigger, which means it could very well be a long-lasting hit atop the charts. If anyone still isn’t taking “Golden” seriously, they must not be paying attention. 

Kyle Denis: I would say yes, but the next ten weeks include high-profile album releases from Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift, so I wouldn’t count my chickens before they hatch.  

Jason Lipshutz: It’s still a little early — especially considering the high-profile pop releases about to arrive and potentially knock “Golden” out of the top spot. Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend is going to be a pretty huge pop event this Friday, and in a little over a month, Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl will be a seismic event; maybe “Golden” holds steady at No. 1 to close out the summer, but I’d be surprised if it’s still up there as we get into the fall.

Andrew Unterberger: It doesn’t seem nearly as unlikely as it did just a couple weeks ago. Radio was always going to be the final piece of the puzzle, and it just keeps growing there — who knows when research will dictate an end to that, but it if it keeps on this path for the next month or two, it is going to start racking up those weeks on top a lot quicker and longer than any of anticipated.

Abby Webster: If it means “Ordinary” is done in the top spot for good, I’ll start manifesting now.

3. Not only does KPop Demon Hunters have four top 10 hits now, it has several hits not all that far removed from the region — including three in the top 25, “What It Sounds Like” (24-20), “Free” (23-20) and “Takedown” (26-25). Considering the record for top 10 hits off a soundtrack is five (set by Waiting to Exhale in 1995-96), do you think KPDH will tie that record, best it, or fall just short?

Stephen Daw: As unbelievable as the soundtrack’s performance has been, I would be very surprised if two more of these songs managed to make up the ground and enter the top 10, especially as we head into a new-release-packed fall. I think “What It Sounds Like” could definitely wind up just outside of the top 10, but I highly doubt more of these songs break the barrier. But then again, I didn’t think any of the chart feats this soundtrack has accomplished would happen in the first place, so who knows, maybe anything is possible at this point. 

Kyle Denis: KPop Demon Hunters has defied every last expectation I had for its chart performance so far. With that being said, I think it’ll tie the record. 

Jason Lipshutz: Sadly, I think it falls just short — which is a bummer, considering that “What It Sounds Like” is my favorite song off the soundtrack! I’d be pretty surprised if it can climb up 10 more spots, though, and I also don’t see “What It Sounds Like,” “Free” or “Takedown” cycling into the top 10 after the higher-charting soundtrack songs start to dwindle. Who knows, though? Even as someone who sniffed out the KPop Demon Hunters explosion fairly early, the soundtrack has blown away all of my prognostications. It’s already set a few records, and I could certainly see it setting a few more.

Andrew Unterberger: The fact that it’s even a conversation is absolutely wild. I think ultimately this fourth one will most likely be the last one, but who knows? Another month or so of growth, and if the Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift songs don’t end up sticking immediately… five, six, even seven are all possibilities. It’s a reverse album bomb the likes of which we’ve never really seen on the Billboard Hot 100 before.

Abby Webster: Honestly, it’s a little surprising that “What It Sounds Like” and “Free” aren’t a little higher on the chart already — like “Golden,” the former is a powerful pop song with in-and-out-of-movie-universe emotional resonance, while the latter is essentially a radio-friendly duet. So I could see a world where those two rise and tie the record. 

4. Now that we’re seemingly past the initial curiosity stage of the KPop Demon Hunters cycle, what do you think is still keeping the movie and its soundtrack going up two months in? 

Stephen Daw: There’s two things at play here. First, the music on this soundtrack is just very catchy. It’s simple, but true — these songs are composed in a way that keeps you coming back for more, and the performances from EJAE, Rei Ami and Audrey Nuna in particular scratch that melodic itch in people’s heads. 

But the other thing that I think is really benefitting this album is its own success, weirdly. I didn’t watch KPop Demon Hunters for the first six weeks that it was out, simply because it didn’t seem like something I would be into. But after “Golden” kept climbing the charts and eventually went No. 1, I finally caved and wanted to tune in to see what this cultural moment that I was clearly missing out on was — and I had a blast watching this movie! The more this unlikely hit continues to dominate, the more people will continue to tune in, which will only make the album and film succeed even more. 

Kyle Denis: I’m not even sure we’re past the initial curiosity stage. I think for the top 40 world and routine pop music listeners that stage has passed, but it’s a massive country and there are millions of people who are being exposed to this movie and soundtrack for the first time every week. I think the relentlessly uptempo, pure pop sound of the Demon Hunter songs — “Golden” specifically — also offer something different for the 2025 top 40 scene, which is currently ruled by overbearing, CCM-coded ballads like Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” and still shaking off the last bits of 2024’s country crossover moment.  

Jason Lipshutz: A combination of radio adoption and repeat viewings. “Golden” has fully transcended the film to become a standalone hit, which has helped broaden its appeal to top 40 radio listeners who are still unaware of KPop Demon Hunters and simply want to listen to a catchy K-pop song. Meanwhile, the family-friendly Netflix movie has undoubtedly earned replay after replay from kids, who in turn want to keep listening to the music on their favorite streaming service. Once it became clear that KPop Demon Hunters was resonating as an animated musical on a global streaming service, the potential for a months-long cultural takeover, a la the Disney smashes of the past, was clear. It has more than fulfilled that potential over the past two months.

Andrew Unterberger: It’s at the point now where the act of consuming it is almost as much of a joy to its fans as the thing itself. Once a fandom is at that level there’s really no limit to how big things can get.

Abby Webster: Another thing KPop Demon Hunters has successfully cribbed from K-pop: a strong and committed fanbase! I don’t think word of mouth has necessarily died down, since I’m still getting texts from K-pop skeptics in my life who finally put the film on out of curiosity. But superfans are clearly enjoying repeat viewings, whether that’s the kids who have watched it fifty-plus times or the families that turned out to 1,750 theaters this weekend for the sing-along screenings.

5. True or false: KPop Demon Hunters will still have songs in the Hot 100’s top 10 at the end of the calendar year.

Stephen Daw: True. I think everything will probably get cleared out of the top 10 by Taylor Swift when The Life of a Showgirl drops, but once that first week is over, I think songs like “Golden” and “Your Idol” will make their way back into the top 10 and probably stay there until the holiday takeover.

Kyle Denis: Like I said, all HUNTR/X and Saja Boys have done this year is prove me wrong, so I’m going with true. 

Jason Lipshutz: True! Considering how stagnant the top of the Hot 100 has been this year — and how huge these soundtrack songs have become — it’d be impossible to bet against them. Maybe there will even be a holiday-themed remix or two: “Eggnog (Soda Pop Holiday Edition)”? “Gelt (Golden Hanukkah Remix)”? The possibilities are endless!

Andrew Unterberger: I think it will have song — “Golden” specifically. Songs plural, I dunno. But “Your Idol” keeps outpacing my expectations, and then again so do the rest of them so yeah, I can’t predict this with any real amount of confidence.

Abby Webster: True, possibly? I assume Taylor Swift is coming to reset the top 10 with The Life of a Showgirl, but there’s a chance Oscar campaigning may play a role — with nominations announced in January 2026, I think it could make sense for “Golden,” at the very least, to see a bump at the end of this year.