--- description: Finishing off a massive year, headliner Taylor Swift got the massive crowds in New York's Times Square jumping as she performed two songs. title: See Taylor Swift Perform 'Shake it Off' on NYE image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefd822cde78afe35/698777cc2dce01273b9dcba8/taylor-swift-new-years-eve1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Taylor Swift Look Flawless While Performing 'Shake It Off' by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 1, 2015 8:22 AM CUT  Taylor Swift performs in Times Square on New Year's Eve in New York City on Dec. 31, 2014. Taylor Swift performs in Times Square on New Year's Eve in New York City on Dec. 31, 2014.Charles Sykes—Invision/AP by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 1, 2015 8:22 AM CUT Finishing off a massive year, headliner Taylor Swift got the massive crowds in New York’s Times Square jumping as she performed two songs in the run up to midnight. Swift treated the crowds to ‘Welcome to New York,’ the first single on her album ‘1989,’ before playing her smash hit ‘Shake It Off.’ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3651474/taylor-swift-times-square-shake-it-off/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3651474/taylor-swift-times-square-shake-it-off/"},"headline":"Watch Taylor Swift Look Flawless While Performing 'Shake It Off'","datePublished":"2015-01-01T08:22:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:13:08.413Z","description":"But she must have been freezing!","url":"https://time.com/3651474/taylor-swift-times-square-shake-it-off/","keywords":["Music","New York","Taylor Swift","new years eve"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefd822cde78afe35/698777cc2dce01273b9dcba8/taylor-swift-new-years-eve1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefd822cde78afe35/698777cc2dce01273b9dcba8/taylor-swift-new-years-eve1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Taylor Swift performs in Times Square on New Year's Eve in New York City on Dec. 31, 2014.","caption":"Taylor Swift performs in Times Square on New Year's Eve in New York City on Dec. 31, 2014.","creditText":"Charles Sykes—Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3651474/taylor-swift-times-square-shake-it-off/","name":"Watch Taylor Swift Look Flawless While Performing 'Shake It Off'"}}]}] ```