Songs Similar to Cruel Summer by Taylor Swift
Album: Lover · Pop · Energetic
“Cruel Summer” is a pop track by Taylor Swift from the album Lover. On SongSimilar it sits in our Pop collection and is tagged energetic, so the matches below lean toward that same feel (the original runs at about 170 BPM).
The closest match right now is “Getaway Car” by Taylor Swift (100% match). The list also pulls in Zara Larsson, Lady Gaga, Chappell Roan and Dua Lipa — artists whose audiences overlap heavily with Taylor Swift's. By genre, the list is mostly pop (14 of 20 tracks), with alternative and electro mixed in. Each entry shows its genre and a match score, so you can start with the strongest matches and work outward. Every song links out to YouTube, Spotify and Amazon Music for a quick listen, and the ones marked as links have their own similar-song pages here.
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Data: Last.fm, updated 2026-10-11.
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FAQ about “Cruel Summer”
What songs are similar to Cruel Summer?
On our list, the closest matches are “Getaway Car” by Taylor Swift, “The Man” by Taylor Swift and “we can't be friends (wait for your love)” by Ariana Grande. All 20 songs on this page are ranked by how strongly their listeners overlap with fans of “Cruel Summer” by Taylor Swift, so the higher a song sits, the closer it is to the original's sound and audience.
Who does Cruel Summer sound like?
Based on listening data, “Cruel Summer” sits closest to Ariana Grande, Zara Larsson, Lady Gaga and Chappell Roan. Fans of Taylor Swift play these artists more than almost anyone else, which usually means a shared sound, era or scene. Start with their tracks in the list above if you want something in the same vein.
Is Cruel Summer Pop?
We file “Cruel Summer” by Taylor Swift under Pop. Genre labels are fuzzy, so the similar songs above aren't limited to one genre — they follow what listeners actually pair with the song.
How do you find similar songs to Cruel Summer?
Use the list on this page: it ranks 20 tracks by how often fans of “Cruel Summer” also listen to them. Open any song that has its own page to keep exploring, or enter another track in the similar song finder to start a new list.