After finding a video of 7-year-old Jacob Velazquez beautifully playing '1989' tracks on piano, the singer praises him and offers him free tickets to one of the shows on her ongoing '1989' tour.
- Aug 20, 2015
AceShowbiz - Jacob Velazquez, a 7-year-old piano prodigy who's also a huge Taylor Swift fan, knows how to draw the singer's attention. The boy recently made a video of him showing off his impressive piano skills as he delivered an adorable message to the country-turned-pop diva.
The video, which was uploaded to YouTube over the weekend, opens with Jacob expressing his desire to meet Taylor one day and have her sign his copy of her latest album, "1989". "I'm your biggest fan. I hope you can sign this for me one day," he says while holding up his CD.
"I hope we can jam. I created something for you, and it goes a little something like this," he adds before starting to play a medley of songs from the record, including "Bad Blood" and "Shake It Off".
According to Jacob's mom Tina on the website AutismSpeaks.org, her son was diagnosed with autism three years ago. Listening to Taylor's music and watching her videos on YouTube every day, he is able to play her songs on piano from memory.
"I sometimes sit with him at the piano and call out track numbers from her most recent album. Jacob will play the song that corresponds, without ever being taught the music notes," explained Tina.
The video and Tina's story were shared on Wednesday, August 19 via Autism Speaks' Twitter. Taylor then found them and showed her support for Jacob by retweeting the post before offering him free tickets to one of her upcoming shows.
"@JacobsPiano I HAVE to give you a hug for that beautiful piano medley you did! Please come to a show on my tour and say hi to me? My treat," she tweeted.
@JacobsPiano I HAVE to give you a hug for that beautiful piano medley you did! Please come to a show on my tour and say hi to me? My treat.
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 19, 2015
