Cruel Summer - Taylor Swift - MP3 instrumental karaoke

Taylor Swift is in loved-up mode on "Cruel Summer," a fan favourite from her seventh studio album Lover (2019). "Cruel Summer," which was later released as a radio single in June 2023, is introduced by a surge of dramatic 1980s-sounding drums and synths that are now the trademark of producer and co-writer Jack Antonoff. St. Vincent also claims a writing credit and a guitar part on the song. "Cruel Summer" seemingly depicts the beginning of Taylor Swift's relationship with then-boyfriend Joe Alwyn, who she had previously referred to as a "bad boy" ("Bad, bad boy, shiny toy with a price"), and is among the diary entries comprising her candid album Lover, which was released with a personal journal and a whole 13 years after her self-titled debut album. You can hear how far she's matured as an artist in every lyric and every fully formed genre-melding pop confessional. Lover seized the top spot in a multitude of countries, including the US and the UK.