The Summer I Turned Pretty features multiple Taylor Swift songs. This is rather unsurprising as the series tackles love and its various complexities — a theme she has constantly used in her discography. Interestingly, Jenny Hanthe showrunner and author of the book the series is based on, is a fan of the pop sensation.
So, which Taylor Swift songs are featured in The Summer I Turned Pretty? Here’s a breakdown of the tracks used for the show’s needle drops.
The following Taylor Swift songs have been used in The Summer I Turned Pretty:
Meanwhile, the teasers and trailers for the show used the following music:
Taylor Swift’s music played a role during Jenny Han’s time writing The Summer I Turned Pretty book trilogy. In an appearance on Jenna Bush Hager’s Open Book podcastHan revealed that she constantly listened to “Fearless.” Subsequently, she began pondering “dedicating one of the books” to the singer at the time.
The author further revealed that she even once wrote a letter to Swift. It was to ask her permission to use her song “The Way I Loved You (Taylor’s Version)” in one of the series’ most iconic moments — a dance between Lola Tung’s Belly and Christopher Briney’s Conrad in Season 1.
The Summer I Turned Pretty is currently streaming new episodes every week on Amazon Prime Video.