Shake It Off - Commentary

We are celebrating the many milestones of Taylor Swift

And right now we're looking at her album 1989

Which is celebrating its fourth year of release

And I remember when she released the first single of this album, "Shake it Off"

People

Went

Nuts

It was so different for Taylor and yet it was such an amazing song

And the video, I mean, let's talk about that video

So fun, so hilarious

I loved her in the ballerina outfit

And Taylor explains what "Shake it Off" is all about to her

"Shake it Off" is a song that I wrote about

Having to deal with on an everyday basis just kind how human beings treat each other

It's not just me who has to deal with it

It's everybody out there living their lives

You know, this feeling of humiliation is the same when

A girl has a rumor spread around about her at school that isn't true

Is the same feeling I feel when I am checking out at the groceries store

And I read some crazy headline about me

And I think that the way we have to deal with those issues is the same

You have to learn to have a sense of humor about things after a while

Or else you're just living an endless sea of resentment, and bitterness, and "why are people doing this to me?"

And rather than writing a song that was victimized in nature

I wanted to write a song that was joyful

And gives people a way to cope with whatever amounts of ridiculousness life is doling out to them

But also makes 'em wanna dance

Yeah, this song definitely makes you wanna dance

It's "Shake it Off" of 1989, on Big Machine Radio