About an hour or so before midnight on the East Coast, Taylor Swift dropped “Welcome To New York,” the third and latest single from her upcoming record 1989. The new jam is back to the upbeat pop nature we first heard on “Shake It Off,” and naturally, Tay Sway fans are out on social media in full force, tweeting their little tween faces off and telling everyone just how it is.
And many are just fucking wrong.
Here are 13 people we think are just way off the mark in their assessment of “Welcome To New York.” Some think it sucks, some think it’s a masterpiece, some think it’ll make everyone stop singing that Alicia Keys song about New York. Everyone is wrong. Meanwhile, go get the song here.
honestly welcome to New York is going to be like new yorks anthem
— colleen (@colleenswift13) October 21, 2014
Ehhh, probably not though.
not digging taylor swifts song welcome to New York , it's not good. I feel she could do better. not for me
— megan ;/ (@sweaterlouis) October 21, 2014
False: it is good. Just barely, but still good.
I can only assume Taylor Swifts new song New York goes "welcome to New York its the perfect place shine your shoes wipe face"
— James Cooke (@CookySauce) October 21, 2014
Nope.
one day i'm gonna move to new york and play welcome to new york in my head and cry
— savannah⚓️ (@sailorkillian) October 21, 2014
Unlikely.
Welcome to New York is a masterpiece. Wow.
— Lily Jaquith (@LilyJaquith) October 21, 2014
Not going that far. It’s good. It’s fun. It’s dance-around-your-bedroom-able. But shit, a masterpiece? Hey, Robyn’s “Call Your Girlfriend” is a masterpiece.
So…Taylor Swift's new single Welcome to New York is Robyn's Call Your Girlfriend but worse
— Kline Gilbert (@klineykline) October 21, 2014
🙁
Welcome to New York is awful….
— 1DAF (@1daflirry) October 21, 2014
Not awful.
i'm gonna have welcome to new york stuck in my head for the REST OF MY LIFE probably
— ivy (@kingfalchuk) October 21, 2014
Give it a day or two.
RIP ME AGVDKUJBD>WSHFEDBHS:RSIKNKS WELCOME TO NEW YORK HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH TAY CAN U NOT
— anjelica (@Catnipcatnipcat) October 21, 2014
Waaaaaait wuuuuuut?
Shake it off is so good welcome to new york is eh and out of the woods is a masterpiece I will stand by
— !! (@camilasmind) October 21, 2014
1 for 3.
my sister showed me welcome to new york and we were both like ehh.. she's been a taylor fan forever and will still buy the album but it sux+
— ✯ loki ✯ (@terranime) October 21, 2014
Album’s gonna be okay. Just wait.
but Welcome to new york sucks and im done with the topic.
— Demi Lovato (@QueenDemi18) October 21, 2014
Doesn’t suck!
Did Taylor Swift get a paycheck from the NYC tourism board for "Welcome to New York?" Just wanna check before I finalize my opinion.
— Ebeth Engquist (@Shmeebsie) October 21, 2014
No she did not.
Welcome to New York makes me want to visit New York soooo bad! #WelcomeToNewYork
— David Karon (@karon_david) October 21, 2014
Oh shit wait maybe she did.
Listen to a preview of “Welcome To New York” below…
