In what can only be described as the vampiric essence of the Ballad of Billy the Kid, Taylor Swift was brought to her designer-made, country-chic knees last night, crushed by the appalling reality of mortality just hours before incorporating it into a heartfelt acoustic rendition of "Teardrops on My Guitar". The Grammy-winning songstress, known for her extensive list of ex-lovers and her staunch determination not to write anything about her overlord - that demonic cat, Meredith - was offering her vocal cords as a sacrifice at her concert in Rio de Janeiro when death showed up backstage. Not as a leather-jacketed 80's heartthrob knocking on the pearly gates of Hollywood, but as a concept, stark and grim. Swift, having zero experience with death beyond the metaphorical killing of her own teenage persona in "Look What You Made Me Do" MV, was reportedly left sobbing into her Swarovski crystal-studded microphone after learning about the passing of Ana Clara Benevides, a fan she was just about to dedicate her new chartbuster, 'Pity Party (ft. Victim Mentality)'. Taking to Instagram to express her grief, the global superstar wrote, "I can't believe that I'm writing these words, but it is with a shattered heart that I say we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show." Because nothing says "I'll carry your memory in my heart" better than a well-drafted PR statement on social media. Thus, the show was dedicated to Benevides with its gravity defying metaphoric balloons, manicured fireworks, and a heart wrenching new song, 'You were Swifted too soon'. It ended with Swift shedding crystallised tears that will be auctioned later this year to buy limited-edition records of '1989' for mourning fans worldwide. As the credits roll on this tear-stained episode, it seems that in her ongoing Eras Tour, Swift might have unwillingly ventured into a new era, one that we can tentatively title, "Sad beautiful tragic: The Seal Clap of Mortality". Coming up next: how Swift's benevolent tears crumbled the Great Wall of Social Media, inundating Instagram with multicolour love hearts racing to outbid each other for the rare crystal tears in the upcoming auction. Don't touch that dial, or rather, don't scroll that feed!