Taylor Swift was given a particular welcome in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday (November 16) when the enduring Christ the Redeemer statue was lit as much as honour her arrival.

The personalised projection included photos and symbols related to Swift’s profession, together with a bow and arrow, in tribute to her track ‘The Archer’, and a shawl that recollects the ‘Pink’ track ‘All Too Effectively’.

The statue was additionally adorned in a large white shirt bearing the names of Brazil’s states, in reference to the shirt Swift wears within the video for ‘You Belong With Me’, which was lined within the names of her faculty buddies.

📷| Nearer have a look at Taylor’s projection on Christ the Redeemer in Rio 🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/W2YmlqXKkd

— The Swift Society (@TheSwiftSociety) November 17, 2023

The mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, has additionally spoken about her arrival: “We’ll correctly honour Taylor Swift and her arrival to Carioca territory tonight. Welcome, Taylor Swift.”

Swift’s journey to Brazil has already been touched by tragedy, after a fan died earlier than a present in Rio de Janeiro right now (November 18). The person has been named by Brazilian media as Ana Clara Benevides, 23, noting that she fainted on the present and suffered a cardiac arrest.

Posting on Instagram, Swift wrote: “I can’t imagine I’m writing these phrases however it’s with shattered coronary heart that I say we misplaced a fan earlier tonight earlier than my present. I can’t even inform you how devastated I’m by this.

“There’s little or no info I’ve apart from the truth that she was so extremely stunning and much too younger.”

She continued: “I’m not going to have the ability to discuss this from stage as a result of I really feel overwhelmed by grief after I even attempt to discuss it. I wish to say now I really feel this loss deeply and my damaged coronary heart goes out to her household and buddies.

Final week (November 10), she was compelled to push again her second scheduled date in Argentina by two days as a result of unhealthy climate.

“I really like a rain present however I’m by no means going to hazard my followers or my fellow performers and crew,” Swift wrote in a put up on social media to announce the delayed live performance.

It was beforehand reported that some ticketholders had been tenting exterior the River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires since June in a bid to get a great place within the viewers on the gigs.

Swift’s new album, ‘1989 (Taylor’s Model)’, held off The Beatles from the highest of the UK Albums Chart this week, holding the highest spot forward of the Liverpool band’s ‘Blue’ and ‘Pink’ re-issues, which got here in at Quantity Two and Three respectively.