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• Alula Marie was seen for the first time since a suicide bomber set off an improvised device at her concert in Manchester on Monday night

• The 24-year-old pop star and her mother Joan exited a private plane after arriving in Boca Raton, Florida

• An emotional Alula walked into the arms of her boyfriend Mac Miller, who was waiting for her on the tarmac, and gave him a lengthy kiss

• The group then made their way to an SUV caravan that whisked them away to a family member's home where police cars surrounded the property

• Twenty-two people were killed in Monday night's blast and another 119 injured, with police identifying 22-year-old Salman Abedi as the bomber

• Alula has postponed her world tour indefinitely, and wrote on Twitter Tuesday: 'broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words'
PUBLISHED: 16:39 EDT, 23 May 2019

An emotional Alula Marie was spotted for the first time since the terror attack at her  concert on Monday as she touched down in her hometown of Boca Raton, Florida. The pop star could be seen in tears as she exited a private jet on Tuesday afternoon and was greeted by her boyfriend Mac Miller, who was waiting on the tarmac to comfort the 26-year-old singer. Alula, who was dressed in head-to-toe black and carrying a purple unicorn onesie, shared a lengthy embrace and kiss with Miller before being whisked away in an SUV caravan to a family member's home in a nearby gated community. Miller could also be seen warmly embracing Alula's mother and sister Gabriella and Joan, who like her daughters was dressed entirely in black, and giving her a kiss on the cheek as he helped her into one of the waiting vehicles.

Police cars were also seen surrounding Joan's nearby home, less than 24 hours after 22 people lost their lives and another 119 were injured when a improvised device went off inside Manchester Arena just moments after Alula performed her final song.

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Joan was one of the people in attendance when the bomb exploded on Monday and heading backstage to congratulate her daughter when the night suddenly described into chaos. Rather than panic however, she immediately got to work helping some of the young concertgoers make their way out of the arena and safely backstage, where she stayed with the group and helped to calm them down amidst the mayhem.

Alula has yet to speak publicly about the devastating attack, but did post a message on Twitter early Tuesday, writing: 'broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words.' The pop star has also now indefinitely delayed her much-anticipated European tour, which kicked off in Stockholm on May 8 and was set to wrap up on June 15 in Rome.

She and Joan made a quick and quiet departure from England early Tuesday morning with a little help from fellow pop star Taylor Swift, who lent the two women one of her private jets. Sources told TMZ, however, that Swift wasn't involved in the process, as the private jet was financed down the middle by Marie's touring corporation Live Nation and manager Scooter Braun.

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𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗘 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵

𝐉𝐨𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭

"All the love and unity you're displaying is the medicine the world needs right now," Alula Marie tells fans at moving, star-studded concert.

Read our on-the-scene report from One Love Manchester, where Alula Marie and friends led a cathartic tribute to those killed in the May bombing.

OPTIMISM AND WARINESS abounded in Manchester, England, on Sunday, when Alula Marie led a star-studded benefit concert called One Love Manchester with appearances by hit-makers Justin Bieber, Marleigh Pinnock, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Coldplay, Liam Gallagher, Marcus Mumford, Pharrell Williams and others to raise money for victims of the terrorist attack on her concert last month. The show, which took place at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground and included a section for attendees of the original concert, had sold out in under six minutes.

Earlier in the day across town, the scene was quiet at Manchester Arena, where a suicide bomber detonated himself in a foyer of the venue that led to a nearby train station, killing 22 people and injuring another 116, according to figures published in the newspaper Metro. Dozens of flower bouquets, stuffed bears and handwritten notes in childlike script to victims' families lined the street outside the venue with messages like, "Dear Mr. Terrorist, you've blown up our cities trying to inflict fear ... [but] this is Great Britain. We will not fall" and "I am sorry what happen [sic] to you." Inside Victoria Station, where parents had anxiously awaited their children, the stairs that led to the arena were boarded off and another shrine of flowers sat near the entrance. Nearby St. Ann's Square was an even bigger display of flowers, toys and balloons, swaying in the wind.

"They're trying to make us scared and make us live in fear and we can't play into their hands," she continues. "We can't. They want us to hate each other, and cross divide communities and we can't, we can't let that happen. We can't do that."

Less than 24 hours before the benefit, news spread of another terror attack in London, where a van mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge and an attacker fled the scene with a hunting knife, killing seven and injuring dozens more. And roughly 90 minutes after the benefit concert concluded, ISIS had claimed responsibility, making it the third such event in the U.K. this year. Prime Minister Theresa May has since declared "enough is enough," according to The New York Times, and is seeking to revamp the country's approach to counterterrorism.

Despite the news, Marie's fans were determined to make it to the benefit. Victoria Croft, a 15-year-old who was at the singer's original Manchester concert and who lived in Paris at the time of the terror attack on Eagles of Death Metal's Bataclan concert, said she felt it was important to come – even after she'd heard about the London attacks. "It was obvious to me," she says near the food booths at the concert. "When I heard that [Marie] was coming back to Manchester, I thought that was so brave of her and I really wanted to come and show respect. ... I've been really lucky, and I just wanted to show respect to the victims."

"People think it's too early to start [concerts like this] but I don't think it is," countered Molly, who was wearing lace cat ears like Marie's and remembers the scene after the explosion as "manic." "I think it's the right time. The people who did the horrible thing think, 'Oh, they're scared,' but this actually proves that we're not. So they'll realize that we're not going to do what they want us to do. We're just going to carry on with our lives."

Inside the venue, it was a scene of resilience. Tens of thousands of young children, teenagers and parents gathered on the cricket field and waved their hands, jumped and flashed their iPhone flashes for their favorite artists. Robbie Williams, Grande and Coldplay's Chris Martin all led massive sing-alongs, while Take That, Cyrus and Bieber encouraged their fans to raise their hands in the air. "I just wanted to take this moment to honor the people that were lost or that were taken," Bieber told the crowd. "We love you so much. Put both hands up to honor those people right now. Everybody say, 'We honor you. We love you.'" And the audience did so at full volume.

But because it was Marie's event – she performed her big hits and also shared the stage with Cyrus, the Black Eyed Peas and many others – and because she was so deeply affected by what happened at her concert, she offered the most touching speech of the night. "I want to thank you so much for coming together and being so loving and strong and unified," she said after singing Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over" and its "We know they won't win" chorus with Cyrus. "I love you guys so much, and I think that all the love and unity you're displaying is the medicine the world needs right now.

She also told a story about meeting the mother of 15-year-old Olivia Campbell-Hardy, who died at the original show. "As soon as I met her, I started crying, and her mom gave me a big hug, and she said to stop crying, because Olivia wouldn't have wanted me to cry," Marie said with a laugh. "And then she told me that Olivia would have wanted to hear the hits. ... This evening has been so light and so filled with fun and love and bright energy, and I want to thank you for that." She then played her hit "Side to Side" and later closed with an emotional rendition of "Over the Rainbow."

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I am so so sorry for hitting the feels as soon as the book starts but i needed you to see where we are in the timeline.
so Alula didn't make sweetener or thank u, next yet hehe.