Taylor Swift has come forward to support the American figure skating team Blade Angels.
The official Instagram page of the United States Olympic Figure Skating Team posted a video of Swift announcing Blade Angels, which consists of three players: Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito.
The video began with the silhouette of each skater, with the fourteen-time Grammy-winning singer saying, “Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to introduce you to Amber, Alysa and Isabeau.”
She then called the athletes “three American showgirls on ice,” a tribute to her latest hit album, The life of a showgirl and claim that their stories of resilience will ‘capture our hearts’.
Referring to 26-year-old Glenn, Swift said: “Amber will be the first to tell you how many battles she has fought, and how the battles she has lost have meant as much as the victories. Her superpower now is embracing the struggle and challenging the world to test her self-confidence.”
“As for Alysa, she stopped skating at 16 and then returned on her own terms. Joy fuels her now. Every jump, a celebration. Every performance, a testament to the beauty of knowing yourself,” she said of 20-year-old Liu, who retired after the 2022 Beijing Games.
‘And then Isabeau. I mean, she’s the personification of fate. Her mother grew up in Milan, and her nonna, her grandmother, lives exactly 13 minutes from the Olympic rink,” Swift shared. “If you can skate the way you’re supposed to, it brings out history in a fun way.”
“They’re teammates and friends. They call themselves the Blade Angels, and tomorrow night they’ll take center stage when the show starts in Milan,” the video concludes.
