:Florida!!!

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Taylor Swift started working on The Tortured Poets Department immediately after she submitted her tenth studio album, Midnights, to Republic Records for release in 2022. She continued working on it in secrecy throughout the US leg of the Eras Tour in 2023.{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=February 7, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Reveals Tortured Poets Department Back Up Plan In Case She Didn't Win a Grammy |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-backup-plan-tokyo-1234963303/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207163624/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-backup-plan-tokyo-1234963303/ |archive-date=February 7, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Conceived amidst heightened fame brought by touring and publicized personal relationships, The Tortured Poets Department was a "lifeline" to Swift, who described it as an album she "really needed" to make.{{Cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Sisario |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Arrives With a Promotional Blitz |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/arts/music/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422193932/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/arts/music/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department.html |archive-date=April 22, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language= |issn=}}{{Cite magazine |last=Bonner |first=Mehera |date=February 16, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Reveals Bonus Track Title and New Album Cover for The Tortured Poets Department |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a46813336/taylor-swift-the-bolter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216224610/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a46813336/taylor-swift-the-bolter/ |archive-date=February 16, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |magazine=Cosmopolitan}} Republic Records released The Tortured Poets Department on April 19, 2024.{{Cite web |date=April 19, 2024 |title=As The Tortured Poets Department drops, here's all Taylor Swift's albums ranked by sales |url=https://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/as-the-tortured-poets-department-drops-here-s-all-taylor-swift-s-albums-ranked-by-sales/089645 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419095336/https://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/as-the-tortured-poets-department-drops-here-s-all-taylor-swift-s-albums-ranked-by-sales/089645 |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |website=Music Week}}

"Florida!!!" is track eight on the album.{{cite news |last1=West |first1=Bryan |author-link=Bryan West (journalist) |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift's collab with Florence + The Machine 'Florida!!!' is 'one hell of a drug' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/04/19/taylor-swift-florence-machine-florida/73149475007/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420051828/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/04/19/taylor-swift-florence-machine-florida/73149475007/ |archive-date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work=USA Today}} It features vocals from Florence Welch, the frontwoman of the English band Florence and the Machine. Swift shared with iHeartRadio that the inspiration behind "Florida!!!" came from the series Dateline NBC. In the interview, she drew a parallel between people who flee to Florida after committing crimes and those dealing with heartbreak: "They try to reinvent themselves, have a new identity, blend in."{{cite news |last1=Ellis |first1=Maddie |last2=Cappadona |first2=Bryanna |last3=Nicolaou |first3=Elena |last4=Kubota |first4=Samantha |date=April 20, 2024 |title=The Tortured Poets Department: Breaking down Taylor Swift's 'sensational and sorrowful' album |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/music/live-blog/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-live-updates-rcna148230 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419060941/https://www.today.com/popculture/music/live-blog/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-live-updates-rcna148230 |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024 |work=Today.com}} Welch told British Vogue that Swift approached her with "a concept and a story", which was her "favourite way to start songwriting".{{cite news |last1=McDermott |first1=Kerry |date=April 25, 2024 |title=Florence Welch Talks Down-Time, Taylor Swift And Her Proms Debut |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/florence-welch-proms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428080813/https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/florence-welch-proms |archive-date=April 28, 2024 |access-date=April 28, 2024 |work=British Vogue}} The actress Emma Stone was credited for the "oddities" in the track.{{Cite magazine |last=Huff |first=Lauren |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Emma Stone gets 'oddities' credit on new Taylor Swift song 'Florida' |url=https://ew.com/taylor-swift-emma-stone-florida-credit-oddities-the-tortured-poets-department-8636261 |access-date=2024-11-21 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language= |archive-date=January 29, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129124444/https://ew.com/taylor-swift-emma-stone-florida-credit-oddities-the-tortured-poets-department-8636261 |url-status=live }}

