The 11-year-old fan’s attire was inspired by the opening of Swift’s latest concert series
A young Taylor Swift fan — whose themed Halloween costume is going viral — is having his wildest dreams come true!
Henry Hinson, 11, was recently gifted a pair of tickets to see Swift, 34, in concert after he showed off his costume based on the opening of the singer’s Eras Tour concert in a viral TikTok video.
The boy’s mom, Erin Hinson, shared an update through another TikTok video posted on Friday, Oct. 18, in which she told her son, who uses a wheelchair after having been diagnosed with spina bifida, which makes him paralyzed from the waist down, that he would be seeing his favorite singer live.
After Erin revealed that she “got a message from Taylor Nation,” a group who works with the “Blank Space” singer, Henry reacted with shock, before his mom told him that the Grammy winner’s team was giving them “two tickets to one of the shows in Indianapolis.”
“So you’re going to the Eras Tour!” she added.
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The preteen could then be seen screaming in excitement, before getting emotional and reaching out to hug his mom.
Erin captioned the video, “Henry is going to the Eras Tour!!”
Several people congratulated the young fan in the comments of the TikTok video, with one writing that they were “so happy” for Henry to get to experience the concert.
Another reacted to the video saying, “I’m not crying, you’re crying 🥹🥹🥹.” One other shared that they have “never been so happy for complete strangers.”
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Erin previously shared with PEOPLE that her son came up with the idea for the costume after he watched The Eras Tour film in theaters last October. She said that “he went nuts in the theater” as soon as he saw the opening segment of the show.
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“… When we were walking out, he said, ‘Mom that’s what I’m going to be for next Halloween,’ ” Erin recalled. “And I was like, ‘Son, it’s not even really Halloween yet for this year, we’re already planning for next year?’ And he has never, ever wavered that this is what I’m going to be for Halloween.”
The proud mom detailed that she helped him create his costume with pool noodles and fabric for the fan and a pink hazmat suit that she spray-painted to match the tour costumes.
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Henry, his mom said, became a fan of Swift’s while listening to her music in the hospital, which he visits frequently due to receiving treatment for his spina bifida.
“When he’s getting ready to go into an MRI that’s going to be two hours long, he has noise-canceling headphones and the Eras movie on, or 1989, which is his favorite album,” she said.
Erin also noted of Swift, “I think she will never understand the impact that she has had on this little life, because she brings him a whole lot of peace in moments that are not peaceful.”
Source people.com
