--- description: "Searching for a sound we hadn't heard before" title: Listen to the Teaser for Taylor Swift's Poppy New Track 'Welcome to New York' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Listen to the Teaser for Taylor Swift's Poppy New Track 'Welcome to New York'  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Oct 20, 2014 3:12 PM CUT  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Oct 20, 2014 3:12 PM CUT Taylor Swift is dropping yet another tidbit from her new album, _1989_, as the buildup to its release continues. Today, it’s a teaser for the song “Welcome to New York,” which will officially be available on iTunes Tuesday. The former country star seems to have successfully navigated her way out of Nashville and to the Big Apple, and is even calling _1989_ “[first documented official pop album](http://time.com/3138525/taylor-swift-shake-it-off-1989/ "undefined").” She’s released two songs from the album so far: [“Shake It Off”](http://time.com/3138525/taylor-swift-shake-it-off-1989/ "undefined") and [“Out of the Woods.”](http://time.com/3502753/taylor-swift-out-of-the-woods/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3524682/taylor-swift-welcome-to-new-york-1989/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3524682/taylor-swift-welcome-to-new-york-1989/"},"headline":"Listen to the Teaser for Taylor Swift's Poppy New Track 'Welcome to New York'","datePublished":"2014-10-20T15:12:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:53:26.449Z","description":"\"Searching for a sound we hadn't heard before\"","url":"https://time.com/3524682/taylor-swift-welcome-to-new-york-1989/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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/3524682/taylor-swift-welcome-to-new-york-1989/","name":"Listen to the Teaser for Taylor Swift's Poppy New Track 'Welcome to New York'"}}]}] ```