The Empire State Building (or rather, its social media team) loves to be part of the pop culture conversation, and it also loves to play into the clowning Taylor Swift’s fans are best known for. It’s happened periodically over the years, and now, it’s happening again, as it clowned and trolled the Swifties while they freaked out over Taylor Swift (Taylor’s Version), AKA Debut (TV).
Alright, so, here’s what happened. On the morning of August 20, the Empire State Building posted an image on X and a video on Instagram of the skyscraper lit up all green. The caption cheekily capitalized the TS in “whaTS happening???” And it sent Swift's fans into a tailspin. Before we get into their reactions, though, take a look at this video: