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By Julia Hunt
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In this series, Newsweek is recapping every show Taylor Swift has performed on the Eras Tour, city by city.
Swift shared a touching moment with the late Kobe Bryant's daughter as she presented her with a hat during a Los Angeles–area concert on August 3, 2023.
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The singer traditionally hands her hat to a special fan each night while performing her song "22" from the Red album. While onstage, she picked Bryant's 6-year-old daughter, Bianka, and his wife, Vanessa, for the honor.
A clip that made the rounds on social media after the concert at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood showed Swift in a white T-shirt and sparkly black shorts crouching by the edge of the stage as she gave Bianka the black bowler hat. They shared a hug before Swift jumped back up and carried on with her performance.
Vanessa shared a photo of the moving moment on Instagram, adding a single red heart emoji as she captioned the post, "We love you @taylorswift."
Swift was friendly with the basketball star, who died in a 2020 helicopter accident that also claimed the lives of his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others.
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In 2015, Bryant appeared at one of Swift's L.A. shows to mark her 16th time playing a sold-out concert at the Staples Center. In a podcast interview on The Jordan Harbinger Show in 2019, he said he was "always there" for Swift if she needed it because she had been "a sweetheart to my girls before she even blew up and became Taylor Swift."
Posting on X (formerly Twitter) after Bryant died, Swift wrote: "My heart is in pieces hearing the news of this unimaginable tragedy. I can't fathom what the families are going through. Kobe meant so much to me and to us all. Sending my prayers, love, and endless condolences to Vanessa and the family and anyone who lost someone on that flight."
Taylor Swift's Surprise Songs in Los Angeles
August 3: "I Can See You" and "Maroon"
August 4: "Our Song" and "You Are in Love"
August 5: "Death by a Thousand Cuts" and "You're on Your Own, Kid"
August 7: "Dress" and "Exile"
August 8: "I Know Places" and "King of My Heart"
August 9: "New Romantics" and "New Year's Day"
Learn more about all the record-breaking, sentimental and just downright hilarious moments from Swift's Eras Tour with Newsweek's interactive timeline and map here.
Were you at any of Swift's Los Angeles shows? Tell us your favorite moment in the comments.
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