Taylor Swift Rocks Times Square

Hey Hey Y’all! Happy Thankful Thursday to you all!

Good Morning America sure knows how to entertain New York City! This morning, GMA invited Taylor Swift to perform LIVE in Times Square and there were thousands in attendance! Despite the chilly temps, fanatic fans camped out overnight in Times Square for the free concert! Taylor sang three songs off her new album 1989 including “Welcome to New York”, “Out of the Woods”, and “Shake it Off”.

Out of every performer I’ve ever seen, no one seems more grateful for their fans than Taylor Swift. She started the show by thanking everyone and following the concert she kept interacting with fans until she was eventually pulled away by her crew. She definitely didn’t walk away on her own accord. After the show, her tour van served as a decoy so a black SUV could escort her away. Rather than just driving away and calling it a day, Taylor had the driver slow down, rolled down the window and waved the entire way down the street to the amazement of her fans!

Taylor Swift started her music career in Nashville, TN at just 14 years old!! At an age when most of us are enjoying our high school years- Taylor was signing record deals, topping the music charts and winning Grammys.

Taylor Swift was recently named New York’s first, Global Welcome Ambassador and her new album ‘1989’ features a song titled “Welcome to New York”. New Yorkers seem to have mixed reviews about her new NYC Ambassador title and I definitely see both sides. Technically, she’s only lived in New York for six months, so that’s not really not enough time to become an “all-knowing, Big Apple expert”. At the same time, any business is good business in the mind of New Yorkers. If Taylor Swift helps encourage more people to visit the Big Apple, the tourism industry (hotels, restaurants, museums, retail shorts, broadway shows,  tour buses, etc.) will greatly benefit…making it a win-win for everyone. Let’s just “shake off” the Ambassador skepticism and roll with it 🙂