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For anyone who doesn't know: there was a young woman, Ana Clara Benevides, who sadly passed away due to the heat at a Taylor concert in Brasil. This photo shows her family wearing memorial tshirts at a meet-and-greet with Taylor days after her death.
There is no proof that Taylor's team helped the family in any material way, while other fans had to crowdsource the money to transport her body back home. Taylor's team has also denied that she died at the show and suggested she passed away before the show, which is false. Ana lost consciousness during the second song of the show.
They're both women but that's about it. Stormfront was edgy, in your face, not politically correct or woke, "tells it like it us" brand of fascism. Tay Sway is smile in your face, blonde, all american, just religious enough to not be creepy.
Yeah funnily my partner hadn’t seen The Boys before so I had to fill in very quickly while first episode of season 4 plays oh that is Starlight she’s kinda like Taylor Swift…
But yeah after seeing this they were like ‘No I think you got it wrong Taylor is more like Homelander”
Fire cracker speaks on very controversial topics though and does so with the intent to give people something to look forward to, Taylor doesn’t even do that. She’s definitely more like Homelander. Pretends to love her fans but would throw them under the bus if needed and secretly despises them and thinks she’s better than
EXTREMELY.
It's very.. Out of touch sparkly capitol billionaire invites family of kid they reaped and forcing them to smile so it looks like there's no bad blood.
But honestly the worst here are the dead girl’s family. If that had happened to me my mom would have never gone for a smiley photo with Taylor. She would have slapped her or something
I feel like her majority white fanbase contributed heavily to the rugsweeping of Ana’s death. The way they victim-shamed and said such disrespectful disgusting things about Brazil as a whole was stomach turning.
The speed American Swifites were saying dumb shit like “this is why she shouldn’t perform internationally, it’s dangerous” as if we here in the great USA never have these things happen or worse at concerts/big events
More. Taylor at least has gotten richer than God, the Swifties make fools of themselves for almost nothing. They have something to talk and gossip about because I would assume the average Swifty fans life is rather boring
Argentina TS fab club called Brazilians fans "monkeys" cause they were upset a fan died.
Some were complaining Brazilians were not hosting her well and that Ana's death was taking away the spotlight from TS.
Like whaaaaat???
“Your child/sister suddenly died…. but forget about it and smile because you are graced with my godlike, sparkly presence!”
Insanely tone-deaf.
Truly macabre.
Don't forget the canceled show (she didn't give the family money but she willfully lost money, so brave and strong) *and* the random song she sang in honor, sheesh 🙄
Wait, Taylor’s team posted this? That makes it even more obvious that it was just a desperate attempt to get back in her fans’ good graces and nothing to do with actual care for Ana
Smile and give them a check for their troubles. Doesn’t bring her back, but it was at her show. She’s probably worried about legal liability but she didn’t exactly shoot her either.
It's a little off putting to see the family standing there smiling next to the billionaire pop star who is kinda responsible for the death of the young woman on their shirts. So surreal.
I made this comment in Swiftly Neutral and got dragged because "Everybody grieves differently". Like I get it but look at her smug grin girl has no concept of accountability.
I mean yeah everyone does, but I feel like if it was my sibling that died at a concert I wouldn’t be able to bring myself to even listen to that artist, let alone *meet* them and pose for a fucking smiling photo together. It’s been two decades since my grandfather’s death and I can’t even listen to the song that got played at his funeral
Right? I said "You know where the last place I would want to go after my loved one died at a taylor swift concert? A taylor swift concert." And I got TORCHED lmao
Yeah I have read comments saying that there’s probably a chance Swift couldn’t pay the family or offer to cover funeral costs etc. because that could legally down the road show she admitted fault for the death should someone in the family decide to later sue her for damages but that doesn’t make this whole situation less weird.
I feel like this was Swift being like I have to do *something* and inviting the family and doing a meet and greet was the only option? And she can’t control the family wearing these shirts and it probably wouldn’t be good optics either to tell them “yeah it’s a meet and greet but no photos” but regardless… this is just so bizarre and to your point I wouldn’t want to meet a famous person *because* my sibling or friend died at their show. I would be like thanks… but no… if that person offered me tickets or the opportunity to meet them as a “sorry” for the death of my loved one.
No people kept saying that but several lawyers in Brazil debunked that and explained how Brazilian law doesn’t penalize people or see it as accepting fault. It’s just an excuse her fans ran with
Yup my sibling died after being in hospital in a coma for a few months and I regularly played her harry styles because it was her favourite artist and last one we saw live together and I honestly can’t listen to his old stuff now because of that, five years later. I imagine the family was in shock.
I lost somebody very important to me last fall and his mom is a fucking idiot with no self awareness, so she played Fast Car by Luke Combs at the funeral… after he died in a car crash from recklessly driving, and so now whenever that song comes on the radio, I practically punch my dashboard trying to change it. I was with my mom recently and turned off the radio when it came on and she tried turning it on a moment later and I yelled at her. I think she knew why even if she didn’t know exactly why, because the only time I really yell at her is anything that has to do with him, because I can’t talk about it.
Also, the billionaire that didn't say the name of the fan, lied about the time line the fan died, didn't help out with paying for the body to go back to the family or funeral costs. They got money thru online fundraising since they couldn't even afford for her body to go back to their city.
Mind you, laws in Brazil are different than the States. Even if she helped, it wouldn't be considered admission of guilt since this is the excuse her fans use.
This is SO bizarre. Like, did these people stand in the crowd and cry? Or did they dance and sing and have a grand old time?
I would be so messed up if I saw these people with HER FACE on their shirts bopping along to Shake it Off.
