Anything is possible when your name is Taylor Swift and have the backing of millions of loyal Swifties.
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Swift is ready to show the world just how powerful her fan base is by throwing the music industry “rule book” out the window and making a song from her Lover album — which released four years ago — her new single.
Swift recently announced, “Cruel Summer,” one of her personal favorites — which was kept from being released as a single due to the global pandemic — is finally getting its chance to shine.
“‘Cruel Summer’ was on the Lover album. That album came out four years ago, and I just need to let you know something: ‘Cruel Summer,’ that song was my pride and joy on that album,” Taylor explained to fans at one of her recent tour stops. “You have conversations before the album comes out, and everybody around weighs in on what they think should be singles. And I was finally, finally about to have my favorite song become the single off of Lover, and… I’m not trying to blame the global pandemic that we had, but that is something that happened that stopped ‘Cruel Summer’ from ever being a single.”
Taylor went on to explain an incredible increase in recent streaming numbers for the song, now giving it the chance to stand as a single.
“What’s happening right now, thanks to you… and honestly, no one understands how this is happening, but you guys have streamed ‘Cruel Summer’ so much right now in 2023… it’s rising on the streaming charts so crazy, and my label has just decided to make it the next single.”
Four years and five albums (including re-records) later, “Cruel Summer,” is here and ready to reach it’s full potential, further proving Swift’s music is timeless.
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