Emilie Kiser got candid about the music that is helping her navigate her ongoing grief in the wake of her toddler son Trigg’s untimely death.
“Sometimes I do feel inclined to share really hard moments that I have, because it’s few and far in between that I want to get on the internet and talk about all of the deep, dark emotions that I have, honestly,” Kiser, 27, said via TikTok on Friday, April 24, describing which Taylor Swift song she “relates” to the most after her 3-year-old son died in a drowning accident in May 2025.
“I actually think someone will benefit from this, because this is the whiplash of this thing that is grief,” she continued of Swift’s “My Tears Ricochet” song, specifically the lyrics, “I can go anywhere I want/Anywhere I want, just not home.”
“That hits hard for me,” Kiser added. “For me, after losing Trigg, a lot of music I listen to, I relate to grief, and I feel like those lyrics so perfectly describe the depths of child loss.”
Emilie Kiser is reflecting on her therapy journey following the death of her and husband Brady Kiser’s 3-year-old son, Trigg. “I’m feeling good today. OK, well, when I say I’m feeling good, I just am able to cope and manage it. I don’t actually feel good, if that makes sense,” Emilie explained in a Sunday, […]
She continued, “We’re all still having to live this life. I wish so badly that he was here living it with us. And there are obviously so many emotions that come with that.”
Kiser explained that there’s “so many emotions” that come with the lyrics that she related to her feelings of “never going back” to “what [they] had” before her son’s drowning.
“It’s s***y,” she added through tears. “You’re painfully reminded of it every day. Through your other children, or things that you see, or songs that you listen to. I can be going through my day and find bits of joy and then I feel like I’m literally punched in the face and in the gut.”
@emiliekiser I love running my errands with you guys🥺🤍🫶🏼🍰🌷
♬ original sound – Emilie
“I love running my errands with you guys🥺🤍🫶🏼🍰🌷,” she captioned the post. Kiser’s fans supported her in the comments section.
“Being homesick for a place that doesn’t exist anymore. 💔,” one wrote, which Kiser “liked.” Another fan commented, “Sending you the biggest hug Em.” A third added, “Grief is Love with no place to go 🤍🥹.”
Emilie previously opened up about “forgiving” her husband Brady Kiser after Trigg’s death, as he was the only adult home at the time of the incident.
When asked by a fan how she “healed the loss of [her] son in [her] marriage and forgave [her] husband, Emilie replied, “You don’t heal from the loss, you learn to live with the grief. Lots of therapy and consistently. As well as [the] realization that everyone deserves love, empathy, and forgiveness.”
In May 2025, news broke that Trigg died after he was found unconscious in their backyard pool. At the time, authorities recommended criminal charges against Brady. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said it would not be pursuing charges since there was “no likelihood of conviction.”
Even before Taylor Swift looked forward to a future family with fiancé Travis Kelce, she shared her intentions in her hit songs. Swift has released chart-topping album after chart-topping album since she was 15, with many songs about her loved ones. Swift’s parents, Scott and Andrea, have been the inspiration of songs “The Best Day,” […]
Emilie and Brady are also the parents of son Theodore “Teddy,” whom they welcomed in March 2025.
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