The singer Taylor Swift (26) received this Sunday in her dressing room the family of Ana Clara Benevides, the 23yearold student who died on the 17th after falling ill during the singer’s performance at the Nilton Santos Stadium in Rio de Janeiro this month. .
The column had firsthand access to a recording of the meeting.
Ana’s family members are gathered at Allianz Parque in São Paulo to watch Taylor’s final performance in Brazil. As F5 showed, their presence was highlighted by fans and confirmed by Time For Fun (T4F), the producer of the shows in Brazil.
A video circulating on X (formerly Twitter) shows family members of the student in a reserved, covered area on the stadium track. Everyone wears Tshirts with a photo of Ana’s face.
Ana Clara was standing on the railing in front of the stage in Engenhão when she fainted. She was treated at the scene and taken to a hospital but did not survive. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.
Some fans expressed discomfort with Taylor Swift’s silence in the face of her fan’s death. Without help, Benevides’ family had to raise money to bring his body back to Mato Grosso do Sul, where he lived.
In a video published on Thursday (23), Serafim Abreu, CEO of Time for Fun, the company responsible for Taylor Swift’s shows in Brazil, responded to a series of demands that the company has received from the singer’s fans since her tour debut had in Brazil.
Abreu said that Time for Fun aims for the comfort of fans, but acknowledges that the company should have taken measures such as creating shaded areas outside the Engenhão Stadium in Rio, changing the time of the singer’s performances and highlighting the possibility of entry can stadiums with disposable water cups.
He apologized “to anyone who did not have the best possible experience at the shows” and for the delay in commenting publicly. He also recognized that from now on his company and other organizers will have to adapt to the extreme heat that is ravaging the country.
According to him, this is the first time in 40 years that a death has occurred at a Time for Fun event. Abreu mourned the loss of young Ana Clara and expressed his condolences to her family. He also made himself available to provide assistance and stated that the offer of assistance had been made since the death.
with BIANKA VIEIRA, KARINA MATIAS It is MANOELLA SMITH