Swift performed "Florida!!!" for the first time at the eighth and final London concert of the Eras Tour on August 20, 2024; she performed it with Welch.{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=Thania |date=August 20, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Gives 'So Long London' and 'Florida!!!' Eras Tour Debuts at Final Wembley Show, as Florence and Jack Antonoff Guest |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/taylor-swift-florence-jack-antonoff-live-debut-florida-so-long-london-1236112940/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820210602/https://variety.com/2024/music/news/taylor-swift-florence-jack-antonoff-live-debut-florida-so-long-london-1236112940/ |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |access-date=August 20, 2024 |work=Variety}} The song was added to the setlist between renditions of "So High School" and "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?". The performance was also accompanied by a new choreography.{{cite news |last1=West |first1=Bryan |author-link=Bryan West (journalist) |date=August 21, 2024 |title=Florence Welch joins Taylor Swift on stage in Wembley |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/08/20/florence-welch-joins-taylor-swift-on-stage-in-wembley/74874670007/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831173449/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/08/20/florence-welch-joins-taylor-swift-on-stage-in-wembley/74874670007/ |archive-date=August 31, 2024 |access-date=August 21, 2024 |work=USA Today}} Swift and Welch performed the song again during the three Miami concerts of the Eras Tour from October 18 through October 20, 2024.{{Cite web |last=Almeida |first=Celia |date=October 21, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift in Miami Night Three: Surprise Songs and What You Missed |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/recap-taylor-swift-plays-her-final-eras-tour-rain-show-in-miami-21581501 |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Miami New Times}}

Swift wrote "Florida!!!" with Welch and produced it with Jack Antonoff. It is a power ballad{{cite news |last1=Power |first1=Ed |date=April 19, 2024 |title=If you expected a Taylor Swift revenge album, you were wrong |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review-revenge-album-3013042 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422011738/https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review-revenge-album-3013042 |archive-date=April 22, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work=The i Paper}} with an uptempo production drawing from pop and Americana. Its production is accompanied by insistent programming that build up in the verses, before cascading into a dynamic refrain composed of power chords, accentuated by jarring, booming drums{{Sfn|Zaleski|2024}}{{Cite web |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |date=2024-04-19 |title=Come for the Torture, Stay for the Poetry: This Might Be Taylor Swift's Most Personal Album Yet |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review-1235006977/ |url-access=limited |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Rolling Stone |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419041750/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review-1235006977/ |url-status=live }} over a soft synth backing. The instrumentation consists of a mix of drums and guitars that evoke 2010s indie rock and arena rock.{{cite news |last1=Sherman |first1=Maria |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Music Review: Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department is great sad pop, meditative theater |url=https://apnews.com/article/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review-b24d2275df5cf78ffa9069c61b9825ec |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422093825/https://apnews.com/article/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review-b24d2275df5cf78ffa9069c61b9825ec |archive-date=April 22, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |publisher=Associated Press}}{{cite news |last1=Savage |first1=Mark |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Review: Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Department finds the star bereft but vicious |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68846376 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419161708/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68846376 |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work= |publisher=BBC}} Swift sings the first verse, Welch sings the second, and the two duet later in the track, resulting in vocal harmonies.{{cite news |last1=D'Souza |first1=Shaad |date=April 19, 2024 |title=8 Takeaways From Taylor Swift's New Album The Tortured Poets Department |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/takeaways-from-taylor-swift-new-album-the-tortured-poets-department/ |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work=Pitchfork |archive-date=April 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420200910/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/takeaways-from-taylor-swift-new-album-the-tortured-poets-department/ |url-status=live }}

The loud drums in the chorus were described by several critics as theatrical and cinematic, and the overall soundscape as gloomy, bleak but also anthemic.{{Cite web |last=Nguyen |first=Giselle Au-Nhien |date=2024-04-19 |title=Taylor Swift's new album is here, and it's proof she needs to take a break |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/taylor-swift-s-new-album-is-here-and-it-s-proof-she-needs-to-take-a-break-20240418-p5fkx5.html |url-access=limited |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |archive-date=January 30, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130125447/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/taylor-swift-s-new-album-is-here-and-it-s-proof-she-needs-to-take-a-break-20240418-p5fkx5.html |url-status=live }} The music critic Annie Zaleski described the drums as "thunderclap",{{Sfn|Zaleski|2024}} while Billboard's Jason Lipshutz wrote that they "crash down like lightning strikes". Laura Snapes of The Guardian thought that the "desolate Americana" of the song was influenced by the music of Lana Del Rey.{{Cite news |last=Snapes |first=Laura |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Breakups, Fantasies and Her Most Cutting Lyrics: Inside Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/19/taylor-swift-album-the-tortured-poets-department-lyrics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422092026/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/19/taylor-swift-album-the-tortured-poets-department-lyrics |archive-date=April 22, 2024 |access-date=May 3, 2024 |work=The Guardian |language= |issn=}} Erica Gonzales of Elle added that the sound brought an "anthemic and at times euphoric feel", reminiscent of Welch's music.{{cite news |last1=Gonzales |first1=Erica |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift's Track 'Florida!!!' Seems to Have a Joe Alwyn Breakup Reference |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a60542620/taylor-swift-florida-lyrics-meaning/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419102754/https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a60542620/taylor-swift-florida-lyrics-meaning/ |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work=Elle}} Maria Sherman of the Associated Press thought that the 2010s indie rock nostalgia evokes Sufjan Stevens's Illinois.