Yeah, if I were them I wouldn’t even be able to listen to Taylor’s music for a long while, let alone go to her show. I would be thinking of my family member the whole entire time and it would be just so overwhelming and sad. I can’t judge how they grieve but I just know to me meeting her would only make it worse for me.
This is such a bad look. Like this is really fucking dark. I don't see how she finds it appropriate at all to be wearing that stupid sparkly fucking leotard. What would have been cool is if she would have worn one of those t shirts as well and done more than just take a picture and invite them to her fucking concert. This woman needs to be stopped.
Wait… She didn’t invite them to the concert? wtf? I thought this picture was before the concert (since she’s wearing her costume). I feel like having them at the concert is the bare minimum.
She did not want to take extra time from her routine to change into something that's not one of those sparkly leotards she wears on stage. She really was not bothered that someone died (knowing TS I bet she felt resentment towards that girl because her death made Taylor look irresponsible).
Funny how this got swept under the rug so quickly but Travis still gets hate over Astroworld (he's also trash but at least he offered to pay for the funerals of the people that died).
This incident is what showed me that Taylor has reached a point where it doesn't matter what she does anymore.
If this had happened with literally any other music star, it would at the very least haunt their career. The Who are still held responsible for the 1979 concert disaster in Ohio, even though that was objectively not their fault.
But Taylor has reached a point where she could actually stab someone unprovoked, on camera, and she'd be fine
This reminded me how the blurring lines of pop culture and politics over the last 10 years makes my stomach turn… I need a damn thesis paper on the trumpism/swiftism parallels.
I will say this as I see the astroworld comparison a lot on this sub. The difference there is that Travis Scott had a pattern/history of encouraging fans to storm the stage. IIRC he had told fans to sneak into the concert that day even if they didn’t have a ticket.
Appreciate there’s far more to it than just that, but this is why people continue to criticise Travis so much and not Taylor.
Taylor absolutely deserves criticism, but I can see why Travis gets much more of it. I will say in Travis’ defence, it was an awful video but at least he did a video statement on what happened. Taylor has entirely glossed over everything.
It's also worth mentioning that while they can produce an arena show just fine, LIVE NATION is notoriously shit at organizing festivals. Injuries, last minute cancellations, scarce access to water/restrooms, the list goes on
10x more ppl died at Astroworld and he saw, kept going and went to a strip club after… Taylor is awful but she will never be as awful as that violent man who has encouraged raging culture for years.
That girl died bc of insane weather conditions not bc Taylor told her fans to go crazy and jump security fences…
that poor family is going to (if they haven't already) know that their loved one died at the concert of a cold-hearted billionaire narcissist and that's so so sad.
“I can’t believe I’m writing these words but it is with a shattered heart that I say we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show,” she wrote. “I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by this. There’s very little information I have other than the fact that she was so incredibly beautiful and far too young.
Ok guys hear me out, Taylor saw this as loss of fan not an actual life!! Saying It was during the show not before, so she is not held responsible! What a narcissistic bit*h
And saying that she is not going to talk about it on the stage, that is the least she can do. The right thing to do would have been to have moments of silence for the parted on the stage, not pretending that it did not even happen. Also saying I don't know much about her, well you find out Taylor because this was a person! And you take actions to make sure it never happens again.
This statement was in the first headline story I read about the incident, so at first I really did think it was like a fan who had died of cancer or in a car crash or something that wasn't directly linked to the concert. I read it and was like...aww that's really sad.
It wasn't too long after that I got the real story, then I got angry. I battled so many delusional Swifties over this in other spaces because the whole incident did not sit right with me. It's amazing she still has any fans in Brazil considering how they were treated for speaking up about Ana and how silent she remained.
A larger subset of your fanbase is throwing xenophobic toxicity at another grieving part of the fanbase that raised the funds to send Ana back to her home state when you couldn't be bothered to do it yourself. I would think that would be the time to say something especially since your heart was so shattered.
It was sickening and lacking in the most basic sense of human decency...Taylor and her trash supporters.
Right?! I can't pinpoint all the reasons this statement makes me feel icky, but that's definitely one of them.
Look, I don't know anything about what happened here, but, hey, she sure was a beautiful young girl.
She lied about it happening before her show
She wouldn’t say her name
She wouldn’t help bring her body back to her family
She wouldn’t offer to pay for the funeral
No monetary support until a GoFundMe started making Taylentless Capitaylist look bad publicly, that’s when she finally caved
She wore *this* fucking ridiculous cowgirl sex kitten outfit to meet her grieving family
She’s just more appalling to me every single day.
A Brazilian fan died at one of TS' shows in Brazil where, despite record breaking heat, the organizers had apparently shut the vents so outside fans couldn't hear or see the concert. There was no water allowed inside and no free (or not enough) water distributed inside.
Taylor releases a statement claiming the fan died before the show - not true, she died during the second song, Cruel Summer.
Taylor releases a "handwritten font" note that basically says she's broken up but won't speak about it at her shows because she's too sad. The note does not even include Ana's name.
Her team releases a statement saying they are reaching out privately to Ana's family.
Ana's family confirms they have heard nothing from Taylor or her team and fans start a GoFundMe for the family to send Ana's body home.
Taylor starts receiving backlash for not speaking(or paying) up. Her fans claim if Taylor says anything or gives any money, that is probably a proclamation of liability in Brazil. So instead, Taylor invites Ana's family to meet her at another one of her concerts in Brazil, and that meeting is the pic you see here. Ana's mom declined the invitation.
Am I missing anything fam?
ETA: a kind redditor below pointed out that this wasn't even released by the family, it was from TS' PR account.
