Taylor Swift’s ‘Cruel Summer’ tops Billboard Hot 100 four years after release

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Taylor Swift’s song ‘Cruel Summer’ has reached Number One on the Billboard Hot 100, four years after it was released on her 2019 album ‘Lover’.The song, co-written by Jack Antonoff and St.

Vincent, has become Swift’s 10th Number One single. It follows her 2022 ‘Midnights’ single, ‘Anti-Hero’, and the 10-minute version of ‘All Too Well’ in 2021.‘Cruel Summer’ was originally a fan-favourite track from ‘Lover’, but it was not promoted as a single until this year, when Swift performed it on her ‘The Eras Tour’.The song gained popularity on social media platforms like TikTok, where it was featured in millions of videos.

It also received new mixes, including a live version and a remix by LP Giobbi, which boosted its streams and sales..@taylorswift13's "Cruel Summer" officially hits No.

1 on this week's #Hot100.It earns Swift her 10th career No. 1 hit, and first from her 2019 album 'Lover.'— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) October 23, 2023Swift and Antonoff have since celebrated her latest achievement on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Our favourite song from ‘Lover’, from five years ago.