--- title: Taylor Swift 1989 Album: Ryan Adams to Cover All Songs description: And Taylor's excited canonical: https://time.com/3987192/ryan-adams-covers-taylor-swift-1989/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-06T14:49:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:16.433Z og:title: Ryan Adams Will Cover Every Song From Taylor Swift's '1989' og:description: And Taylor's so excited she's going to "pass out" og:url: https://time.com/3987192/ryan-adams-covers-taylor-swift-1989/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfacf05d218fd6819/69885a1f35ba6f1e26c0e18b/taylor-swift1.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Taylor Swift at the 1989 World tour in Dublin on June 30, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ryan Adams Will Cover Every Song From Taylor Swift's '1989' twitter:description: And Taylor's so excited she's going to "pass out" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfacf05d218fd6819/69885a1f35ba6f1e26c0e18b/taylor-swift1.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ryan Adams Plans to Cover Every Song From Taylor Swift's _1989_ > Sponsored content. 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Carrie Davenport—TAS/Getty Images for TAS by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 6, 2015 2:49 PM UTC Singer-songwriter Ryan Adams has [revealed ](https://twitter.com/TheRyanAdams/status/629169482976657408)that he’ll be covering Taylor Swift’s record-breaking album _1989._ All of it. Every single song. When Swift caught wind of this plan on Twitter, she got very excited and said was going to [“pass out.”](https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/629212668218314752) Adams confirmed that it was really happening and [told her](https://twitter.com/TheRyanAdams/status/629213411629363200) her songs were “badass.” That’s when Swift _really_ freaked out: > [](https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/629214295390224384) Soon enough, Adams shared a taste of what’s to come, posting a few snippets of “Welcome to New York.” > [](https://twitter.com/TheRyanAdams/status/629220154811924481) Keep an eye on Adams’ Instagram, where he’s been posting [lyrics](https://instagram.com/p/6CJk04zDOA/?taken-by=misterryanadams) of the songs he’s recording. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3987192/ryan-adams-covers-taylor-swift-1989/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3987192/ryan-adams-covers-taylor-swift-1989/"},"headline":"Ryan Adams Plans to Cover Every Song From Taylor Swift's 1989","datePublished":"2015-08-06T14:49:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:16.433Z","description":"And Taylor's excited","url":"https://time.com/3987192/ryan-adams-covers-taylor-swift-1989/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfacf05d218fd6819/69885a1f35ba6f1e26c0e18b/taylor-swift1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfacf05d218fd6819/69885a1f35ba6f1e26c0e18b/taylor-swift1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Taylor Swift at the 1989 World tour in Dublin on June 30, 2015.","caption":"Taylor Swift at the 1989 World tour in Dublin on June 30, 2015.","creditText":"Carrie Davenport—TAS/Getty Images for TAS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3987192/ryan-adams-covers-taylor-swift-1989/","name":"Ryan Adams Plans to Cover Every Song From Taylor Swift's 1989"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds","description":"25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/I8WlXTNY/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-11T16:58:18.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/I8WlXTNY.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3987192/ryan-adams-covers-taylor-swift-1989/","duration":"PT35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3987192/ryan-adams-covers-taylor-swift-1989/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```