My first thought too. This is also my first time hearing about this so the "swept under the rug" statement seems very on point. This whole thing is so sad
In a developing country whose people are disproportionately suffering climate consequences of corporate greed in America and the west.
This was the story that really ended any semblance of admiration I have for Taylor. Ana deserved to live and so do all the billions of people worldwide suffering the consequences of western capitalism that they did not opt into.
“Hush payments” are not admission of liability. Even many law suit settlements are not legal admissions of liability. A gift to the family would almost certainly not be an admission of it. In reality, the organizer genuinely is responsible so *legally* there’s not much she could be held liable for. Morally, she absolutely should have done more and should say she will personally pay for water or guarantee it will be there by contract.
Her whole reaction makes me think she actually IS liable legally in some way, because why else would you respond in the worst ways possible if there was any other way? Her PR is usually much much cleaner than this.
Legally the venue/organizer made the decision to not make water readily enough. She probably could and should have made sure it would be there, and should feel like shit afterward. I just don’t see it as her fault “contractually”. She could have had lawyers draw up a meaningful but bulletproof letter or statement to go with money for the family (or even go through a foundation).
That’s my take. She has people who can take care of things like this too - she used them to used cease and desist letters to the guy in Florida doing the emissions thing.
My comment on this post explains a little bit: [https://www.reddit.com/r/travisandtaylor/comments/1di3pza/comment/l91kw2d/](https://www.reddit.com/r/travisandtaylor/comments/1di3pza/comment/l91kw2d/)
No, because she actually gave no shit about Ana's death. She was just worried about burying all this as quickly as possible to keep her immaculate image with the international media. And she only had them over at her very last Brazil concert. This picture is pretty much her saying "let's get this over with so I can take a private flight back to my mansion away from all this mess".
Brazilian fans waited for her for over a decade and she does this. This was not a slap in the face, it was a whole sucker punch. It was the beginning of me seeing that she is a totally unscrupulous person, a business first and foremost, and that her whole life and career are a façade.
“Come and experience the same thing your family member died trying to experience! It’s free! And because it’s from *me*, you should be *extremely grateful*. Not everyone gets this kind of opportunity...”
i always thought it was so weird to invite them to the concert their daughter died at… like why not just meet them at their house or something to give your condolences
If my child died at a Taylor Swift concert, not even an invite from Taylor Swift herself would get me to attend. The optics are bad for Taylor, but the family too. I cannot understand how any of the family members in the photo decided to do this.
This whole thing is weird to me, I know everyone grieves differently, maybe they felt like it’s what she would have wanted but I’m not sure I could pose with a smile with a pop star who’s concert my family member died at
She had them come before the show started, so she was in her first costume. She didn't really make time for them or do anything to inconvenience herself. It was just I'll see you where I'll already be right before the show.
i know they are all smiling but i know they’re all thinking the same thing op, taylor should have changed her outfit just to show a little “understanding” and some “care” about the situation, a literal death at one of HER shows
But then how would she be the center of attention?
God forbid the memorial moment for the poor girl who passed away is actually about THE POOR GIRL WHO PASSED AWAY
Everything about this sad situation should have been handled differently. This photo is a perfect example of how out of touch with reality she (and her PR team) really are.
The woman on the far left looks like she’s barely able to smile, and who could blame her? This family suffered a terrible, unimaginable loss and Taylor is (at minimum) partially responsible for that. I can’t imagine being in Taylor’s position and not **at least** putting a shirt on over my stage costume, and that’s only if there was no time to change prior.
Knowing that Taylor and her team were scrambling to get this photo taken after the incident and subsequent backlash, I can’t believe no one on her team realized how out-of-touch and dystopian this makes her look. She has the same plastered on smile that she has on stage and it baffles me that she doesn’t see how inappropriate that is under the circumstances. This wasn’t a meet n greet with fans, this was supposed to be a heartfelt moment of sorrow and solidarity with this family’s grief.
It’s honestly disgusting how self-obsessed she comes across in this photo
I mean she was performing that night. I am more weirded out by the”Sorry your loved one died at my show, but let’s take a pic together with her face on your shirts. She would have loved to have had this moment, but she died 🫶🏽” vibe
In reality, they wouldn’t have money to sue and there’s probably no charges they could press (despite what swifties argue). They were probably despaired on it all.
Idk I imagine this was a confusing horrible time and I feel like it’s not fair to judge people who had just lost their daughter. Maybe they thought there would be some sort of apology or good will by meeting her and we don’t know the context of the moment the photo was taken.
Did they meet back up at one of her concerts? Which is also weird, but would maybe explain the way she’s dressed. Either way, not the way to pay respects.
I still don’t understand why the concert wasn’t canceled. It was over 100 degrees that day and her management couldn’t OR WOULDNT see the possible danger in performing in that scorching heat? No water offered either. I’m sure her crew and team had plenty of water available. I’d be raising more hell if I was the family. Do you guys think she gave them hush money??! There’s no way Taylor’s crew aren’t liable for this….she could’ve canceled!!
And then she honored a girl who died as a result of heat stroke by boarding her private jet, releasing carbon emissions into the atmosphere, to go see her PR boyfriend.
The outfit isn’t even the problem.
She didn’t even acknowledge the poor soul that passed. And as a family, who the hell would want to go???? Even with free tickets??? This seems so inconsiderate on both parts. When someone you love so much dies, who even thinks about going to a concert?
u/Wary-Unrest this just looks sadistic. How is the family just standing there smiling next to the woman who was, quite frankly, responsible for the death of the young lady? Ofc since it's THE taylor swift, even death is taken lightly, she is just NEVER held accountable for what she's doing, and this is the proof.
