Normani has opened up about how her whirlwind romance with NFL star participant DK Metcalf blossomed into the shock engagement the couple introduced earlier this yr.
Throughout a current look on The Jennifer Hudson Present, the previous Fifth Concord singer opened up concerning the intricate string of occurrences main up to date Metcalf popped the query. Metcalf and Normani first introduced their engagement throughout a press convention final month on March 13 amid the large receiver’s commerce to the Pittsburgh Steelers—when she debuted the ring.
Whereas breaking down how eveything got here collectively, Normani brazenly admitted she had completely no clue it was coming.
“I had completely no concept,” Normani mentioned. “As oblivious as oblivious can get, that was me.”
What Normani later discovered was that Metcalf had initially deliberate to suggest over a yr earlier throughout a visit to Turks and Caicos. She recalled him suggesting they fly their households out, which she thought was only for a pleasant getaway.
“I’m pondering it’s simply going to be, you understand, trip,” she mentioned.
However somewhat than undergo with it then, Metcalf made the heartfelt resolution to attend. Normani revealed that he selected to carry off so her music would have its personal second.
“He waited as a result of my album was popping out, so he didn’t need to overshadow that particular monumental second for me,” she defined.
Even when the time did come, Normani nonetheless didn’t see it coming. The truth is, he thought his household was visiting for spring break and for birthday celebrations.
“It’s his sister’s birthday, his cousin’s birthday—I’m taking them to the Houston Galleria, taking them to get all the nice meals in Texas,” she mentioned. “We go to the Rodeo, and I’m working late… I really feel dangerous as a result of I’m like, ‘dang, I hope I don’t break the shock. That is for her birthday’.”
Normani talks about her shock engagement to DK Metcalf (🎥:@JHudShow) https://t.co/wMTCq5igJO pic.twitter.com/ubWOOut7Zn
— Glock Topickz (@Glock_Topickz) April 4, 2025
Nevertheless, what she believed was a shock party for Metcalf’s sister ended up being a shock of her personal.
“I believed it was a birthday shock, and I believed I used to be in on the shock,” Normani laughed. “However all people else knew… however I received shocked.”
The second was full with a violinist, pianist and delightful flowers—particulars Normani says confirmed how a lot effort her fiancé put into the day.
“He actually did it for me,” she shared.
Whereas reflecting on being launched by their mutual connections to Russell and Ciara Wilson, Normani revealed that the matchmacking between her and Metcalf was truly a prolonged, years-long course of.
“She saved telling me, she’s like, ‘there’s this man, there’s this man,’ for actually like over two years,” she mentioned.
Metcalf, for his half, had seen Normani in her “Motivation” video whereas within the Seahawks locker room, and the remaining, as she put it, “is admittedly historical past.”
Normani talked about she was in a relationship once they have been first launched, admitting that although the timing wasn’t proper at first, every part finally aligned for the higher.
“When the time got here round, and the time was proper, God put all of that collectively, and the alignment was good,” she mentioned.