DHAKA: Taylor Swift has reportedly donated $50,000 to the family of a young girl with cancer who used her song ‘Bad Blood’ in GoFundMe video raising money for medical treatment.

Naomi Oakes was recently diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia, an aggressive form of the disease that means she will have to spend up to nine months in an Arizona hospital for treatment.

It also means the 11-year-old superfan will miss Swift’s concert in Phonenix on 18 August, reports independent.co.uk.

Her family published a YouTube video addressed to Swift explaining Naomi’s diagnosis and her decision to use the singer’s ‘Bad Blood’ song as her fight song.

The Oakes said Naomi was ‘heartbroken’ at not being unable to watch Swift in concert and were calling on her to share the hashtag #teamnaomi on her Instagram.

Naturally, Swift (or someone pretending to be her) went one better and donated $50,000 to a GoFundMe page set up by Naomi’s aunt to cover medical costs, along with a personal message for Naomi.

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