FIRST LISTEN: Ryan Adams Covers Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' & More
By: Caryn Robbins Sep. 21, 2015
Ryan Adams' full album cover of Taylor Swift's 1989 was released today Monday, September 21 on PAX-AM/Blue Note: http://smarturl.it/RA1989. Below, get a first listen to "Wildest Dreams" and "Blank Space."
Produced by Adams, the first news of this reinterpretation of 1989 was revealed last month on the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter's Instagram (@misterryanadams) with the post "Taylor Swift1989 full album cover night 1. As played by the Smiths." Several subsequent posts of song snippets revealed much more range than that-including a take on "Bad Blood" that VANITY FAIR called "a lovelyHeartbreaker-era style version" referencing Adams' classic debut, a string quartet-enhanced version of "Blank Space," what Adams promised to be the "guaranteed saddest version of 'Welcome to New York' ever - or your tears back," and more.
Every bit of 1989 music Adams has let out has built excitement and anticipation-not least with Swift herself who tweeted in response to Adams' informing her that he'd "just finished 'Style'" August 6: "@TheRyanAdams Cool I'm not gonna be able to sleep tonight or ever again and I'm going to celebrate today every year as a holiday. I'M CALM"Videos