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HOT NEWS: Taylor Swift’s Cruel Summer Hits So Different Now To When The Eras Tour First Started
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Taylor Swift’s upbeat banger “Cruel Summer” from her seventh studio album Lover hits so much harder now than when she first embarked on The Eras Tour.
Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” grew in popularity during The Eras Tour, four years after it was released in July 2019.
After hitting #1 on the charts in October 2023, “Cruel Summer” is now the most streamed Taylor Swift song on Spotify.
The energy and crowd reaction during “Cruel Summer” in The Eras Tour movie showcase its newfound success and impact, making it a standout performance in the concert movie.
Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” off her 2019 album Lover hits so much harder in Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert movie now than it did back when The Eras Tour first started. During a hiatus in October 2023, Taylor Swift brought her showstopping Eras Tour concert experience to the big screen by releasing The Eras Tour movie in theaters. After an extended cut VOD release in December, the concert movie is finally available to stream as Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) on Disney+, including four previously cut songs and four bonus acoustic songs.
Including these new additions, there is a total of 48 songs in Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version). Of these 48, there are plenty of Taylor Swift songs that are even better in The Eras Tour movie, but one song in particular packs a lot more of a punch now. Watching Swift perform the song “Cruel Summer” from the Lover era in The Eras Tour movie is an elevated experience thanks to the Lover track’s subsequent boost in popularity.