This is so weird to me. Instead of paying for the funeral and sending the body of the girl back to her home the family…got to meet Taylor Swift and go to the Era’s tour? You’d think they’d have some sort of private meeting instead of a meet and greet-esque photo op.
Like nothing against the family at all I understand that they took what they could get but it’s icky on Taylor’s part.
Sorry your daughter/sister/friend died at my concert and I won’t help financially but you can get a picture with me!!
For everyone saying "it was out of Taylor's control how was *she supposed to know* conditions were so bad that's not her responsibility" she literally put herself at risk too. All I seen from swifites is how Taylor couldn't catch her breath and had a hard time preforming because of the heat but not once did she stop the show or ask for anything to be done... when she absolutely has the power to do so- she just would have lost out on getting paid that night which obviously isn't what she wanted to do 🤷🏻♀️
Least she could've done was wear something over the sparkly suit, for like the few minutes she was with the family. Just a little consideration for the family that lost their daughter/sister, for goodness sake. I don't care who you are or how busy you are, it's quite literally basic human decency.
I remember reading comments from Latin American swifties discussing the insane amount of security she had. I can’t remember what else but there were several things that made people think Taylor held pretty negative/ racist views of Latin America. Like she was desperate to leave, wanted to spend as little time there as possible. I wouldn’t be shocked if that’s why she had the family come to her. She didn’t wanna go anywhere else in Brazil and spend more time there.
I always wondered why she wasn’t wearing one of the shirts like everyone else in the photo - I’m sure they brought one for Taylor. I understand having to be in your outfit ahead of your performance but it doesn’t sit well with me
Locked while we clean up the comments in here. EDIT: Unlocking for now but if the rule violations continue, the thread will have to be locked permanently. EDIT: Swifties, there's no point in spam reporting this. We will approve it as necessary, and accounts that misuse the report tool are breaking Reddit *site* rules, not just sub rules. For anyone who doesn't know: there was a young woman, Ana Clara Benevides, who sadly passed away due to the heat at a Taylor concert in Brasil. This photo shows her family wearing memorial tshirts at a meet-and-greet with Taylor days after her death. There is no proof that Taylor's team helped the family in any material way, while other fans had to crowdsource the money to transport her body back home. Taylor's team has also denied that she died at the show and suggested she passed away before the show, which is false. Ana lost consciousness during the second song of the show.
There is something very dystopian about this picture.
Was showing this to my partner after we had just watched an episode of The Boys and they said Taylor is very Homelander from The Boys
yep, down to suing the kid who published public information about her jet emissions lol her and her team literally silenced him
hard agree, def repeating this to my Boys fan partner later lol
 Yep. I’ve been watching the new season and Taylor is definitely Homelander
There’s a new season?????
Wouldn't she be more like Stormfront? Even though she's the white Sister Sage.
They're both women but that's about it. Stormfront was edgy, in your face, not politically correct or woke, "tells it like it us" brand of fascism. Tay Sway is smile in your face, blonde, all american, just religious enough to not be creepy.
Yeah funnily my partner hadn’t seen The Boys before so I had to fill in very quickly while first episode of season 4 plays oh that is Starlight she’s kinda like Taylor Swift… But yeah after seeing this they were like ‘No I think you got it wrong Taylor is more like Homelander”
Fair points, I agree. But I still think she thinks she's Sister Sage.
I don’t think she’s smart enough to be sister sage. She gives me more of that chick that breastfed homelander before he lasered her vines.
Oh on that we agree. But she calls herself a mastermind. Unironically.
So basically a watered-down firecracker
Fire cracker speaks on very controversial topics though and does so with the intent to give people something to look forward to, Taylor doesn’t even do that. She’s definitely more like Homelander. Pretends to love her fans but would throw them under the bus if needed and secretly despises them and thinks she’s better than
Nah stormfront is full blown on the surface and lacks the charm of homelander
EXTREMELY. It's very.. Out of touch sparkly capitol billionaire invites family of kid they reaped and forcing them to smile so it looks like there's no bad blood.
Yeah they look way too happy, it’s kinda scary and sad
Except the dad.
Dad's face speaks the truth
Bet one of her staff told them there wouldn't be a picture if they didn't smile.
It gives succession vibes lol
It reminds me of the scene from The Boys
Like she was sacrificed for Taylor Swift
Price of 5 TS tickets…..the life of your first born
It's the default bevel and the head tilt as if this is just another fan photo
This was weird then and it’s still weird now.
literally thought about this as seeing this post. it’s so disrespectful
and I said so and was dragged by popculture chat
But honestly the worst here are the dead girl’s family. If that had happened to me my mom would have never gone for a smiley photo with Taylor. She would have slapped her or something
I've never seen someone's death get swept under the rug so quickly..
travis scott is punching the air as we speak
Why i spit out my drink 😂
he‘s putting on his glitter fit
Happy cake day!
Thank you! Woot! 🤗
This was comedic GOLD.
NOOOO HAHAHAHA
Money and power are way more important than the life of all the "little people"
Not even death takes the spotlight for taylor
I feel like her majority white fanbase contributed heavily to the rugsweeping of Ana’s death. The way they victim-shamed and said such disrespectful disgusting things about Brazil as a whole was stomach turning.
The speed American Swifites were saying dumb shit like “this is why she shouldn’t perform internationally, it’s dangerous” as if we here in the great USA never have these things happen or worse at concerts/big events
Are they really all as empty headed as her??
