A 7-year-old girl from Michigan is going viral on TikTok after her family shared a video of her bonding with a trooper working at the Taylor Swift concert. Scarlett Wood saw the trooper wearing several friendship bracelets, which sparked an adorable moment between the two of them.
According to WZZM13 News, Scarlett was waiting in line to enter the Taylor Swift concert at the Ford Field stadium with her family when she saw a Michigan State Police trooper.
The state trooper was wearing an arm full of friendship bracelets
"There was a long line, so we were in the shade coloring," said Scarlett, according to the news station.
"It's when I saw people trading with the police officer. So I wanted to do it, too."
The young girl called out to Trooper Justin Roberts, who knelt to give Scarlett a better look at the arm full of bracelets he was wearing.
The trooper offered a bracelet to Scarlett
Trooper Roberts asked Scarlett which bracelet she would like from his wrist, and she took time to think of all the options. The trooper chimed in and asked if she would like the purple one, so it would match her dress.
"I thought it was very nice of him to be so patient with her," Leah Wood, Scarlett's mom said, according to the news station. "He seemed like a really great guy."
Scarlett's family took a video of the cute exchange
Posting to TikTok with the caption "Swiftie Cops, so sweet and patient with her," the 40-second video captured the sweet moment, and it went viral with 6.5 million views and counting. And the comments rolled in praising the trooper.
"I wonder if they got to request to work this event," one comment questioned. "I could see swiftie cops being like 'oh me please me I volunteer!'"
"He is either a girl dad or will be an amazing one some day!" pointed out a TikTok user.
"The way she's studying which one she wants I'm crying," someone else shared.
"I have a feeling he picked out his favorite to give to her," another fan wrote.
Friendship bracelets have become a staple for Swiftie fans to trade at the concerts
According to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the tradition of trading friendship bracelets at Taylor Swift concerts comes from her song titled "You're on Your Own Kid," where Taylor sings: "Make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it."
The newspaper says fans show up to performances "with armfuls of bracelets, some wearing the jewelry up to their elbow, giving them the opportunity to meet others at the show they wouldn't normally interact with."
And that new tradition — which had Scarlett and Trooper Roberts meet — melted everyone's hearts.
