“Dad’s last wish was for me to marry Taylor Swift,” Travis Kelce tearfully announces as he shares the passing of his father, Ed Kelce.

knows Ed Kelce will be first in line to buy “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” on Friday.

Travis Kelce’s dad admitted he has used YouTube to research more about Swift and was fascinated with a number of things about the “Cruel Summer” singer.

He told “Entertainment Tonight” that while brushing up on his Swift history, he even purchased her re-recorded albums after initially buying the old catalogs having not known about the issues with Scooter Braun.

After meeting Swift a few times, Ed said, “She’s very down to earth, very genuine. She doesn’t put on airs or anything like that …. The ‘girl next door’ is an overused term, but she really is.from her first six albums while purchasing the label. He later sold Swift’s masters for over $300 million to a private equity company in 2020.

Selling off music rights is fairly common in the industry, though. Justin Bieber sold off the rights to his music earlier this year to the tune of $200 million, while Justin Timberlake sold his catalog for more than $100 million, and Neil Young received $150 million for 50% of his music.In 2022, she released her 10th studio album, “Midnights.” She made history when 10 songs from the catalog charted in the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot 100 in a single week, marking the first musician to achieve the historic feat. “Midnights” also broke Spotify’s record for the most-streamed album in a single day when it debuted on Oct. 21.