Somewhere in Hell, Satan is bundled up in an off-brand North Face while cursing Taylor Swift; Hell has frozen over, because Swift has actually went and released a solid pop record that has me here for her. Let’s be honest, her releasing a pop record has been a long time coming, and Red wasn’t too far off with the likes of “I Knew You Were Trouble.”, and “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”. When she released “Shake It Off”, I rolled my eyes so hard that they actually got stuck in the back of my head. Other than looking adorable in the video, the song was pretty terrible. Then, came “Out of the Woods”, another song that kind of underwhelmed me save for the amazing drums. Finally, “Welcome to New York” debuted and I was all “Okay, I see you Taylor. Getting your pop record.” The album leaked pretty early on Friday and I immediately played it… Here are the results.
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“Welcome To New York”: A Subsidiary of Hell

Boom…Boom…Boom, the song opens with a dramatic bassline and then fires out some 80’s synth goodness. Taylor Swift released “Welcome To New York” on iTunes, technically today, for the countdown to 1989. During an interview, Swift said of the song, “I wanted to start the album with this song…I dreamt about moving to New York, I obsessed about moving to New York, and then I did it.” Did she do the Big Apple justice, or did she just make a doo-doo mess all over everything?
