"Cruel Summer" Is A Song By American Singer-Songwriter Taylor Swift From Her Seventh Studio Album "Lover". Swift Wrote The Song With Jack Antonoff And St. Vincent And Produced It With Antonoff. As The Second Track On The Album It Was Recorded In 2018 At Electric Lady Studios New York City. "Cruel Summer" Is A Breezy Synth-Pop Industrial Pop And Electropop Song With Swirling Synths Robotic Voice Effects And Distorted Vocals. Lyrically It Describes Swift's Intense And Painful Experience While Falling For A Summer Romance. Read More On Last.Fm. User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.