Nobody loves a surprise more than Taylor Alison Swift. The “Red” singer has all but abandoned the traditional album rollout in favor of risking the collective cardiac health of her fandom by announcing new releases mere hours in advance.
So on Thursday, true to form, Swift took to Instagram to share the first teaser for Prime Video’s upcoming YA series The Summer I Turned Pretty, based on the Jenny Han novel of the same name. The brief clip features never-before-heard snippets of the re-recorded version of “This Love” off her 2014 blockbuster album, 1989.
Anyone who says they didn’t get chills immediately upon hearing Swift’s first haunting “ohahohhh…ohhh” is lying. The echoing, crystal-clear notes are what I imagine you might hear when you hold a magical seashell up to your ear. This is the song mermaids used to tempt sailors to their deaths in marine lore, probably. So yeah, it’s truly the perfect soundtrack to a summer love story set in a charming beach town.
