Inside Her Next Era

As Taylor Swift wraps up her record-breaking tour and gears up for her 35th birthday, insiders talk to Us about the big decisions awaiting her including an engagement, baby plans and what's coming in her career

- JAIME HARKIN, Andrea Simpson & Amanda Williams

After 152 dates across 54 cities and five continents, some 7,000 songs, more than $2 billion in ticket sales, countless friendship bracelets and dozens of A-list attendees, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour will finally come to a close on Dec. 8 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

It’s been an eventful nearly two-year ride for Swift. Professionally, she reached new heights: Her October 2023 documentary, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (which she produced), became the highest-grossing concert film of all time, and she won two Grammy Awards — bringing her grand total to 14 — in February. Her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, broke streaming records following its April release and remains the bestselling album of 2024. Amid many highs, there were a few notable lows: Last November, a Brazilian fan died of heat exhaustion during Swift’s Rio de Janeiro stop, and in August, she was forced to cancel three shows in Austria over terrorist threats.

She had much to celebrate in her personal life after finding love with NFL star Travis Kelce last summer. Their sweet romance was on full display: The 35-year-old Kansas City Chiefs tight end attended multiple tour stops and even joined Swift on stage for a performance of “I Can Do It with a Broken Heart” in June. “It can be very lonely at the top,” says a source. “This tour was one of the best [for Taylor] because Travis brightened it up.”

"Travis came into her world at just the right time," a source says of Swift.