Ryan Adams Is Recording A “1989” Covers Album And Taylor Swift Is Psyched

Swifty has already proven she digs downbeat covers of her own music, so it’s no surprise she’s amped to hear Ryan Adams’ proposed tribute to her blockbuster album 1989.

It all began when Adams posted to Instagram snaps of his annotated lyrics to “Welcome to New York”, “Blank Space” and "Style", the LP’s opening three tracks.

Guaranteed saddest version of Welcome to New York ever - or your tears back

A photo posted by Ryan Adams (@misterryanadams) on Aug 5, 2015 at 10:58pm PDT

#2 Blank Space... Deep end smiths vibe

A photo posted by Ryan Adams (@misterryanadams) on Aug 6, 2015 at 12:30am PDT

#Style

A photo posted by Ryan Adams (@misterryanadams) on Aug 6, 2015 at 1:44am PDT

When Tay Tay found out, she seemed at least mildly enthusiastic about Ry Ry's project.

@hasief @TheRyanAdams is this true??????? I WILL PASS OUT.

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 6, 2015

Confirmation came, ahem, swiftly, from Adams himself.

@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

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 6, 2015

It was followed by a brief snippet from his take on “Welcome to New York.”

Welcome to NY @taylorswift13 pic.twitter.com/XkiORLfnH9

— Ryan Adams (@TheRyanAdams) August 6, 2015

Even if all of this just Adams’ attempt to get into Taylor’s fabled squad, we endorse the endeavour wholeheartedly.