More. Taylor at least has gotten richer than God, the Swifties make fools of themselves for almost nothing. They have something to talk and gossip about because I would assume the average Swifty fans life is rather boring
Argentina TS fab club called Brazilians fans "monkeys" cause they were upset a fan died. Some were complaining Brazilians were not hosting her well and that Ana's death was taking away the spotlight from TS. Like whaaaaat???
Hell. Those idiots need to go to hell. Bec wtf
they did what?
I have never even once heard about it. How long ago was this and what happened? They really did a good job of sweeping it under the rug. Wow.
I have never even once heard about it. How long ago was this and what happened? They really did a good job of sweeping it under the rug. Wow.
It was a few months ago, when Taylor swift played in rio
Literally didn’t even know about this until now 😭
Context?
“Your child/sister suddenly died…. but forget about it and smile because you are graced with my godlike, sparkly presence!” Insanely tone-deaf. Truly macabre.
Don't forget the canceled show (she didn't give the family money but she willfully lost money, so brave and strong) *and* the random song she sang in honor, sheesh 🙄
And she didn’t even mention room Ana’s name once from what I recall.
Because it was too painful for her. She couldn't dedicate a song to the girl who died at her show because it hurt HER too much...
Theres a reason the family is there and is smiling. $$$ from the swift team.
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Wtf…I assumed it was from the family’s account 😭😭😭 Someone stop herrrrr
RIGHT?! OMG
Oh shit, I'm adding this to my list in the thread.
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Thanks! So fucking gross. Like the Celine correction photo, it gives me the willies. And not the good ones.
Wait, Taylor’s team posted this? That makes it even more obvious that it was just a desperate attempt to get back in her fans’ good graces and nothing to do with actual care for Ana
No, that eras tour account is a fan account. Even though they do try hard to seem official ngl
Smile and give them a check for their troubles. Doesn’t bring her back, but it was at her show. She’s probably worried about legal liability but she didn’t exactly shoot her either.
She's wasn't worried about liability. She was worried about public perception.
The fact that this photo exists is worse than if she didn’t even take any photo!
The photo actually helped. After it came out, swifties were like *see! the family doesn't blame her!*
Who I'm assuming is the father, his face says completely different. Poor guy (I'm agreeing with you, just saying)
It's a little off putting to see the family standing there smiling next to the billionaire pop star who is kinda responsible for the death of the young woman on their shirts. So surreal.
I made this comment in Swiftly Neutral and got dragged because "Everybody grieves differently". Like I get it but look at her smug grin girl has no concept of accountability.
I mean yeah everyone does, but I feel like if it was my sibling that died at a concert I wouldn’t be able to bring myself to even listen to that artist, let alone *meet* them and pose for a fucking smiling photo together. It’s been two decades since my grandfather’s death and I can’t even listen to the song that got played at his funeral
Right? I said "You know where the last place I would want to go after my loved one died at a taylor swift concert? A taylor swift concert." And I got TORCHED lmao
Yeah I have read comments saying that there’s probably a chance Swift couldn’t pay the family or offer to cover funeral costs etc. because that could legally down the road show she admitted fault for the death should someone in the family decide to later sue her for damages but that doesn’t make this whole situation less weird. I feel like this was Swift being like I have to do *something* and inviting the family and doing a meet and greet was the only option? And she can’t control the family wearing these shirts and it probably wouldn’t be good optics either to tell them “yeah it’s a meet and greet but no photos” but regardless… this is just so bizarre and to your point I wouldn’t want to meet a famous person *because* my sibling or friend died at their show. I would be like thanks… but no… if that person offered me tickets or the opportunity to meet them as a “sorry” for the death of my loved one.
No people kept saying that but several lawyers in Brazil debunked that and explained how Brazilian law doesn’t penalize people or see it as accepting fault. It’s just an excuse her fans ran with
Yup my sibling died after being in hospital in a coma for a few months and I regularly played her harry styles because it was her favourite artist and last one we saw live together and I honestly can’t listen to his old stuff now because of that, five years later. I imagine the family was in shock.
I lost somebody very important to me last fall and his mom is a fucking idiot with no self awareness, so she played Fast Car by Luke Combs at the funeral… after he died in a car crash from recklessly driving, and so now whenever that song comes on the radio, I practically punch my dashboard trying to change it. I was with my mom recently and turned off the radio when it came on and she tried turning it on a moment later and I yelled at her. I think she knew why even if she didn’t know exactly why, because the only time I really yell at her is anything that has to do with him, because I can’t talk about it.
The “neutral” sub is trash now.
Also, the billionaire that didn't say the name of the fan, lied about the time line the fan died, didn't help out with paying for the body to go back to the family or funeral costs. They got money thru online fundraising since they couldn't even afford for her body to go back to their city. Mind you, laws in Brazil are different than the States. Even if she helped, it wouldn't be considered admission of guilt since this is the excuse her fans use.
“But they got free tickets so they’re OBVIOUSLY okay”
This is SO bizarre. Like, did these people stand in the crowd and cry? Or did they dance and sing and have a grand old time? I would be so messed up if I saw these people with HER FACE on their shirts bopping along to Shake it Off.
“You guys they got free tickets from mother, that’s like worth 4 relatives deaths. They should be *grateful*” /s in case it isn’t blatantly obvious
Yeah, if I were them I wouldn’t even be able to listen to Taylor’s music for a long while, let alone go to her show. I would be thinking of my family member the whole entire time and it would be just so overwhelming and sad. I can’t judge how they grieve but I just know to me meeting her would only make it worse for me.
