Taylor Swift has been hinting the release of a new album since last week via her Instagram account, with fans unable to wait to see what the singer had in store for them.

On Monday, via a worldwide live streaming event, the singer announced that she will be releasing her first ever "pop" album, breaking away from her country roots.

Swift's fifth studio album is called '1989' to commemorate the year she was born, and will be released on October 27.

Alongside with the album announcement was the release of the first single called 'Shake It off;' and though it reinvents Swift as a new kind of artist, it also drew major race-related criticism because of its music video.

The meaning of the lyrics of 'Shake It Off,' is Swift's way of keeping "criticism" and "haters" at bay.

The singer is no stranger to many kinds of criticism, whether it is about her love life or the people she associates herself with.

Just as the lyrics suggest, the song raised a lot of eyebrows when the video was released. It showed Swift crawling under a train of "twerking" women, and it showed lots of reference to hip-hop and African-American culture.

Many thought it was inappropriate and "ill-timed," especially with the race-related riots happening in Missouri at the moment.

Rapper Earl Sweatshirt announced his opinions towards Swift's music video on his twitter account, calling it "inherently offensive and ultimately harmful."