Taylor Swift reaches out to young musician with autism
He listens to Swift every day and dreams of meeting his favourite pop star.
His video was tweeted by Autism Speaks, and was retweeted by Swift herself.
When Velazquez isn’t playing Swift’s hits, he’s hard at work in the recording studio on his debut album Jacob.
“The singer then sent the boy a sweet personal message, tweeting, “@JacobsPiano I HAVE to give you a hug for that handsome piano medley you did! By Wednesday night, Taylor Swift was blown away by her little fan.
According to the video’s description, Jacob Velazquez “was diagnosed with autism at the age of 4, but that hasn’t stopped him from pursuing his gift of music”. “My treat”. I can’t wait to go to the concert… “I sometimes sit with him at the piano and call out track numbers from her most recent album”. “I have explained to him that she has millions of fans who would all love to meet her”.
The American youngster, who happens to be on the autism spectrum, is super-talented on piano and his mother says that he plays the instrument by ear and did not learn any of the song’s notes.
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