Watch Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart's spoken word covers of Taylor Swift
17 July 2015, 09:21
| Written by
Laurence Day
Sirs Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart have joined the growing line of big names that have covered Taylor Swift in recent months.
Drenge, Alessia Cara, and Lucy Rose have all tackled the pop heavyweight's "Bad Blood" this summer, and now dramatic powerhouses McKellen and Steward weighed in with spoken word versions of "Bad Blood" and "Blank Space" respectively.
Swift's latest LP 1989, featuring both "Blank Space" and "Bad Blood", is out now.
Check out McKellen and Stewart's renditions below.
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