Taylor Swift‘s “Merciless Summer season” has was a reasonably candy autumn, as her fan-favorite Lover observe rose to No. 1 on the Billboard Scorching 100 songs chart dated Oct. 28, 2023 — 4 years after its preliminary launch.
In a video posted to Instagram on Monday (Oct. 23), Swift and her co-writer Jack Antonoff share their pleasure over the accomplishment, speaking over one another as they thank followers for all their help. “The music that we stated was the perfect music, however we thought, ‘Oh, you already know what? This will probably be our secret greatest music.’ That’s what we thought,” Antonoff stated of “Merciless Summer season,” earlier than Swift chimes in: “We simply needed to say thanks a lot for making ‘Merciless Summer season’ a Scorching 100 No. 1, and it’s not even summer season anymore. It’s deep fall, I’m sporting a sweater.”
She concluded by sending like to Swifties, earlier than letting out a scream. The put up additionally options two movie photographs of the longtime musical collaborators within the studio, with Antonoff wanting stunned whereas Swift holds up her index finger in celebration of her tenth No. 1 hit. “IT’S COOL,” she captioned the put up, referencing lyrics from the music’s hook.
See the put up right here.
With “Merciless Summer season,” Swift joins an elite membership of artists with 10 or extra No. 1s on the Billboard Scorching 100 songs chart. “Merciless Summer season” was launched on Swift’s 2019 album Lover and was promoted as a correct single in June of this yr. Serving to surge streams for “Merciless Summer season” had been two new mixes that arrived on Oct. 18: a dwell model, recorded in Los Angeles throughout The Eras Tour, and an LP Giobbi remix. They adopted the Oct. 13 premiere of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movie.
