"Summer Bummer" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey featuring American rappers ASAP Rocky and Playboi Carti. The song was released for digital download on July 12, 2017, alongside "Groupie Love" featuring ASAP Rocky, as a promotional single. It was later sent to UK contemporary hit radio on July 28, as the album's third single. The song was written by Del Rey, Matthew Samuels, Rakim Mayers, Playboi Carti, Tyler Williams, Jahaan Sweet, and Andrew Joseph Gradwohl, Jr, with the production being handled by Boi-1da, Sweet, and Rick Nowels.[2][3]
Critical reception
Anna Gaca of Spin stated "Even as it widens—slightly—the range of her catalog, 'Summer Bummer' is best viewed as a classically Lana Del Rey set piece: a heavily stylized soundtrack for drugs, pools, and high-contrast monochromes. 'White lies'—or maybe that's, ahem, 'white lines'—'and black beaches/And blood red sangrias', she sings later, mirroring a color scheme that dates back to 'Off to the Races'. Sonically, 'Bummer' is like a trap-inspired take on Honeymoon's 'High by the Beach', and thematically, it doesn't go anywhere that song didn't already."[4] Pitchfork's Rebecca Haithcoat said "[Summer Bummer] is not a traditional contender for the song-of-the-summer flower crown. It's sticky, but in a dense and oppressive, not light and carefree way. Even in Del Rey's songs with a cooler temperature, there's a humidity to her voice, a thickness that slows her tongue. Listless delivery paired with such vivid description is a hallmark of her work, and here it functions as a cocoon you don't want to escape even as you feel the knife's edge of danger. A$AP Rocky and Playboi Carti's contributions feel a little unnecessary, as Del Rey has no trouble carrying a track on her own. Near the end, her voice suddenly jumps an octave and, for a moment, floats sweetly atop the roiling fever dream."[5]
Frank Guan of Vulture stated "'Summer Bummer' is about love. But the music on 'Bummer' carries with it an unprecedented charge. Boi-1da and T-Minus, A-list producers renowned for their work with Drake and other rap artists, have laced Lana with a heat-dazed, shade-cooled beat, a banger situated halfway between beach and trap. It's a track that any rapper would be proud to surf over, and Rocky knows it, delivering a calmly boastful, well-tailored verse punctuated by a choice, subdued set of A$AP affiliate Playboy Carti's ad-libs. Meanwhile Lana's voice, passionate and aching yet effortless and chill, sings to a lover free to change yet fated to accept her love. Racial subtext slips in through lines about 'white lines and black beaches', though the real poetic highlight is the 'blood-red sangrias'. After years in the dark, Lana's love with hip-hop is out in the open again, and like any love, it feels as if no time has passed at all."[6] The Washington Post's Chris Richards claimed "The album's most narcotic single, 'Summer Bummer', is an echo of Del Rey's trademark hit, 'Summertime Sadness', only more evocative. Picture the singer idling around in the July heat, slowly typing out a telepathic love letter inside her skull. She's listening to the radio, and her mind is drifting between external sensation and internal desire. We hear the voices of Playboi Carti and A$AP Rocky splashing around the background—they're 'hip-hop in the summer', the song on the airwaves."[7]
Charts
Release history
References
- ↑ Alexa Camp (July 12, 2017). "Lana Del Rey Drops Two New Songs: 'Summer Bummer' and 'Groupie Love' - The House Next Door - Slant". Slant Magazine. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ↑ "Summer Bummer - Lana Del Rey - Song Info - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ↑ "Lana Del Rey - Summer Bummer Lyrics - Genius Lyrics". Genius. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ↑ Anna Gaca (July 12, 2017). "Review: Lana Del Rey - 'Summer Bummer' - SPIN". Spin. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ↑ Rebecca Haithcoat (July 13, 2017). "'Summer Bummer' [ft. A$AP Rocky and Playboi Carti] Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ↑ Frank Guan (July 12, 2017). "Review: Lana Del Rey and A$AP Rocky's New Songs". Vulture. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ↑ Chris Richards (July 25, 2017). "Lana Del Rey suddenly sounds like the peat laureate of post-truth - The Washington Post". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 40 Urban Singles". ARIA Charts. Archived from the original on August 9, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Lana Del Rey feat. A$AP Rocky and Playboi Carti – Summer Bummer" (in Dutch). Ultratop Urban. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ↑ "Lana Del Rey – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Lana Del Rey. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart - The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ↑ "Archive Chart: 2017-07-21". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ↑ "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 30, 28 juli 2017". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ↑ "Archive Chart: 2017-07-28" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ↑ "Lana Del Rey – Chart history" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Lana Del Rey. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ↑ "Amazon.com: Summer Bummer [feat. A$AP Rocky and Playboi Carti] [Explicit]: Lana Del Rey: MP3 Downloads". Amazon MP3. July 12, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ↑ "BBC - Radio 1 - Playlist". BBC Radio 1. July 28, 2017. Archived from the original on July 29, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
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