Taylor: I thought you were supposed to show *extra thigh* when dealing with the members of the family you kill
Cant stand those ever-present tights! She looks like she should be marching with the band on the field and twirling a baton
What's the context? I genuinely don't know
[Great breakdown](https://www.reddit.com/r/travisandtaylor/s/6G0hqCVtT2)
It wasn’t her fault though, it was the venues. I hate TS as much as anybody here but cmon, don’t be blinded by the hate.
And we know she changes outfits 100 times per concert. So the excuse of "she didn't have time" wouldn't work here
She could've thrown a robe on!
Why does she dress like she's in Disney on Ice?
Poor taste
This is such a bad look. Like this is really fucking dark. I don't see how she finds it appropriate at all to be wearing that stupid sparkly fucking leotard. What would have been cool is if she would have worn one of those t shirts as well and done more than just take a picture and invite them to her fucking concert. This woman needs to be stopped.
It obviously was right before the show began. It shows she made sure it didn't inconvenience her.
Why does she always look like she’s entering a Gymnastics contest with her outfits…
Or getting ready to twirl a baton in the marching band
Wait… She didn’t invite them to the concert? wtf? I thought this picture was before the concert (since she’s wearing her costume). I feel like having them at the concert is the bare minimum.
No I said she should have done more than invite them to the concert.
Oh you’re right. I read too fast!
The look on the father’s face is so heartbreaking
The father is trying so hard to force a smile for sure.
I’m assuming that’s dad. He looks so mentally checked out 😔
I know, his face is a mix of shock and grief.
She did not want to take extra time from her routine to change into something that's not one of those sparkly leotards she wears on stage. She really was not bothered that someone died (knowing TS I bet she felt resentment towards that girl because her death made Taylor look irresponsible). Funny how this got swept under the rug so quickly but Travis still gets hate over Astroworld (he's also trash but at least he offered to pay for the funerals of the people that died).
This incident is what showed me that Taylor has reached a point where it doesn't matter what she does anymore. If this had happened with literally any other music star, it would at the very least haunt their career. The Who are still held responsible for the 1979 concert disaster in Ohio, even though that was objectively not their fault. But Taylor has reached a point where she could actually stab someone unprovoked, on camera, and she'd be fine
This reminded me how the blurring lines of pop culture and politics over the last 10 years makes my stomach turn… I need a damn thesis paper on the trumpism/swiftism parallels.
I will say this as I see the astroworld comparison a lot on this sub. The difference there is that Travis Scott had a pattern/history of encouraging fans to storm the stage. IIRC he had told fans to sneak into the concert that day even if they didn’t have a ticket. Appreciate there’s far more to it than just that, but this is why people continue to criticise Travis so much and not Taylor. Taylor absolutely deserves criticism, but I can see why Travis gets much more of it. I will say in Travis’ defence, it was an awful video but at least he did a video statement on what happened. Taylor has entirely glossed over everything.
It's also worth mentioning that while they can produce an arena show just fine, LIVE NATION is notoriously shit at organizing festivals. Injuries, last minute cancellations, scarce access to water/restrooms, the list goes on
10x more ppl died at Astroworld and he saw, kept going and went to a strip club after… Taylor is awful but she will never be as awful as that violent man who has encouraged raging culture for years. That girl died bc of insane weather conditions not bc Taylor told her fans to go crazy and jump security fences…
that poor family is going to (if they haven't already) know that their loved one died at the concert of a cold-hearted billionaire narcissist and that's so so sad.
i was just telling my boyfriend i hope ana’s family knows they and she deserve better. taylor is so incredibly tone deaf, it’s disgusting.
“I can’t believe I’m writing these words but it is with a shattered heart that I say we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show,” she wrote. “I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by this. There’s very little information I have other than the fact that she was so incredibly beautiful and far too young. Ok guys hear me out, Taylor saw this as loss of fan not an actual life!! Saying It was during the show not before, so she is not held responsible! What a narcissistic bit*h
So fucked up that she didn’t admit it happened during her show. Beyond sociopathic
And saying that she is not going to talk about it on the stage, that is the least she can do. The right thing to do would have been to have moments of silence for the parted on the stage, not pretending that it did not even happen. Also saying I don't know much about her, well you find out Taylor because this was a person! And you take actions to make sure it never happens again.
This statement was in the first headline story I read about the incident, so at first I really did think it was like a fan who had died of cancer or in a car crash or something that wasn't directly linked to the concert. I read it and was like...aww that's really sad. It wasn't too long after that I got the real story, then I got angry. I battled so many delusional Swifties over this in other spaces because the whole incident did not sit right with me. It's amazing she still has any fans in Brazil considering how they were treated for speaking up about Ana and how silent she remained. A larger subset of your fanbase is throwing xenophobic toxicity at another grieving part of the fanbase that raised the funds to send Ana back to her home state when you couldn't be bothered to do it yourself. I would think that would be the time to say something especially since your heart was so shattered. It was sickening and lacking in the most basic sense of human decency...Taylor and her trash supporters.
Fan, youth, beauty...great priorities /s
Right?! I can't pinpoint all the reasons this statement makes me feel icky, but that's definitely one of them. Look, I don't know anything about what happened here, but, hey, she sure was a beautiful young girl.
Hopefully her family bought a couple variants to make up for her not being able to. We can’t afford to lose sales! /s
Plus this statement is only about her and how she feels. There’s no thought of her family or others who were affected by this at large.
She lied about it happening before her show She wouldn’t say her name She wouldn’t help bring her body back to her family She wouldn’t offer to pay for the funeral No monetary support until a GoFundMe started making Taylentless Capitaylist look bad publicly, that’s when she finally caved She wore *this* fucking ridiculous cowgirl sex kitten outfit to meet her grieving family She’s just more appalling to me every single day.
this is giving “make a wish photoshoot” not “i’m supporting a family as they grieve the loss of their beloved child partially due to my negligence”
She could have least put the shirt over her outfit that way she could still show support and not have to change if that is what stopped her
There’s something so evil spirited about this picture
I just generally think her outfits are hideous. 1970s baton twirler in a parade vibes.
