Taylor Swift arrives in New York after leaving Travis Kelce behind the day before her birthday – ahead of Time’s Person of the Year ceremony

  • DailyMail.com spotted Taylor Swift boarding her private jet in Kansas City Tuesday morning without Travis Kelce
  • She is returning to New York ahead of the TIME Person of the Year gala tonight at the Plaza Hotel, after she was announced as the recipient last week
  • Questions remain as to whether she will be back for her birthday tomorrow to celebrate with her new beau

Taylor Swift has arrived back in New York City ahead of the glitzy Time’s Person of the Year award ceremony this evening.

The magazine named Swift as the person who ‘best represents the eight billion people who live on this planet,’ last week. 

Her Range Rover was seen pulling up to her Manhattan apartment hours after exclusive pictures obtained by DailyMail.com showed the pop star boarding the plane this morning after a whirlwind visit to watch her NFL boyfriend Travis Kelce and his team in action at Arrowhead Stadium, Sunday.

And, as her security detail carried her Louis Vuitton luggage onto her waiting private jet this morning, the big question is, will she be back in Kansas for her birthday tomorrow?

A smitten Taylor Swift was pictured kissing Travis Kelce on the cheek at an after-party from the Chiefs game. They spent the weekend together before she headed back to New York this morning 

Her Range Rover was seen pulling up to her Manhattan apartment Tuesday afternoon

Her Range Rover was seen pulling up to her Manhattan apartment Tuesday afternoon

DailyMail.com spotted Taylor Swift boarding her private jet in Kansas City Tuesday morning without Travis Kelce

DailyMail.com spotted Taylor Swift boarding her private jet in Kansas City Tuesday morning without Travis Kelce

Her security detail carried her Louis Vuitton luggage onto her waiting private jet this morning

Her security detail carried her Louis Vuitton luggage onto her waiting private jet this morning

Kelce was spotted arriving back home Tuesday as his girlfriend was en route to the East Coast

Kelce was spotted arriving back home Tuesday as his girlfriend was en route to the East Coast

The popstar was wheels up at 10am this morning after a whirlwind visit to watch her NFL boyfriend and his team in action at Arrowhead Stadium, Sunday

The popstar was wheels up at 10am this morning after a whirlwind visit to watch her NFL boyfriend and his team in action at Arrowhead Stadium, Sunday

Questions remain as to whether she will be back for her birthday tomorrow to celebrate with her new beau

Questions remain as to whether she will be back for her birthday tomorrow to celebrate with her new beau

Certainly, the couple can’t seem to get enough of each other with Swift hopping on her jet and flying to see Kelce any chance she gets.

Meanwhile, Kelce was spotted arriving back home Tuesday as his girlfriend was en route to the East Coast.  

He has visited her in New York and even flew to Buenos Aires to see her perform on the record-breaking Eras tour that confirmed her billionaire status.

Now, Kelce is rumored to be organizing a dazzling birthday bash for Swift’s 34th birthday Wednesday.

But with his team’s recent run of losses – they have lost three out of the last four games – he is under increasing pressure to show as much commitment to his team as to his girlfriend.

Keen to ease the disappointment of the Chief’s controversial 20 –17 loss to the Buffalo Bills behind them, Swift planted kiss after kiss on Kelce’s cheek Sunday evening as the pair enjoyed Christmas cocktails with the rest of the team at Kansas City’s hottest pop-up bar Miracle on Main Street.

But it was back to reality come Monday morning as the tight end spent much of the day in talks with his team, leaving Swift alone to settle into the sprawling new home he bought with her in mind.

Tucked away in trees behind the wrought iron gates of an upscale neighbor just south of the city center Kelce moved into the 17,000 square foot mansion last month, dropping a cool $6million to buy the perfect love nest for him and his pop princess.

She is returning to New York ahead of the TIME Person of the Year gala on Tuesday night

She is returning to New York ahead of the TIME Person of the Year gala on Tuesday night

Travis' new home has a Beverly Hills-style swimming pool and jacuzzi, a six-car garage, lighted tennis and pickleball court and a miniature golf course, all sprawling over three acres of heavily wooded pristine land

Travis’ new home has a Beverly Hills-style swimming pool and jacuzzi, a six-car garage, lighted tennis and pickleball court and a miniature golf course, all sprawling over three acres of heavily wooded pristine land

Taylor opened up on her romance with Kelce for the first time in her interview with the magazine last week and the attention she gets from football fans.

‘I don’t know how they know what suite I’m in,’ she said. ‘There’s a camera, like, a half-mile away, and you don’t know where it is, and you have no idea when the camera is putting you in the broadcast, so I don’t know if I’m being shown 17 times or once.

‘I’m just there to support Travis. I have no awareness of if I’m being shown too much and p***ing off a few dads, Brads, and Chads.

‘Football is awesome, it turns out. I’ve been missing out my whole life.’