Taylor Swift Releases First Single ‘Shake It Off’ from Upcoming Album (VIDEO)
Taylor Swift, the "Love Story" hitmaker, released her first single "Shake it Off" introducing her upcoming album "1989" on Yahoo Live Stream Monday night and has been receiving mixed reactions from the audience.
While some are calling it "offensive", fans are already playing the song on repeat and its YouTube video has already crossed 3 million views!
"Shake It Off" is a chirpy, positive, upbeat song where Swift is singing:
"Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate baby...I'm just gonna Shake it off, shake it off"
The video is hilarious where Swift is seen trying her hand at several dance forms like Digiting, contemporary and even cheerleading. But no matter what she took up, she always ends up as the worst dancer.
There is a Twerking portion where we thought Swift might just attempt it, but - No.
In the end, however, Swift is seen dancing around with people who are just as bad as her at dancing as they all "shake it off" together.
Bonus Fact: Those people in the end of the video are actually Taylor Swift fans who were handpicked from several social media outlets and fan letters to feature in the single!
"1989" is Taylor Swift's fifth studio album, which she has been working on for the past two years. She wrote "Shake It Off" with Max Martin and Shellback, the same team that produced super hits like "I Knew You Were Trouble" and "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together."
"People can say whatever they want about us, at any time and we cannot control that," Swift said at the Live stream. "The only thing we can control is our reaction to that."
Swift also said that she derived inspiration for this album from the 80s pop music, which is why the album is named "1989." This is her first, documented pop album.
"I really loved the chances they were taking. I loved how bold it was. It was, apparently, a time of limitless potential. ... The idea of endless possibility was kind of a theme in the last year of my life," she said of the 80s' pop music.
The album is slated for an Oct. 27 release. More info this way.
