The Darkness head to Number One following viral Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce sing-along

After her bestie Ed Sheeran joined them onstage late last year, now The Darkness have been feeling the love from Taylor Swift herself.

The pop megastar and her boyfriend Travis Kelce were recently seen having a wholesome sing-along to 2003 rock banger I Believe In A Thing Called Love, which was playing on the speakers at the U.S. Open women’s final in New York over the weekend, where the celeb couple were in attendance.

Since then, the footage of Taylor and Travis’ moment has gone viral, The Darkness have gone to Number One in the iTunes Rock Chart, and frontman Justin Hawkins has shared that TaySway is a big fan of that single (she actually wrote him a letter recently calling it “one of the greatest songs of all time”).

Talking about his experiences with Taylor, he says in a TikTok video: “A few weeks ago my daughter and I went to see Taylor Swift at the stadium in Zurich and the hospitality they showed us was extraordinary. They put us in a lovely VIP area, I had Chris Rock on one side, Roger Federer on the other side, I was dad of the year. And to make matters even more spectacular, Taylor Swift sent me a lovely letter which was waiting for me in the VIP section, talking about how much she loves the song I Believe In A Thing Called Love. I was dad of the year, maybe dad of the century, because all of that was a big surprise.”

Going into the U.S. Open Women’s Final viral footage, Justin adds that, “It was a really heart-warming moment for me, and my little girl can’t wait to tell her friends at school. So thanks Taylor, thanks Travis, thanks everybody who enjoys tennis, that’s a really lovely start to the day. Nice one, guys.”

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