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Taylor Swift has revealed that her mother Andrea has been diagnosed with a brain tumour.
In a new interview with Variety, the 30-year-old said doctors discovered the tumour while her mother was undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer.
The 62-year-old was initially diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. After treatment, Andrea went into remission but the disease returned last year.
"She was going through chemo, and that's a hard enough thing for a person to go through,” Swift told the publication.
“While she was going through treatment, they found a brain tumour.
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For her opening look, Swift is seen wearing a bomber jacket from her clothing collaboration with British fashion designer Stella McCartney. The ivory-coloured jacket features a colourful heart print with wings and a "Stella x Taylor Swift" logo on the back. Swift pairs the jacket with sequin trousers and heart-shaped earrings. She also has the bottom of her hair dip-dyed bright pink.
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In the next clip, Swift is shown playing the drums while her love interest hangs a picture of her beloved cat on the wall. Swift matches her outfit to the green colour scheme of the room, opting for a silky lime-hued shirt tucked into a pair of checked, high-waisted shorts. Again, the singer has dyed the ends of her hair to match the colourful scene.
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In a topsy-turvy room that sees Swift and her love interest playing board games on the ceiling, the singer opts for a Fifties-inspired look consisting of a yellow knitted top, matching flat pumps and white shorts.
Taylor Swift/YouTube
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As she plays the guitar in a maroon-coloured living room during a New Year's Eve party, Swift stands out from the crowd in a canary yellow dress that features a ruffled hem. The singer accessorises the look with drop earrings and a retro-inspired headband.
Taylor Swift/YouTube
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Butterflies have been an ongoing theme throughout the Lover album cycle, with Swift featuring them in both the "ME!" and "You Need to Calm Down" music videos. For "Lover", the star incorporated the symbol with a patterned playsuit. She finishes the look with a pink hairband emblazoned with the word "Amour", which translates from French to mean "love" in English.
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As she plays the violin in a cobalt blue-coloured dining room, Swift can be seen wearing a Chanel-inspired boucle shift dress. The singer finishes the look with cream block heel shoes and a heart-shaped hair clip.
Taylor Swift/YouTube
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Sitting in the attic of the colourful doll house, Swift wears a formal white shirt that features a red floral motif. The top is tucked into black leather shorts that are secured with a red belt. She pulls the ensemble together with a swipe of red lipstick.
Taylor Swift/YouTube
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For her opening look, Swift is seen wearing a bomber jacket from her clothing collaboration with British fashion designer Stella McCartney. The ivory-coloured jacket features a colourful heart print with wings and a "Stella x Taylor Swift" logo on the back. Swift pairs the jacket with sequin trousers and heart-shaped earrings. She also has the bottom of her hair dip-dyed bright pink.
Taylor Swift/YouTube
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In the next clip, Swift is shown playing the drums while her love interest hangs a picture of her beloved cat on the wall. Swift matches her outfit to the green colour scheme of the room, opting for a silky lime-hued shirt tucked into a pair of checked, high-waisted shorts. Again, the singer has dyed the ends of her hair to match the colourful scene.
Taylor Swift/YouTube
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In a topsy-turvy room that sees Swift and her love interest playing board games on the ceiling, the singer opts for a Fifties-inspired look consisting of a yellow knitted top, matching flat pumps and white shorts.
Taylor Swift/YouTube
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As she plays the guitar in a maroon-coloured living room during a New Year's Eve party, Swift stands out from the crowd in a canary yellow dress that features a ruffled hem. The singer accessorises the look with drop earrings and a retro-inspired headband.
Taylor Swift/YouTube
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Butterflies have been an ongoing theme throughout the Lover album cycle, with Swift featuring them in both the "ME!" and "You Need to Calm Down" music videos. For "Lover", the star incorporated the symbol with a patterned playsuit. She finishes the look with a pink hairband emblazoned with the word "Amour", which translates from French to mean "love" in English.
Taylor Swift/YouTube
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As she plays the violin in a cobalt blue-coloured dining room, Swift can be seen wearing a Chanel-inspired boucle shift dress. The singer finishes the look with cream block heel shoes and a heart-shaped hair clip.
Taylor Swift/YouTube
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Sitting in the attic of the colourful doll house, Swift wears a formal white shirt that features a red floral motif. The top is tucked into black leather shorts that are secured with a red belt. She pulls the ensemble together with a swipe of red lipstick.
Taylor Swift/YouTube
"And the symptoms of what a person goes through when they have a brain tumour is nothing like what we've ever been through with her cancer before. So it's just been a really hard time for us as a family."
The "Lover" singer said it was a big decision for her to speak publicly about the illness and described her mother as the "guiding force" behind everything she does.
"Everyone loves their mum; everyone's got an important mum. But for me, she's really the guiding force,” Swift said.
“Almost every decision I make, I talk to her about it first. So obviously it was a really big deal to ever speak about her illness."
The Cats star has been using music to deal with her mother’s cancer battle and included a touching tribute to Andrea with the track "Soon You'll Get Better" on her latest album Lover.
In the song, Swift sings lyrics such as “I didn’t tell you I was scared,” while also explaining how her mother was making “the best of a bad deal”.
The new diagnosis comes four years after Swift first shared that her mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer with a statement on her Tumblr page.
“For Christmas this year, I asked my mum that one of her gifts to me be her going to the doctor to get screened for any health issues, just to ease some worries of mine," the star wrote at the time.
“The results came in, and I'm saddened to tell you that my mom has been diagnosed with cancer.”
At the time, the Nashville-born singer said that she wanted to keep the details of her mother’s condition and treatment plans “private”.
However, in March 2019 the Grammy award winner revealed to her fans that her mother’s cancer had returned.