Watch Taylor Swift’s debut ‘Bigger Than the Whole Sky’ in Rio de Janeiro

Sunday night was an emotional one for Taylor Swiftwhile returning to the stage after the death of a fan before their concert in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. Although Swift did not specifically mention Ana Clara Benevides on Sunday night, there was speculation that the inclusion of the song “Bigger Than the Whole Sky” would be in honor of the college student.

As part of her “Surprise Song” segment, Swift premiered the ambient ballad about pain and heartbreak live.

“Goodbye, bye, bye. You were bigger than the whole sky,” Swift sang as she played the piano. “I have so much to live without, I will never know, what I could have been, would have been, what you should have been.”

Fan footage from the performance shows the entire arena joining Swift in her emotional performance.

Swift also unearthed “Dancing With Our Hands Tied” at her second show in Rio. This is the first time since 2018 that the singer performs the Reputation success of the time. At Friday night’s concert, Swift told the crowd that her goal was to search her catalog for material of hers that she had not yet performed. the tour of the agesbefore presenting the live debut of “Suburban Legends” as well as the first performance of their “Stay Beautiful” in 15 years.

Swift has had a tough time on the Rio leg of her tour. Ahead of Sunday night’s performance, Swift took to social media and said she was “overwhelmed with grief” after a fan died before his Eras Tour show started in Brazil on Friday, likely due to cardiac arrest due to record temperatures and “excessive heat” warnings that Rio de Janeiro is experiencing this week.

“I can’t believe I’m writing these words, but it’s with a broken heart that I say we lost a fan tonight before my show,” Swift said. wrote in a statement shared on his Instagram story. “I can’t even express how devastated I am by this. There is very little information I have other than the fact that she was incredibly beautiful and too young.”

Taylor Swift’s first concert in Brazil was attended by 60,000 people; More than a thousand people fainted during the show, according to the Rio de Janeiro Fire Department. The Minister of Justice, Flávio Dino, stated on social networks that the ministry will implement “emergency regulations” regarding access to water at shows and other public events.”

Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes called the fan’s death “unacceptable” and determined a change in strategy for Swift’s next two concerts, opening the stadium an hour early, adding new water distribution checkpoints and putting more brigades available.