After criticizing Taylor Swift for not commenting on the death of Ana Clara Benevides on Sunday (19), fans of the singer even mobilized to hold a minute of silence at the show on Monday (20) in Engenhão The idea was canceled at the end of the afternoon.
According to posts on fan channels, the withdrawal was at the request of the family of the 23yearold student, who died on Friday (17) after falling ill during the singer’s first performance in Rio.
“Guys, we just received updates and Ana’s family decided that it would be better not to do the project. We ask you to respect their decision, they are the most important thing at the moment. Please share it!” says the channel post Taylor Swift Brasil, with 345,000 followers on Twitter.
Despite widespread support for the protest, there were also those who were against the idea for fear of harming the singer.
“Guys, no! This will destabilize Taylor to an absurd level!!! There are other ways to show respect and honor what happened!!!!!,” one fan wrote.
Ana Clara Benevides, who died at Taylor Swift’s concert, will be buried on Tuesday (21).
“Thank God we got enough money this morning to do anything we wanted. A lot of people donated,” said Adriana Benevides, the mother.
On Sunday, in a euphoric show from start to finish, Taylor fulfilled what he had already said on social media, not to mention Ana Clara.
“I won’t be able to talk about it on stage because I’m overwhelmed with grief and just trying to talk about it,” the singer posted on social media.
Some fans even described Taylor’s decision to perform the song as a surprise song. “Bigger than the whole sky” (“Bigger than the entire sky”, in free translation) as a tribute to Ana Clara.
An excerpt from Taylor’s song in question goes as follows: “I have no answers after what happened / Salt pours from my eyes into my ears / Everything I touch grows sick with sadness / ‘Cause now it’s all over / Everything will.” Washed away by the sea / Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye / You were bigger than the whole sky.
However, other fans lamented the lack of words about what happened: “Wow, the show ended and Taylor didn’t say anything about the deceased fan? “Did she just ignore what happened?” wrote one Twitter user.
“I noticed a huge lack of empathy from her, no consideration for the deceased fan… She tried to suppress her image and suppress the tragedy that happened,” wrote another.