Taylor Swift may have just made one front liner’s milestone birthday unforgettable.
The recently-turned-30 singer gave a sweet birthday surprise to a fan who just turned the big 3-0 herself – Whitney Hilton, who’s “a Nurse by day, Swiftie ALWAYS,” according to her Twitter account.
The ecstatic fan went on Twitter to share that the Lover songstress sent her a package for her special day along with a handwritten letter.
“I need to PUBLICLY THANK TAYLOR SWIFT @taylorswift & @taylornation13 @treepaine for sending me a box full of Merch & a PERSONALIZED LETTER from Taylor herself for my 30th birthday/for going to NYC to help as a nurse,” Whitney tweeted. “This was quite literally the BEST DAY OF MY LIFE.”
She also shared a video of her excitement upon receiving the package on the social media platform, writing, “THANK YOU @taylorswift FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!!!!!! 💜💗💙❤️💚💛🧡 (I apologize for the out of body experience you are about to see.. I needed to CALM DOWN 😂) #TaylorSwift #BestDayEver”
Whitney, who’s originally from Utah, recently moved to New York City, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S., to work at Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center.
In a blog post published by Intermountain Healthcare last month, Whitney shared her experience.
“This is a humbling experience. I have so much to say but almost too overwhelmed to say it all,” she wrote. “New York has been hit HARD. The people need help, the nurses need help, the doctors need help, everyone needs help.”
“This is crisis mode like I’ve never seen,” she added. “This is an incredible experience, albeit the hardest thing I’ve ever done AND equally the most rewarding.”
Whitney shared an excerpt of Taylor’s letter as her cover photo on Twitter, which reads, “I can’t thank you enough for risking your life to help people and for spreading the message loudly that people need to hear about taking this seriously. Also, I saw the photo of you from my show! Thank you for coming! I would love to give you a hug next time and thank you in person. With love and admiration, Taylor.”
Taylor, who’s known for personally reaching out to fans with gifts and other means of support on various occasions, has also helped out her fellow musicians.
Jojo recently shared how Taylor showed her support during her lawsuit against her former music label.
As a refresher, Jojo previously opened up about how her former music label legally barred her from releasing any music at all while under contract with them. And, after dropping her first two albums, they weren’t releasing any of her new songs due to multiple factors.
“I recorded hundreds of songs, wrote hundreds of songs. They didn’t come out and it felt like I was banging my head into a wall because I’m like ‘Is anybody ever going to hear this?’” she shared in an interview with Uproxx earlier this year.
After a legal battle, she was eventually released from her contract, re-recorded her entire catalog and launched her own record label (in partnership with Warner Records).
“This journey has been a journey of learning how to love myself. I feel really lucky, really, really grateful for the longevity that I have and for the resilience that I do have. But I work on it every day. I want to create a life for myself and I want to create a legacy,” she said in the video.
In a recent interview with People, JoJo recounts an instance when she hung out with Taylor and some mutual friends.
“She was just like, ‘I can’t believe everything you’re going through. This is so f—ed up, so wrong, blah, blah, blah,’” JoJo told the outlet.
She says this happened before Taylor experienced her own battle with former label Big Machine Group head Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun, who now own her masters.
“And of course, she couldn’t have ever known that she would go through something similar where her catalog was bought from her,” JoJo continued.
But she says their situations are a bit different. “I was literally being completely silenced. Taylor is in a different position in her career. I was really sidelined, and it was pretty hurtful. I don’t think that her career is suffering because of whatever happened. They’re still available on streaming services; that’s the difference.”
“I’m on the side of these women. But, at the end of the day, the situation between her and Scooter is vastly different than what I was going through with Blackground,” JoJo says. “To be honest, I don’t have any problem with Scooter Braun. I think he’s a really smart man — but it does suck to feel like you are not in control of your own s—.”
JoJo has since released new music, and recently dropped a brand new album Good To Know.
