One of my weird compulsions is to listen to this ridiculous cash-in covers series called Punk Goes Pop. For the most part, it’s a fascinating look at how meaningless both of those terms are in that context — hearing some band called The Ready Set play “Airplanes” by B.O.B. and making it even more poppy than the original recording is proof that, I dunno, kids today are gonna grow up and have no idea what punk rock means to old-timers or something.

Still, every so often you get a band who decides to totally metalcore out a Taylor Swift song, and even though it’s obviously formulaic, there’s something inherently satisfying about it anyway.