Remember When Ryan Adams Covered Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’? Ew.

1989 (TAYLOR’S VERSION) WEEK

“Serious” music critics didn’t even bother covering Swift’s blockbuster album at the time. Instead, they celebrated this ridiculous reinterpretation.

Entertainment Editor

Published Oct. 27 2023 4:29AM EDT

An illustration including photos of Taylor Swift and Ryan Adams — Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Getty

To honor Taylor Swift’s latest rerecording, we’re celebrating 1989 (Taylor’s Version) Week at The Daily Beast’s Obsessed. That means we’re throwing it back to 2014, to relive everything that Taylor—and the rest of pop culture—was up to.

All week, we at The Daily Beast’s Obsessed have been revisiting Taylor

Madeline Roth

Entertainment Editor

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Remember When Ryan Adams Covered Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’? Ew.

“Serious” music critics didn’t even bother covering Swift’s blockbuster album at the time. Instead, they celebrated this ridiculous reinterpretation.

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Madeline Roth