Taylor Swift Mourns Young Brazilian Fan Who Died Before ‘Eras ​​Tour’

Taylor Swift spoke out after one of her Brazilian fans died shortly before her Eras tour concert.

“I can’t believe I’m writing these words, but it’s with a broken heart that I say we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show,” Swift, 33, wrote via Instagram Story on Friday, November 17. I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by this.”

She continued: “There is very little information I have other than the fact that she was so incredibly beautiful and way too young.”

Swift brought her Eras Friday to Rio de Janeiro. According to a X (formerly Twitter) statement from local concert organizer Time For Fun, Ana Clara Benavides Machado died at the age of 23.

“Last night, Ana Clara felt unwell and was immediately attended to by the team of firefighters and paramedics, who were taken to the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos. [on-site medic] for the first aid protocol,” said a statement issued in Portuguese on Saturday, November 18. “Given the situation, the medical team opted to transfer her to Salgado Filho Hospital, where she unfortunately passed away after almost an hour of emergency care.”

Swift chose not to address the incident during her concert.

“I won’t be able to talk about this from the stage because I feel overwhelmed with sadness when I even try to talk about it,” the Grammy winner added in her statement on social media. “I want to say now that I feel this loss deeply and my broken hearts go out to her family and friends. This is the last thing I ever thought would happen when we decided to bring this tour to Brazil.

A cause of death for Machado has not been publicly released.

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After Swift took the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos stage on Friday, the pop star spotted several other fans struggling with dehydration amid the extreme temperatures. The crowd had chanted “water” in both English and Portuguese.

“There are people who need water,” Swift told the guards social media footage, pausing her performance of “Champagne Problems” after noticing a homemade sign with the request. “Whoever is in charge of giving that to them, make sure that happens.”

Later in the show, so was Swift spotted throwing a bottle at a fan while singing her 10-minute version of “All Too Well.” According to another fan video on XUltimately, Swift’s concert team delivered bottled water to the audience.

Swift kicked off her three-day event Eras tour residency in Brazil on Friday. She will also perform two sold-out shows in Rio on Saturday November 18 and Sunday November 19.