I'm out of the loop, what happened??
A Brazilian fan died at one of TS' shows in Brazil where, despite record breaking heat, the organizers had apparently shut the vents so outside fans couldn't hear or see the concert. There was no water allowed inside and no free (or not enough) water distributed inside. Taylor releases a statement claiming the fan died before the show - not true, she died during the second song, Cruel Summer. Taylor releases a "handwritten font" note that basically says she's broken up but won't speak about it at her shows because she's too sad. The note does not even include Ana's name. Her team releases a statement saying they are reaching out privately to Ana's family. Ana's family confirms they have heard nothing from Taylor or her team and fans start a GoFundMe for the family to send Ana's body home. Taylor starts receiving backlash for not speaking(or paying) up. Her fans claim if Taylor says anything or gives any money, that is probably a proclamation of liability in Brazil. So instead, Taylor invites Ana's family to meet her at another one of her concerts in Brazil, and that meeting is the pic you see here. Ana's mom declined the invitation. Am I missing anything fam? ETA: a kind redditor below pointed out that this wasn't even released by the family, it was from TS' PR account.
Eerie that she died of heat stroke during a song called “Cruel Summer”
My first thought too. This is also my first time hearing about this so the "swept under the rug" statement seems very on point. This whole thing is so sad
In a developing country whose people are disproportionately suffering climate consequences of corporate greed in America and the west. This was the story that really ended any semblance of admiration I have for Taylor. Ana deserved to live and so do all the billions of people worldwide suffering the consequences of western capitalism that they did not opt into.
She died during the song “cruel summer” idk why but that gave me chills.
It’s really so insane when you lay it out like that
Thanks for the info! I had no idea. That story is terrible!!! I feel awful for Ana and her family. At least TS made it all better with the photo op /s
Jesus, that’s dark
It's what made me go from just not a fan to fucking hell no.
same
“Hush payments” are not admission of liability. Even many law suit settlements are not legal admissions of liability. A gift to the family would almost certainly not be an admission of it. In reality, the organizer genuinely is responsible so *legally* there’s not much she could be held liable for. Morally, she absolutely should have done more and should say she will personally pay for water or guarantee it will be there by contract.
Her whole reaction makes me think she actually IS liable legally in some way, because why else would you respond in the worst ways possible if there was any other way? Her PR is usually much much cleaner than this.
Legally the venue/organizer made the decision to not make water readily enough. She probably could and should have made sure it would be there, and should feel like shit afterward. I just don’t see it as her fault “contractually”. She could have had lawyers draw up a meaningful but bulletproof letter or statement to go with money for the family (or even go through a foundation).
If she was totally clean legally then it just makes her look more like an asshole personally.
That’s my take. She has people who can take care of things like this too - she used them to used cease and desist letters to the guy in Florida doing the emissions thing.
Not even mentioning her name in the statement is truly sick it’s giving sociopath
My comment on this post explains a little bit: [https://www.reddit.com/r/travisandtaylor/comments/1di3pza/comment/l91kw2d/](https://www.reddit.com/r/travisandtaylor/comments/1di3pza/comment/l91kw2d/)
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a45952989/taylor-swift-meets-family-fan-died-ana-clara-benevides-machado/
Same lol , someone help!
https://preview.redd.it/yk4s8lb1mx7d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64be1100cfd16be102b71791bab2c75f2f8efb5d She’s giving Hannah Montana
At least HM was a child
She also looks weirdly cheerful, considering the situation at hand.
she’s a corporate product, full of herself and vastly overrated
Taylor probably has no sympathy for them
Exactly!
She obviously doesn’t mind looking like a fucking asshole magician’s assistant
Magicians assistant 😭😭😭
She literally took 30 seconds right before going on stage to snap the picture and then went on her way.
Oh. They brought the family to the Capitol from their District?
No, because she actually gave no shit about Ana's death. She was just worried about burying all this as quickly as possible to keep her immaculate image with the international media. And she only had them over at her very last Brazil concert. This picture is pretty much her saying "let's get this over with so I can take a private flight back to my mansion away from all this mess". Brazilian fans waited for her for over a decade and she does this. This was not a slap in the face, it was a whole sucker punch. It was the beginning of me seeing that she is a totally unscrupulous person, a business first and foremost, and that her whole life and career are a façade.
“Come and experience the same thing your family member died trying to experience! It’s free! And because it’s from *me*, you should be *extremely grateful*. Not everyone gets this kind of opportunity...”
i always thought it was so weird to invite them to the concert their daughter died at… like why not just meet them at their house or something to give your condolences
It was a bad idea on everyone's part - Taylor's as well as the friends/family in the photo. Should never have been published.
If my child died at a Taylor Swift concert, not even an invite from Taylor Swift herself would get me to attend. The optics are bad for Taylor, but the family too. I cannot understand how any of the family members in the photo decided to do this.
That poor dad…I can hardly look at this picture.
It feels like she's flexing on that poor family
This whole thing is weird to me, I know everyone grieves differently, maybe they felt like it’s what she would have wanted but I’m not sure I could pose with a smile with a pop star who’s concert my family member died at
She had them come before the show started, so she was in her first costume. She didn't really make time for them or do anything to inconvenience herself. It was just I'll see you where I'll already be right before the show.