The lyrics of "Florida!!!" contain influences of Southern Gothic melodrama. With escapism as its main theme, the song is about embarking on a therapeutic journey to relinquish unpleasant experiences and circumstances.{{cite news |last1=Gonzalez |first1=Alex |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift And Florence And The Machine Embark On A Healing Journey To 'Florida!!!' On Their New Collab |url=https://uproxx.com/pop/taylor-swift-florida-florence-and-the-machine/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419072839/https://uproxx.com/pop/taylor-swift-florida-florence-and-the-machine/ |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work=Uproxx}}{{Cite web |last=Hodgkinson |first=Will |author-link=Will Hodgkinson |date=2024-04-19 |title=The story behind each song on Taylor Swifts new album — and The Anthology |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-track-by-track-guide-zp7qjwszr |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=The Times |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716142554/https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-track-by-track-guide-zp7qjwszr |url-status=live }} Swift's character details her surroundings that drive her insane: she is sick of her friends who smell like "weed or little babies" and fantasizes about buying a timeshare in Destin, Florida, where she would have a chance to create a new identity.{{cite news |last1=Ahlgrim |first1=Callie |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department is the messiest, horniest, and funniest album she's ever made |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-album-review-tracklist-breakdown-2024-4#florida-includes-a-potent-feature-from-florence-the-machine-8 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419213621/https://www.businessinsider.com/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-album-review-tracklist-breakdown-2024-4#florida-includes-a-potent-feature-from-florence-the-machine-8 |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work=Business Insider}} Welch's character dreams of indulging in alcohol and murdering her ex-lovers and "cheating husbands" before throwing their bodies into a swamp.{{cite news |date=April 19, 2024 |title=The Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department Exit Survey |url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2024/4/19/24135077/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review-matty-healy-joe-alwyn-breakup |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419232603/https://www.theringer.com/music/2024/4/19/24135077/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review-matty-healy-joe-alwyn-breakup |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work=The Ringer}} The refrain characterizes Florida as a narcotic experience that could "fuck up" one's psyche: "It's one hell of a drug."{{Cite news |last=Zoladz |first=Lindsay |date=2024-04-19 |title=On The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift Could Use an Editor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/arts/music/taylor-swift-album-tortured-poets-department-review.html |url-access=limited |access-date=2025-04-17 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=April 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420000556/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/arts/music/taylor-swift-album-tortured-poets-department-review.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Filips |first1=Sara |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift drops 'Florida!!!' song; What does it mean? |url=https://www.wfla.com/entertainment-news/celebrity-news/taylor-swift-drops-florida-song-what-does-it-mean/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421010332/https://www.wfla.com/entertainment-news/celebrity-news/taylor-swift-drops-florida-song-what-does-it-mean/ |archive-date=April 21, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work= |publisher=WFLA-TV}}

