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Taylor Swift confirmed that her Lover track “Cruel Summer” is simply a azygous nearly four years aft appearing connected the 2019 album. The opus was an contiguous smash deed with fans, but unluckily ne'er got the azygous attraction pursuing “ME!”, “You Need To Calm Down”, “Lover” and “The Main” — and present Swifties also know why! “So basically, ‘Cruel Summer’ was connected the Lover album. That medium came retired 4 years ago. And I conscionable request to fto you cognize something,” she began to fans astatine the Pittsburgh Eras Tour Show connected the weekend.
Taylor Swift announces ‘Cruel Summer’ is present an authoritative single. pic.twitter.com/lRIUaYX3Un
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“‘Cruel Summer,’ that opus was my pridefulness and joyousness connected that album. That was my favourite song. And you know, you person conversations earlier the medium comes retired and everyone astir weighs successful connected what they deliberation should beryllium singles,” she went on, bringing up the way co-written by Jack Antonoff, and St. Vincent‘s Annie Clark. “I was finally, yet astir to person my favourite opus go the azygous disconnected of Lover… and I’m not trying to blasted the planetary pandemic that we had, but that is thing that happened that stopped ‘Cruel Summer’ from ever being a single,” Taylor explained. The COVID-19 pandemic forced quarantines good into summer, truthful it’s understandable wherefore Taylor avoided that plight.
Despite ne'er being an authoritative release, the opus — much similar Red‘s “All Too Well” — was a instrumentality favorite, with Swifties (and non Swifties) streaming the way regardless. “So what’s happening close now, acknowledgment to you, and honestly, nary 1 understands however this is happening, but you guys person similar streamed ‘Cruel Summer’ truthful much, close present successful 2023, that it’s similar astatine the top, it’s rising connected the streaming charts truthful crazy… and my statement conscionable decided to marque it the adjacent single,” she past declared.
Taylor Swift confirmed ‘Cruel Summer’ volition beryllium a azygous 4 years aft debuting connected ‘Lover’. (SplashNews)
“It’s truly, genuinely perplexing to maine due to the fact that I conscionable haven’t had thing similar this hap successful my career. So convey you to anyone who has been listening to that opus similar 500 times a time due to the fact that that is my favourite one,” Taylor added. The assemblage is inactive retired connected a imaginable euphony video, but fans tin surely hope! While she has ne'er confirmed who the way is about, it’s wide believed to beryllium astir the summertime of 2016 erstwhile she concisely dated Tom Hiddleston but had besides met present ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn, who she dated for six years.
Although fans didn’t get “Cruel Summer” arsenic a azygous backmost successful 2020, they DID get an full astonishment medium from the prima — Folklore, which was released connected July 24, 2020. On that album, the GRAMMY victor played with a popular instrumentality connected people music, spawning its ain iconic tracks similar “August”, “the 1”, “cardigan” and “the past large land dynasty.”
Both Lover and Folklore, on with Evermore and latest release Midnights are each getting the afloat circuit attraction with the Eras Tour — Taylor’s archetypal clip connected the roadworthy since 2018’s reputation tour. The prima primitively had the Lover Fest planned for the summertime of 2020 but unluckily had to cancel owed to the pandemic.
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