This morning the MTA rolled out a new voice of the subway system: Awkwafina. The Queens native, who we've been following since her break-out hit "My Vag," has a new show coming out called Nora From Queens, and the announcements are part of an ad buy from Comedy Central to promote the show. So now through January 22nd, she'll be the voice of the Flushing 7 line.

It's the first such ad buy of its kind in the NYC subway system. An MTA spokesperson would not say how much revenue it generated.

The announcements (they really should have let her have 100% creative control over these) range from your standard "next stop" alerts to subway etiquette call-outs ("Hey fellas, stop manspreading") to shade-throwing (“This is Hudson Yards-34th St. Hope you like weird architecture!”). Others include: "Please remember: poles are for hands only!," "Next stop is in Manhattan, hope you brought money!," "This is 69th St., which is definitely, definitely not funny in any way," and, by far the best one: "This is Times Square-42nd Street, where New Yorkers go to relax." You can hear most of the announcements in this video:

Awkwafina just won a Golden Globe (for The Farewell), but becoming a subway announcer is like winning an Oscar in NYC — so few have been granted the privilege of letting straphangers know forskhhxthwhalzlyzzz... The longtime voice of the system was Bloomberg News reporter Charlie Pellett, and in 2018, the MTA's Velina Mitchell was chosen as the new voice to be piped through train cars' garbled speakers.

As for Awkwafina's short stint, the Comedy Central press release calls the announcements part of a "pilot program" featuring celebrity announcers. Sarah Meyer, Chief Customer Officer at MTA New York City Transit, further explained, "We are exploring new and different ways to generate much needed revenue, while also surprising and delighting customers. Our focus will always be to run the trains safely and on time, and if a well-known voice can bring attention to in-car messaging, we are all for it."

As for the reception, there's been a nice New Yorker range of reactions taking us from appreciation to annoyed to critical. Derek Li, a 45 year-old Fresh Meadows resident, told Gothamist, “It sounds really uplifting. I like that voice. Anything that can help people get in a happy mood, I’m all for it."

Some 7 train riders, like 25-year-old Baruch Zamora, have been following Awkafina since she burst out on the YouTube scene. “I feel like as a New Yorker, 'oh that’s my neighbor' like I know her,” the Jackson Heights native said.

Gotta say the hilarious Subway stop announcements @awkwafina recorded to promote Nora from Queens have brightened up my daily 7 train commute. Especially when she tells men to stop manspreading 🤣🙌🏽 #queens — Jonnelle Marte (@Jonnelle) January 16, 2020

I just got off one of these trains! It was weird and fun but I'm glad it's only a week because they had her make corny jokes that would get old suuuuuuper quickly https://t.co/ptmel1dPjR — erin mccann | (@mccanner) January 16, 2020

i never thought the mta would bring me any delight, but @awkwafina was the automated voice of the 7 train this morning, and everyone in the train car was smiling. ☺️ pic.twitter.com/7NnLVRMn3k — sarah baker (@bakerbk) January 16, 2020

Really annoyed to listen to upbeat conductor voice on the #7train and learned the @MTA is letting Awkwafina be the conductor as an ad deal. Aren’t all the new video kiosks enough? Do we have to listen to ads as well now? Make it stop. — Ava Farkas (@AvaFarkas) January 16, 2020

I love Awkwafina but this was annoying as hell as I was trying to get to 74-Roosevelt from the West Village with ALL trains along the E,F,M,R line suspended for the "Fastrack Program."



People are tired and don't need to be advertised to when they're just trying to get home. — Giulia Pines (@giuliapines) January 16, 2020

Awkwafina announcing on the 7 train is annoying my morning commute 😡😡😡 leave me alone with your happy and joyful conducting. Just leave me alone. 😤 — justin (@jvstnyc) January 16, 2020

But consider this, if companies are shelling out money for audio ads on the train, maybe the speakers will be better maintained so you can hear regular announcements, like the ones telling you why you've been stopped in a tunnel for 25 minutes so you can decide when to start clawing yourself out of the train car.

Additional reporting from Annie Todd.