The lyrics reference many common perceptions of Florida as a state of weirdness and contradictions: beautiful and brutal, hurricanes, swamps, drugs, crimes, sunshine, and vacation getaways.{{Sfn|Zaleski|2024}}{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Howard |date=April 19, 2024 |title=What's the Florida mystery in Taylor Swift's just-released album? Let us unravel it |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article287831040.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425142340/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article287831040.html |archive-date=April 25, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work=Miami Herald}} Multiple analyses compared the theme of murdering cheating lovers to that of Swift's 2020 song "No Body, No Crime".{{Sfn|Zaleski|2024}} According to Notion's Rachel Martin, the song is based on Swift's and Welch's stream-of-consciousness writing.{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Rachel |date=2024-04-19 |title=Album Review: The Tortured Poets Department by Taylor Swift |url=https://notion.online/album-review-the-tortured-poets-department-by-taylor-swift/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Notion |archive-date=April 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420074545/https://notion.online/album-review-the-tortured-poets-department-by-taylor-swift/ |url-status=live }} Bryan West, writing for The Tennessean, contended that "Florida!!!" is a thematic continuation of its preceding track on The Tortured Poets Department, "Fresh Out the Slammer": after escaping from a relationship that made her feel imprisoned, Swift's character flees to Florida and towards a new relationship. Bryan also compared the escapist theme to that of Swift's 2017 song "Getaway Car".{{Cite web |last=West |first=Bryan |author-link=Bryan West (journalist) |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Filing Tortured Poets into Taylor Swift's card catalog, track by track |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/04/18/tortured-poets-department-taylor-swifts-track-by-track-review/73379713007/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=The Tennessean |archive-date=May 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509104246/https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/04/18/tortured-poets-department-taylor-swifts-track-by-track-review/73379713007/ |url-status=live }} Zaleski added that the narrative resembled the film Thelma & Louise.{{Sfn|Zaleski|2024}}

"Florida!!!" received generally positive reviews from critics. It was selected as one of the album's best tracks in a multitude of reviews.{{cite news |last1=Olson |first1=Samantha |date=April 20, 2024 |title=The 5 Best Songs From Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department, Ranked |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/g60547848/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-best-songs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420122433/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/g60547848/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-best-songs/ |archive-date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024 |work=Cosmopolitan}}{{Cite web |last=Jayswal |first=Palak |date=2024-05-05 |title=Review: Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department |url=https://www.slugmag.com/music/national-music-reviews/review-taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=SLUG |archive-date=May 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510061607/https://www.slugmag.com/music/national-music-reviews/review-taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Coleman |first=David |date=April 28, 2024 |title=The Tortured Poets Department |url=https://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/taylor-swift/tortured-poets-department |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=No Ripcord |archive-date=September 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910020256/http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/taylor-swift/tortured-poets-department |url-status=live }} In a positive review by Melissa Ruggieri of USA Today, Swift and Welch's vocals against stomping instrumentals made the song "cinematic and purposeful."{{cite news |last1=Ruggieri |first1=Melissa |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift pens some of her most hauntingly brilliant songs on Tortured Poets |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/04/19/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review/73342235007/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419174553/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/04/19/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review/73342235007/ |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work=USA Today}} The Independent{{'s}} Helen Brown praised Welch's vocals.{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Helen |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department review: Irresistible, country-hued tales of relationships past and present |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-album-review-b2530867.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419201239/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-album-review-b2530867.html |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work=The Independent}} Lipshutz ranked the song third against the album's sixteen tracks, commending Swift's emotional vocals and the brash sound.{{cite magazine |last1=Lipshutz |first1=Jason |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department: All 18 Tracks Ranked |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-tracks-ranked |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420200612/https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-tracks-ranked/ |archive-date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} Gonzales also said the song brought an "infectious energy" with its blasting drums during the chorus. Alex Gonzalez of Uproxx gave the song a positive review, saying: the collaboration sounds so fresh, yet feels so timeless. Pitchfork{{'s}} Shaad D’Souza said it was the boldest and most energetic song from the album's mostly subdued, contemplative tones.

