St Vincent says it's been 'struck' by the late success of Taylor Swift's 'Cruel Summer'

Saint Vincent still doesn't understand how impressive the love of fans is Taylor Swift's “Cruel Summer.”

Eight months after the song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 — where it reigned for four weeks, four full years after it was originally released in 2019 Lover — the singer-songwriter, born Annie Clark, has spoken about her delayed success Advertising sign digital cover posted on Monday (June 17).

“I remain amazed by 'Cruel Summer' being the phenomenon that it is,” she said. “No because it's not a great song. It's indicative of the times we're in, where a song from several albums ago that wasn't even a single at the time, fans are like, 'No, this — we're picking this.' And then they put it on the charts.”

Clark added: “This is totally testament to her fan base being so strong.”

Shortly after “Cruel Summer” hit the top spot, Swift and the track's other co-writer, Jack Antonoff, celebrated the unexpected feat on social media. “The song we said was the best song, but we thought, 'Oh, you know what? This will be our secret best song.” That's what we thought,” the producer said in an Instagram video at the time, before the pop star. even in the summer anymore,” Swift said at the time. “It's deep autumn, I'm wearing a sweater.”

Now fresh off the release of her own seventh studio album All Born ScreamingSaint Vincent also spoke Advertising sign about her identity as a queer artist in the Pride Month issue. “Every record I've made has been so personal to what's going on in my life at any given time,” he said. “I'm queer. I know how to change passwords. The idea of ​​identity as performance has been very clear to me since I was a child.”

“I'm queer, I live in crowds,” she added. “But this record in particular isn't about persona or deconstruction.”

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