Even if Father John Misty’s music didn’t peg Josh Tillman as a canny observer of modern culture, his ongoing online meta-commentary on the music industry would do the trick. Tillman, who previously took the piss out of pre-release streaming by sharing a MIDI version of his album I Love You, Honeybear, has now offered up his sardonic take on the hubbub surrounding Ryan Adams’ album-length cover of Taylor Swift’s 1989. Said take arrives in the form of FJM’s own “Blank Space” cover in the style of the Velvet Underground: “My reinterpretation of the classic Ryan Adams album 1989.” Hear him make all the tables turn below.

He also shared his version of “Welcome To New York“:



What a dumb world — FATHER JOHN MISTY (@fatherjohnmisty) September 21, 2015

Tillman tweeted and deleted this earlier today:

Is a whole 1989 covers album in the works from Tillman too? We shall see.

UPDATE: FJM issued a statement to Pitchfork about why he deleted the covers: