Mom of Taylor Swift’s ‘Ronan’ Inspiration Went to London Eras Concert

Taylor Swift rolled out the pink carpet for a particular visitor to attend one in every of her Eras Tour live shows in London.

The 34-year-old pop star, who headlined 5 live shows at Wembley earlier this month, provided a VIP expertise to Maya Thompson, whose late son’s battle with most cancers impressed Swift’s 2012 single “Ronan.”

“Final week, I used to be in London with [Charisma Carpenter] for one thing she was engaged on. The following factor I knew, we have been within the Royal Suite at Wembley Stadium to look at the masterpiece that’s the Eras Tour,” Thompson wrote through X on Saturday, August 24. “We have been handled like royalty (actually). I’m nonetheless making an attempt to course of what occurred, the phrases stated, and the way I spent the night dancing subsequent to [Florence Welch.]”

Thompson added, “After I met @taylorswift13 for the primary time 13 years in the past, she was 22-years-old. She was a 22-year-old child with the emotional intelligence of somebody clever past her years. She reached out to me, a mother who fought so arduous by way of her son’s most cancers prognosis after which his demise. She reached out as a result of the love story between a mom and a baby impacted her. I fell in love with a 22-year-old woman due to her daring, bleeding coronary heart and real phrases — not as a result of she was one of many greatest stars on the planet, however as a result of she was simply Taylor. Since then, it has been an limitless stream of affection that by no means in my wildest desires would I’ve imagined.”

Swift initially realized of Ronan’s story through the “Rockstar Ronan” weblog that Thompson saved throughout his most cancers journey, which ended when Ronan died in 2011 at age 4. Sooner or later, Swift reached out to Thompson to disclose that she wrote a track in Ronan’s honor.

“In my view, one of many bravest issues {that a} human being may ever do is to undergo one thing completely insufferable after which share their expertise with the world. And I believe the braver you’re, the extra brutally sincere you’re,” Swift stated throughout a 2017 efficiency of the track. “There’s a lady right here tonight named Maya Thompson and she or he has lived on this space and introduced her youngsters up on this space. And I wouldn’t know half as a lot as I find out about childhood most cancers and childhood most cancers analysis if she hadn’t shared her story about her son Ronan.”

Swift famous on the time that she learn Thompson’s weblog “each night time,” including that most cancers has since “hit actually near [her].” (Swift’s mother, Andrea, beforehand battled breast most cancers.)

Within the years since, Swift has not publicly carried out “Ronan” dwell in live performance.

“This life with out Ronan is painful past measure, however by way of experiences like this, I’m reminded that he’s in every single place,” Thompson concluded on Saturday. “Taylor tethered him to this world in a approach I may have by no means finished alone. I’m eternally grateful for the magic that exists, which I typically can not clarify, however in my coronary heart, I do know it’s due to Ronan and Taylor. He’s nonetheless right here, creating mischief, equivalent to making it pour down rain as quickly as we stepped out of Wembley Stadium that night time.”

She added, “I’m eternally grateful for a love that transcends time and for you, Taylor Alison Swift. Thanks for nonetheless being right here and by no means forgetting somewhat boy’s shiny blue eyes. I really like you to the moon and again.”