Singer Olivia Rodrigo has been very clear about how much she loves and adores Taylor Swift, and how Taylor Swift inspires Olivia to write her music. In April, Rodrigo broke down the concept and idea behind her track, saying “I wanted (the bridge) to be high energy because the rest of the song is very serene and eerily calm. But I wanted the last bridge to the kind of go crazy and I love ‘Cruel Summer,’ it’s one of my favorite songs ever. I love the harmonized yells she does. I feel like they’re super electric and moving, so I wanted to do something like that.”

Olivia also added Antonoff as a writer to an additional track from her album Sour, “1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back”, which is sampled from Taylor Swift’s song “New Year’s Day” on her Grammy-winning star’s album, Reputation.