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Primary artist

Taylor Swift

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Album

Lover

Release date

August 23, 2019

Duration

2:58

Genres

Pop

Label

Taylor Swift

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"Cruel Summer" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her seventh studio album, Lover (2019). Swift and Jack Antonoff produced the song, and they wrote it with St. Vincent. "Cruel Summer" is an electropop, synth-pop, bubblegum pop, and industrial pop song composed of synths, wobbling beats, and vocoder-manipulated vocals. The lyrics are about an intense and painful summer romance.

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