Taylor Swift Voices Support for Team USA's 'Blade Angels'
The Blade Angels are set to skate at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics — and Taylor Swift gave fans a preview in a February 16 video. With her 2025 song "Opalite" in the background, the pop megastar introduced the three Team USA athletes as "three American showgirls on ice." Swift put their journeys in perspective, beginning with U.S.
2026 national champion Amber Glenn. "Amber will be the first to tell you about how many battles she's fought and how the ones she's lost have meant as much as the wins. Her superpower now is embracing the fight and daring the world to test her self-belief," she said about the 26-year-old.
She then spoke about Alysa Liu: "As for Alysa, she walked away from skating when she was 16, but then came back on her own terms," Swift said of the 20-year-old. "Joy fuels her now. Every jump, a celebration. Every performance, a testament to the beauty of knowing yourself." And of 18-year-old Isabeau Levito, Swift said: "And then, Isabeau.
Italy, Milan Cortina
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