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Taylor Swift’s upcoming wedding<\/a> to Travis Kelce is already one of the biggest celebrity moments of 2026. But for some fans who say that Swift’s influence loomed large over their own big days, it’s also a sweet full-circle moment.<\/p>\n That includes Los Angeles-based Alex Goldschmidt, who, in 2019, went viral when Swift herself performed at his engagement party after he popped the question to his now-husband Ross.<\/p>\n Goldschmidt, who works in social media, met Swift backstage at an Ed Sheeran concert. He said the two hit it off so well that she later asked him to be in her music video for her 2014 single “Shake It Off.”<\/a> They stayed in touch \u2014 but Goldschmidt tells Yahoo that he first felt a connection with the pop star just from listening to her music.<\/p>\n “Growing up gay in a time when it was just becoming more normalized was hard,” he says. “But her music is like listening to a diary and having a reflective moment to sit with your thoughts and feelings.”<\/p>\n In 2019, Goldschmidt listened to her song “King of My Heart,” from her 2017 album Reputation <\/em>\u2014 and decided to propose. He emailed Swift to tell her how her song inspired him to take the plunge. So, Swift showed up at their engagement party with a guitar in hand. She performed an acoustic version of “King of My Heart” and snapped photos with Goldschmidt’s family and friends. She even gifted the couple a Le Labo candle and “sweet note.”<\/p>\n Swift didn’t make it to their actual wedding, but her music did. “We definitely played Taylor on the dance floor,” he says. “She was definitely there in spirit. She made it all happen.”<\/p>\n There’s little doubt that Swift is now one of the most famous musicians in the world, particularly coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, where her surprise 2020 albums Folklore <\/em>and Evermore <\/em>garnered her brand-new fans. Since 2020, she’s won Album of the Year at the Grammys twice<\/a>. Her albums routinely smash records<\/a>. The Eras Tour was a cultural phenomenon<\/a>. And now, she’s getting married to one of the most famous players in the NFL.<\/p>\n But for the fans Yahoo spoke with who brought Swift into one of the most significant days of their lives, it’s not about Swift’s current place on the cultural landscape. It’s about what she’s represented to them over the years.<\/p>\n “For a lot of people, she’s just such an influential person in our lives,” Anneliese Glaubitz, a wedding planner with Cheersy, a digital marketplace for wedding coordinators, and a Swiftie herself, tells Yahoo. “You want your wedding to feel really personal, so when you love an artist, you want to incorporate their music or incorporate something that reminds you of them.”<\/p>\n