After touching down in Toronto on Thursday, Taylor Swift was greeted with an extravagant escort service led by the Toronto Police Department, causing major traffic delays.

So much so that the Toronto Police Department had to issue an official statement to address the controversy. According to a department spokesperson, the highway was, indeed, subjected to "rolling closures," which is common practice for high-profile celebrities such as Swift.

When Taylor Swift comes to town, local economies spring to life as hotels fill up, public transit heaves and traffic grinds to a halt, sometimes on streets recently renamed in her honor.