Prime Video's 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' will feature 'This Love (Taylor's version)'
On June 17, Prime Video will premiere the debut season of 'The Summer I Turned Pretty', a series based on the trilogy of the same name by 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before' author Jenny Han. The trailer of the new series gave fans a special surprise and sneak peek to Taylor Swift's single, 'This Love (Taylor's version)' which released at midnight on May 6.
It is common knowledge that Taylor Swift has slowly been rerecording and rereleasing her own songs in order to own them entirely after a serious public feud with music manager Scooter Braun over ownership issue in 2019 left her without most of her back catalog. Braun bought and then sold the masters of her first six albums for a reported $300 million. Swift publicly criticized Braun for his actions and stated that the masters of new versions of the albums will be under her control.
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“This Love(Taylor’s Version)” is played in the background of the trailer. The song originally appeared on Swift’s Grammy winning "1989" album. The new version is expected to plays a big part in the Amazon series. 'This Love (Taylor’s Version)' is the second track from 1989 to be re-recorded. In response to the popularity of 'Wildest Dreams' on TikTok, Swift released a "Taylor's version" of the song last year. On May 5, the 11-time-Grammy Award-winning singer took to Instagram to share the news. "Thank you @jennyhan for debuting my version of This Love in the trailer for @thesummeriturnedpretty!! I've always been so proud of this song," Taylor wrote, "and I'm very [cute pleading face emojis] about this turn of events - This Love (Taylor's Version) comes out tonight at m i d n i g h t!"
The multigenerational drama follows "a love triangle between one girl and two brothers, the ever-evolving relationship between mothers and their children and the enduring power of strong female friendship," according to the official synopsis. "It is a coming-of-age story about first love, first heartbreak and the magic of that one perfect summer."
The creator of 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' is none other than Jenny Han herself, who co-showruns with Gabrielle Stanton, and wrote the pilot. 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' stars Lola Tung, Jackie Chung, Rachel Blanchard, Christopher Briney, Gavin Casalegno, Sean Kaufman, Alfredo Narciso, and Minnie Mills, with Colin Ferguson and Tom Everett Scott.
Whether 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' will debut any other songs of Taylor Swift’s back catalog? Stay tuned to the premiere on June 17 on Prime Video.