P. Claire Dodson from Teen Vogue said the drums and percussive instrumentals were exciting. She added that "Florida!!!" resuscitates the latter half of the original set of 16 songs when previous moments of the album seem to diminish.{{cite news |last1=Dodson |first1=P. Claire |date=April 20, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Tortured Poets Department Album Review: Who's Afraid of Taylor Swift? |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-album-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420061647/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-album-review |archive-date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024 |work=Teen Vogue}} Vogue Australia's Nina Miyashita and Jonah Waterhouse called it a "fun, tongue-in-cheek track".{{cite news |last1=Miyashita |first1=Nina |last2=Waterhouse |first2=Jonah |date=April 24, 2024 |title=All the hidden meanings in Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department album |url=https://www.vogue.com.au/culture/features/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department/image-gallery/6d24952094c0b5fd2a02d1406bdf8a53 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423150126/https://www.vogue.com.au/culture/features/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department/image-gallery/6d24952094c0b5fd2a02d1406bdf8a53 |archive-date=April 23, 2024 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |website=Vogue Australia |publisher=}} Writing for The Hollywood Reporter, Mesfin Fedaku praised the song and performance by Florence and the Machine, calling it a "winning track,"{{cite news |last1=Fekadu |first1=Mesfin |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Review: On Tortured Poets, Taylor Swift Continues to Spill Her Own Tea (and the Flavor Is Mostly English Breakfast) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-album-review-1235877493/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421005211/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-album-review-1235877493/ |archive-date=April 21, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}} Ludovic Hunter-Tilney of the Financial Times called the song "punchy".{{cite news |last1=Hunter-Tilney |first1=Ludovic |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department review — heartbreak inspires anguish, anger and a career highlight |url=https://www.ft.com/content/66753273-04d3-49c4-ac5a-6e48a7d3a27c |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420145407/https://www.ft.com/content/66753273-04d3-49c4-ac5a-6e48a7d3a27c |archive-date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work=Financial Times}} Writing for The Nightly, Jay Hanna said the collaboration lives up to all expectations.{{cite news |last1=Hannah |first1=Jay |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department full album review |url=https://thenightly.com.au/culture/music/taylor-swifts-the-tortured-poets-department-full-album-review-c-14245838 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419073400/https://thenightly.com.au/culture/music/taylor-swifts-the-tortured-poets-department-full-album-review-c-14245838 |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work=The Nightly}} Chris Willman of Variety called it the "funniest track" from the album,{{cite news |last1=Willman |first1=Chris |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Renews Her Vows With Heartbreak in Audacious, Transfixing Tortured Poets Department: Album Review |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/album-reviews/the-tortured-poets-department-review-taylor-swift-album-1235975690/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419201323/https://variety.com/2024/music/album-reviews/the-tortured-poets-department-review-taylor-swift-album-1235975690/ |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work=Variety}} referring to the lines "My friends all smell like weed or little babies" and "Fuck me up, Florida".{{cite news |last1=Willman |first1=Chris |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift's Best Tortured Poets Department Lyrics: 'So Long, London,' 'The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived,' 'LOML,' 'The Black Dog' and More |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/the-tortured-poets-department-best-lyrics-taylor-swift-1235975572/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422092722/https://variety.com/2024/music/news/the-tortured-poets-department-best-lyrics-taylor-swift-1235975572/ |archive-date=April 22, 2024 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work=Variety}}

In less enthusiastic reviews, John Wohlmacher of Beats Per Minute wrote that the track's blasting drums during its chorus disguise its substance-lacking verses and deemed it "more plodding than memorable."{{cite web |last1=Wohlmacher |first1=John |date=April 23, 2024 |title=Album review: Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department |url=https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department/ |access-date=May 14, 2024 |website=Beats Per Minute |archive-date=April 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423190310/https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department/ |url-status=live }} The Line of Best Fit{{'s}} Paul Bridgewater said "Florida!!!" comes close to being a standout track, especially with the collaboration with Welch. However, he said that Welch's voice "jars a little" with Swift's.{{cite news |last1=Bridgewater |first1=Paul |date=April 20, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department Review |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/albums/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419084147/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/albums/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024 |work=The Line of Best Fit}} Stereogum{{'s}} Tom Breihan said the track had "lot of half-baked Bible-belt imagery" undeserving of the exclamation points in its title.{{cite news |last1=Breihan |first1=Tom |date=April 20, 2024 |title=Premature Evaluation: Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2260059/premature-evaluation-taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department/reviews/premature-evaluation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419202141/https://www.stereogum.com/2260059/premature-evaluation-taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department/reviews/premature-evaluation/ |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024 |work=Stereogum}} Paste criticized the lyrical content, saying Welch's verse was "grossly watery" and the chorus was the worst of 2024.{{cite news |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Strikes Out Looking on The Tortured Poets Department |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/taylor-swift-strikes-out-looking-on-the-tortured-poets-department |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420000218/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/taylor-swift-strikes-out-looking-on-the-tortured-poets-department |archive-date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024 |work=Paste}} Paste{{'s}} post-review article by Grace Byron says while the song does not live up to the artistry or impact of a song by Welch, it is "more sonically interesting".{{cite news |last1=Byron |first1=Grace |date=April 30, 2024 |title=The Masochistic Acrobatics of Taylor Swift |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/the-masochistic-acrobatics-of-taylor-swift |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430155601/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/the-masochistic-acrobatics-of-taylor-swift |archive-date=April 30, 2024 |access-date=April 30, 2024 |work=Paste}}

