{"id":2114221,"date":"2025-10-25T02:14:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T02:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2114221"},"modified":"2025-10-25T02:14:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T02:14:29","slug":"taylor-swift-donates-100k-to-young-swiftie-with-brain-cancer-sending-the-biggest-hug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swift-donates-100k-to-young-swiftie-with-brain-cancer-sending-the-biggest-hug\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Donates $100K to Young Swiftie With Brain Cancer: \u2018Sending the Biggest Hug\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/taylor-swift\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Taylor Swift;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Taylor Swift <\/a>is keeping her giving streak going by donating a life-changing chunk of change to Lilah, a 2-year-old Swiftie who\u2019s battling brain cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The pop star quietly contributed $100k to a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/stand-by-lilah-in-her-cancer-fight\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:GoFundMe page;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">GoFundMe page<\/a> raising money for the toddler and her family as Lilah undergoes treatment for \u201ca very rare aggressive form of brain cancer\u201d with only \u201c58 documented cases in the U.S. last year,\u201d according to the fundraiser\u2019s description. Shortly before she received the diagnosis, doctors had removed a mass that turned out to be a stage 4 tumor in her brain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Along with her donation, Swift wrote, \u201cSending the biggest hug to my friend, Lilah! Love, Taylor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After noticing that the 14-time Grammy winner had donated, a wave of Swifties also joined the cause, leaving $13 contributions and adding supportive messages to Lilah inspired by Swift\u2019s lyrics. \u201cWe protect the family,\u201d one person wrote, quoting the singer\u2019s The Life of a Showgirl track \u201cFather Figure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cLilah \u2013 Keep dancing through the lightning strikes until your sky is opalite!\u201d another donor commented, referencing Showgirl\u2018s \u201cOpalite.\u201d \u201cAll of us Swifties are [rooting] for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What makes the outpouring of love for Lilah even sweeter is how the little girl\u2019s mom, Katelynn, has previously posted about how much her daughter loves Swift. \u201cLilah loves Taylor\u2019s music and during her cancer treatment she always found joy in it,\u201d Katelynn wrote on TikTok earlier in October, noting that Lilah thinks of Swift as her \u201cfriend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Swift is known for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/timeline-taylor-swift-generosity-175700361.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:shelling out donations;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">shelling out donations<\/a> to people in need, and in June, she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/taylor-swift-visits-patients-children-190808202.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:visited patients;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">visited patients<\/a> in a children\u2019s hospital in Florida. Lilah\u2019s treatment also isn\u2019t the first cause the Eras Tour headliner has inspired fans to support. This past month, Swifties <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/taylor-swift-inspired-fans-raise-201211498.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:helped raise $2 million;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">helped raise $2 million<\/a> for the Monterey Bay Aquarium\u2019s otter conservation efforts after Swift sported one of the organization\u2019s vintage T-shirts.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/.A8tp3RoFR3tTtCdwL5.1A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTExOTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/billboard_547\/6c5fdd1e585fffc1a8661cfd14eda443\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Billboard VIP Pass<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.billboard.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billboard's Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Billboard&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. 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The pop star quietly contributed $100k to a GoFundMe page raising money for the toddler and her family as Lilah undergoes treatment for \u201ca very rare aggressive form of brain cancer\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2021507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[321796,362340,23084],"class_list":["post-2114221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-brain-cancer","tag-cancer-treatment","tag-taylor-swift"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Charli-XCX-and-George-Daniel-marry-for-second-time-in.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2114221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2114221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2114221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2114222,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2114221\/revisions\/2114222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2114221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2114221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2114221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}