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St. Vincent Reflects on Writing ‘Cruel Summer’ With Taylor Swift 4 Years Before It Became a Hit

St. Vincent discussed Taylor Swift and co-writing “Cruel Summer” with the pop star. See what she said.

And in an interview with People published Friday (April 26), St. Vincent — who co-wrote the smash with the pop star and producer Jack Antonoff — revealed that she was just as stunned as everyone else by the song’s delayed success story. “[Swift’s] just so incredibly intelligent and so hardworking,” the indie rock star, born Anne Clark, told the publication. Clark also opened up about her friendship with Olivia Rodrigo, who retroactively credited St. Vincent, Swift and Antonoff as writers on her Sour hit “Deja Vu” in 2021 after listeners drew comparisons to the track and “Cruel Summer.” Last fall, the “Vampire” singer said in a New York Times interview that Clark had been a “mentor” to her during the process of making her sophomore album, Guts, which debuted at No.

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