--- title: Taylor Swift Drops Call It What You Want: Internet Reacts description: The Internet is absolutely loving the emotional bop that is Taylor Swift's new song "Call It What You Want" — the fourth single from Reputation. canonical: https://time.com/5008814/taylor-swit-call-it-what-you-want-internet-reactions/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-03T15:08:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:28.127Z og:title: The Internet Doesn't Need to Be Saved From Taylor Swift's New Song 'Call It What You Want' og:description: "Taylor Swift DID THAT" og:url: https://time.com/5008814/taylor-swit-call-it-what-you-want-internet-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd9964ce44430745/6988e2d8e76ad207e462fa63/taylor-swift-gorgeous-fan-theory.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2017 DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night Concert In Houston - Taylor Swift Performance og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Doesn't Need to Be Saved From Taylor Swift's New Song 'Call It What You Want' twitter:description: "Taylor Swift DID THAT" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd9964ce44430745/6988e2d8e76ad207e462fa63/taylor-swift-gorgeous-fan-theory.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Doesn't Need to Be Saved From Taylor Swift's New Song 'Call It What You Want'  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 3, 2017 3:08 PM UTC  HOUSTON, TX - FEBRUARY 04: Musician Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 2017 DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night Concert at Club Nomadic on February 4, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for DIRECTV) HOUSTON, TX - FEBRUARY 04: Musician Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 2017 DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night Concert at Club Nomadic on February 4, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for DIRECTV)Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for DIRECTV  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 3, 2017 3:08 PM UTC The Internet is absolutely loving the emotional bop that is [Taylor Swift’s](http://time.com/5007382/taylor-swift-gorgeous-meaning/) new song, [“Call It What You Want.”](http://time.com/5007636/taylor-swift-call-it-what-you-want/) The 27-year-old singer debuted the track — the fourth single from her upcoming sixth album, [_Reputation_](http://time.com/4944028/taylor-swift-reputation-album-theories/) — at midnight on Friday, garnering an overwhelmingly positive reaction from her fans. “You can literally hear Taylor Swift blushing like a smitten kitten as she sings [#CallItWhatYouWant](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CallItWhatYouWant?src=hash) to the love of her life,” Twitter user [Alex Goldschmidt](https://twitter.com/alexandergold/status/926307550663925760) wrote, referencing Swift’s boyfriend [Joe Alwyn](http://people.com/music/taylor-swift-gorgeous-lyrics-decoded-joe-alwyn/) . “She’s happy.” Others were quick to comment on the contrast between the tone of this Tay song and some of her past hits. “[#CallItWhatYouWant](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CallItWhatYouWant?src=hash) is all about how Joe is the one thing she did right because that’s all that matters against all the hate & drama,” user [summer](https://twitter.com/slaylorstan/status/926308350853304320) weighed in. Of course, with _Reputation_‘s release date only a week away, all-out Swiftmania is just beginning. See some of the best reactions to “Call It what You Want” below. > [](https://twitter.com/raphablueberry/status/926358752650858497) > [](https://twitter.com/bakingswifts/status/926317560781590528) > [](https://twitter.com/swiftcutelover/status/926291798816722944) > [](https://twitter.com/codingswift13/status/926305596290273281) > [](https://twitter.com/tayftswift/status/926301906829500416) > [](https://twitter.com/pdjfc13/status/926415263318380544) > [](https://twitter.com/Swiftness13/status/926300132496302080) > [](https://twitter.com/TSwiftFCT/status/926302407243522049) > [](https://twitter.com/lennonspoetry/status/926389479698509825) Taylor Swift Drops Call It What You Want: Internet Reacts ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5008814/taylor-swit-call-it-what-you-want-internet-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5008814/taylor-swit-call-it-what-you-want-internet-reactions/"},"headline":"The Internet Doesn't Need to Be Saved From Taylor Swift's New Song 'Call It What You Want'","datePublished":"2017-11-03T15:08:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:28.127Z","description":"\"Taylor Swift DID THAT\"","url":"https://time.com/5008814/taylor-swit-call-it-what-you-want-internet-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Taylor Swift","Reputation"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd9964ce44430745/6988e2d8e76ad207e462fa63/taylor-swift-gorgeous-fan-theory.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd9964ce44430745/6988e2d8e76ad207e462fa63/taylor-swift-gorgeous-fan-theory.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2017 DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night Concert In Houston - Taylor Swift Performance","caption":"2017 DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night Concert In Houston - Taylor Swift Performance","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for DIRECTV","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5008814/taylor-swit-call-it-what-you-want-internet-reactions/","name":"The Internet Doesn't Need to Be Saved From Taylor Swift's New Song 'Call It What You Want'"}}]}] ```