Four years ago, Taylor Swift included the song “Cruel Summer” on her album “Lover.” It became a fan favorite, and had been in line to be released as a single in 2020, before the Covid-19 pandemic changed all plans.
“That is something that happened that stopped ‘Cruel Summer’ from ever being a single,” the singer said a few months ago.
After breaking into the Top 10 in July, “Cruel Summer” has finally made it to No.
Over the last week, Swift went all out to promote it.
Over the last week, “Cruel Summer” had nearly 19 million streams in the United States, sold 41,000 downloads — up from around 2,500 the week before — and had 78 million “airplay audience impressions,” a measurement of a song’s popularity at radio, according to the tracking service Luminate.
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