James Van Der Beek is going to be on the upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars, and we can’t wait!

The actor recently said that he’d been asked to join the show before, but for some reason it just didn’t feel right. But now, thankfully, it is!

“I don’t think it could be any more meta without all of our brains imploding. That happened because I love to dance and I thought it would be really fun. I’m the one who actually pitched that storyline,” he told Us Weekly.

“Fake me doing a fake Dancing with the Stars because I thought it would be really fun to dance and I thought it would be amazingly fun to also play a scene where like the fake version of me melts down, hallucinating and his hands are made out of pound cake. I learned, one cha-cha and had a great time.”

The Dawson’s Creek star explained that ABC asked “almost every year since” to be in the cast.

“This year, the timing was right and I realized I just really, really want to do this,” he explained. “I’ve always loved dancing. I’ve always loved it. … I love to move, I love music and it’s fun.”

You go, James!