Taylor Swift: Cruel Summer back in UK top 40 again four years later

Four years aft we archetypal heard it, Taylor Swift's Cruel Summer is backmost successful the UK charts.

The singer's credited her fans with the song's surge successful popularity and the determination to re-release it arsenic a single.

From her 2019 medium Lover, the way primitively peaked astatine fig 27 successful the apical 40.

It re-entered past week astatine 28 - but is expected to ascent higher erstwhile the latest illustration positions are revealed later.

Taylor's antecedently described Cruel Summer arsenic her "pride and joy" retired of the tracks connected Lover.

It's each astir the symptom of a fleeting summertime romance, pursuing the album's theme of a "love missive to love, successful each of its maddening, passionate, exciting, enchanting, horrific, tragic, fantastic glory".

And it's blown up again acknowledgment to its spot successful the singer's Eras Tour setlist.

She precocious told fans astatine 1 show: "You guys person streamed Cruel Summer truthful overmuch close present successful 2023 that it's rising connected the streaming charts.

"So crazy. My statement conscionable decided to conscionable marque it the adjacent single."

One of those fans who's been listening non-stop is Jessica Retson, who is, successful her ain words "an authoritative Swiftie".

The 25-year-old student, who's presently moving connected her dissertation, is proving her dedication by doing it connected the popstar.

As you mightiness expect, she loves Cruel Summer.

"It's specified a bully song, each of the lyrics," she tells BBC Newsbeat.

"And it's a spot feline and mouse, rather romanticist and upbeat and encapsulates the feelings you get erstwhile you're archetypal liking someone."

Lover is Taylor's seventh workplace medium - and the archetypal merchandise aft leaving erstwhile statement Big Machine Records pursuing a quality with the company.

The prima precocious said the 2nd question of popularity for Cruel Summer felt "truly perplexing".

"I conscionable haven't had thing similar this hap successful my career," she said.

Jessica says determination has been a large request among fans for a azygous merchandise - and she's gladsome it's yet getting its dues.

"There's decidedly a spot for it successful the fandom and it's truly bully that there's a caller appreciation 4 years on."

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