Taylor Swift treated two girls who were involved in a stabbing during a dance class based on her choreography to a “magical” night at one of her concerts.
The 34-year-old singer said she was “completely shocked” after three little girls were killed at a Taylor class in Southport, Merseyside, last month, and has since reportedly been in touch with the families involved in the carnage.
One of the mothers, Sami Foster, posted a now-viral TikTok video showing a carousel of photos from a backstage visit at one of Taylor’s sold-out “Eras Tour” shows at Wembley Stadium in London, along with her daughters Hope and Autumn.
Taylor’s mother Andrea Swift also poses in the gallery with Sami’s family.
In one of the snapshots, one of the girls appears to be wearing a bandage on her forearm – which has a line from Taylor’s song “Cardigan” written on it, which reads: “You drew stars around my scars.”
Sami also used the singer’s song “Enchanted” as background music for her post and wrote: “The biggest thanks goes out to @TaylorSwift and her mom for giving us all the most magical night possible (heart hands emoji). Thank you for bringing pure happiness to Hope and Autumn last night and forever (pink heart emoji).”
It is not known how many families Swift met with during her London performance, but reports say Sami’s family is not the only one invited to a meet-and-greet with the singer.
Taylor has not yet commented publicly on the meetings.
Before the start of her five-day performance at Wembley Stadium, she reportedly made private contact with the families of the three girls killed in the July 29 attack – nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe and six-year-old Bebe King.
Eight other children and two adults were also injured in the attack, six of whom were in critical condition at the time of the attack.
Merseyside Police announced on August 6 that the injured children had left hospital.
There were believed to be around 25 children in the classroom at the time of the attack. A 17-year-old boy was arrested and charged with three counts of murder, ten counts of attempted murder and possession of a knife object.
Taylor said of the attack in her Instagram stories on July 30: “The horror of yesterday’s attack in Southport is still running through my mind and I am just in complete shock… the loss of life and innocence and the horrific trauma inflicted on everyone who was there, the families, the first responders. These were just young children at a dance class. I don’t even know how I can ever express my condolences to these families.”