Upon the album's release, its tracks occupied the top 14 of the US Billboard Hot 100; "Florida!!!" opened at its peak of number eight on the chart, where Swift became the first artist to monopolize the top 14. The song also became Florence and the Machine's first top-10 entry and Welch's second following "Sweet Nothing" (2012) with Calvin Harris.{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=April 29, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Claims Record Top 14 Spots on Billboard Hot 100, Led by 'Fortnight' with Post Malone |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-hot-100-top-14-fortnight-post-malone-record/ |access-date=May 9, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=April 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429170523/https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-hot-100-top-14-fortnight-post-malone-record/ |url-status=live }} In Canada, it peaked at number nine on the Canadian Hot 100.

Outside of North America, "Florida!!!" along with tracks from the album occupied the top nine of the Billboard Global 200; the song debuted and peaked at number seven on the chart, where it became Swift's 33rd top-10 entry and Florence and the Machine's first.{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=April 29, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift & Post Malone's 'Fortnight' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Global Charts |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-post-malone-fortnight-number-one-debut-global-charts-1235669042/ |access-date=May 10, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=May 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510080912/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-post-malone-fortnight-number-one-debut-global-charts-1235669042/ |url-status=live }} In Australia and New Zealand, the song reached number seven on the ARIA Singles Chart and number nine on the Official New Zealand Music Chart. On the former chart, it made Swift the artist with the most entries in a single week with 29 and marked Florence and the Machine's second top-10 entry after "Spectrum (Say My Name)" (2012).{{Cite news |last=Gbogbo |first=Mawunyo |date=April 29, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift's New Album The Tortured Poets Department Smashes Chart Records in the US, UK and Australia |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-29/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-charts-uk-billboard-aria/103779382 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |publisher=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=May 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510010807/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-29/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-charts-uk-billboard-aria/103779382 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=April 26, 2024 |title=Taylor Takes the Top 10 |url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/taylor-takes-the-top-10 |access-date=May 11, 2024 |website=Australian Recording Industry Association |archive-date=April 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426073257/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/taylor-takes-the-top-10 |url-status=live }} Elsewhere, "Florida!!!" charted within the top 25 in Singapore (12), Ireland (13), Luxembourg (18), Portugal (18), Malaysia (20), South Africa (22), and the Philippines (23).

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of The Tortured Poets Department.{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Tortured Poets Department |year=2024 |others= |publisher=Republic Records |id=602458933314 |type=vinyl liner notes |last=Swift |first=Taylor |author-link=Taylor Swift}}

• Taylor Swift – vocals, songwriter, producer
• Florence Welch – vocals, songwriter, drums, piano, percussion
• Jack Antonoff – producer, bass, cello, drums, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, programming, Juno, M1, Mellotron
• Emily Jean Stone – oddities
• Serban Ghenea – mixing
• Ben Loveland – recording engineer
• Laura Sisk – recording engineer
• Oil Jacobs – recording engineer
• Bryce Bordone – mix engineer
• Randy Merrill – mastering
• Ryan Smith – mastering for vinyl

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Taylor Swift feat. Florence and the Machine|title=Florida|type=single|award=Gold|access-date=December 19, 2024|source=radioscope|relyear=2024|certyear=2024|refname="RMNZ"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Taylor Swift|title=Florida|award=Silver|type=single|relyear=2024|certyear=2024|id=20283-1598-1|access-date=August 24, 2024|refname="BPI"}}

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