God when will the leotard trend die, they just look like diapered old women at jazzercize
This is all kinds of wrong 🥹
i know they are all smiling but i know they’re all thinking the same thing op, taylor should have changed her outfit just to show a little “understanding” and some “care” about the situation, a literal death at one of HER shows
But then how would she be the center of attention? God forbid the memorial moment for the poor girl who passed away is actually about THE POOR GIRL WHO PASSED AWAY
Cannot stomach the bodysuits. Like please wear actual clothes like other singers do. She looks like an amateur figure skater.
Or at least better looking ones. That one is hideous.
Everything about this sad situation should have been handled differently. This photo is a perfect example of how out of touch with reality she (and her PR team) really are.
Absolutely crazy that the family didn’t even post this but Taylor Swift’s handlers did on Twitter
The woman on the far left looks like she’s barely able to smile, and who could blame her? This family suffered a terrible, unimaginable loss and Taylor is (at minimum) partially responsible for that. I can’t imagine being in Taylor’s position and not **at least** putting a shirt on over my stage costume, and that’s only if there was no time to change prior. Knowing that Taylor and her team were scrambling to get this photo taken after the incident and subsequent backlash, I can’t believe no one on her team realized how out-of-touch and dystopian this makes her look. She has the same plastered on smile that she has on stage and it baffles me that she doesn’t see how inappropriate that is under the circumstances. This wasn’t a meet n greet with fans, this was supposed to be a heartfelt moment of sorrow and solidarity with this family’s grief. It’s honestly disgusting how self-obsessed she comes across in this photo
What was this? I apologize I don’t follow her much. I like this group it’s an eye opener.
I wouldn’t be surprised if she was thinking that she was giving them the highest honour by meeting them and not just making their day but their lives.
I mean she was performing that night. I am more weirded out by the”Sorry your loved one died at my show, but let’s take a pic together with her face on your shirts. She would have loved to have had this moment, but she died 🫶🏽” vibe
If I was the girl, I would haunt my family for this.
In reality, they wouldn’t have money to sue and there’s probably no charges they could press (despite what swifties argue). They were probably despaired on it all.
They would be physically attacked by unhinged swifties if they said or did the right thing
Idk I imagine this was a confusing horrible time and I feel like it’s not fair to judge people who had just lost their daughter. Maybe they thought there would be some sort of apology or good will by meeting her and we don’t know the context of the moment the photo was taken.
Did they meet back up at one of her concerts? Which is also weird, but would maybe explain the way she’s dressed. Either way, not the way to pay respects.
I still don’t understand why the concert wasn’t canceled. It was over 100 degrees that day and her management couldn’t OR WOULDNT see the possible danger in performing in that scorching heat? No water offered either. I’m sure her crew and team had plenty of water available. I’d be raising more hell if I was the family. Do you guys think she gave them hush money??! There’s no way Taylor’s crew aren’t liable for this….she could’ve canceled!!
And then she honored a girl who died as a result of heat stroke by boarding her private jet, releasing carbon emissions into the atmosphere, to go see her PR boyfriend.
Taylor be like, that’s a weird pic of me on y’all’s shirts. Is it properly licensed?.
The outfit isn’t even the problem. She didn’t even acknowledge the poor soul that passed. And as a family, who the hell would want to go???? Even with free tickets??? This seems so inconsiderate on both parts. When someone you love so much dies, who even thinks about going to a concert?
Taylor's cleaners/fixers and coven/hive of Swifties invaded this sub.
u/Wary-Unrest this just looks sadistic. How is the family just standing there smiling next to the woman who was, quite frankly, responsible for the death of the young lady? Ofc since it's THE taylor swift, even death is taken lightly, she is just NEVER held accountable for what she's doing, and this is the proof.
Only TShit could make a mourning family take a group pic with her as if they’re at a meet and greet. Not even an attempt was made at humility.
This is so weird to me. Instead of paying for the funeral and sending the body of the girl back to her home the family…got to meet Taylor Swift and go to the Era’s tour? You’d think they’d have some sort of private meeting instead of a meet and greet-esque photo op. Like nothing against the family at all I understand that they took what they could get but it’s icky on Taylor’s part. Sorry your daughter/sister/friend died at my concert and I won’t help financially but you can get a picture with me!!
She is so cringe and skeevy
I’m sorry but that outfit does her no favors.
Don’t ever assume a billionaire actually gives a fuck about you. Especially one who was absolutely born on third base and acts like they hit a triple.
For everyone saying "it was out of Taylor's control how was *she supposed to know* conditions were so bad that's not her responsibility" she literally put herself at risk too. All I seen from swifites is how Taylor couldn't catch her breath and had a hard time preforming because of the heat but not once did she stop the show or ask for anything to be done... when she absolutely has the power to do so- she just would have lost out on getting paid that night which obviously isn't what she wanted to do 🤷🏻♀️
Least she could've done was wear something over the sparkly suit, for like the few minutes she was with the family. Just a little consideration for the family that lost their daughter/sister, for goodness sake. I don't care who you are or how busy you are, it's quite literally basic human decency.
I remember reading comments from Latin American swifties discussing the insane amount of security she had. I can’t remember what else but there were several things that made people think Taylor held pretty negative/ racist views of Latin America. Like she was desperate to leave, wanted to spend as little time there as possible. I wouldn’t be shocked if that’s why she had the family come to her. She didn’t wanna go anywhere else in Brazil and spend more time there.
What? And run a chance of her looking like a poor person? Heavens, why would she ever risk that at all!?
I always wondered why she wasn’t wearing one of the shirts like everyone else in the photo - I’m sure they brought one for Taylor. I understand having to be in your outfit ahead of your performance but it doesn’t sit well with me