Ryan Adams Reveals '1989' Release Date and Album Art, Shares "Bad Blood"

BY Sarah MurphyPublished Sep 17, 2015

Ryan Adams has long been teasing his full album cover of Taylor Swift's 1989, and now he's finally revealed plans for its official release.
 
The record will arrive in full on September 21 via Adams' own PAX-AM, and he'll be premiering his take on "Bad Blood" today (September 17) on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show.
 
We've previously heard snippets of "Welcome to New York" and "Style," "All You Had to Do Was Stay" and "Out of the Woods,"  "Wildest Dreams," "Shake It Off," and "Clean" and "This Love," though "Bad Blood" will mark the first full-length track he's shared.
 
Adams has also shared the updated album artwork, replacing previous Sonic Youth- and Swift-inspired iterations with a vintage, beach-friendly feel. It's pictured above.

UPDATE (9/17, 12:20 p.m.): You can listen to Adams' version of Bad Blood below.



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