Summer Bummer – Wikipedia

Summer Bummer
Rey feat wool. A $ AP Rocky & Playboi Carti
publication	July 14, 2017
Long	4:21 minutes
Genre(s)	Pop, Rap
Author (en)	Big White Beats, Playboi books, King’s wool, Rakim Mayers, Matthew Samuels, Jahaan Sweet, Tyler Williams
Album	Lust for Life

Summer Bummer (English for “summer rum drivers” or “summer bamer”) is a song by the American pop singer Lana del Rey, in cooperation with the two US rappers A $ AP Rocky and Playboi Carti. The piece is the fourth single release from its fifth studio album Lust for Life .

The song was written together by Big White Beats, Playboi Carti, Lana Del Rey, Rakim Mayers (Asap Rocky), Matthew Samuels, Jahaan Sweet and Tyler Williams. The single was produced by Boi 1da (Matthew Samuels) and Jahaan Sweet, as executing producers (“Executive Producer”) were at their side. The piece was arranged under the direction of Hector Delgado, Kieron Menzies, Dean Reid and Trevor Yasuda. The mastering made Adam Ayan, which mixed by menzies and Reid. Programming work, such as the programming of the synthesizers, was carried out by T-Minus. The play was recorded in the Record Plant in Los Angeles (United States) and the Hampstead Studios in London (United Kingdom). The single was released among the music labels Interscope Records and Polydor and expelled by 1damtal publishing, A $ Ap Rocky Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Songs LLC & Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, Stellar Songs and The Sweet Life. ^{[first] [2]}

In addition to the artist name and song title-the upper body del Rey, during the dusk, on the cover of the Maxi single can be seen against the background of a city. She wears a black shirt and sucks on a lollipop. ^[3] As with numerous DEL Rey projects before, artwork and photography come from Neil Krug again. He received support from Mat Maitland in processing. ^[4]

On June 3, 2017, DEL Rey published with the words “We Made A Lot of Good Ones But I Think We Picked the Best Ones for the Record” (English for “We wrote a lot of good pieces and I think we have the best for the plate selected ”) for the first time a teaser too Summer Bummer On Instagram. ^[5] The piece celebrated its world premiere on July 12, 2017 on the radio show of the British DJ Mistajam on the radio station BBC Radio 1 and in Zane Lowes Radio show Beats 1. ^{[6] [7]} The first publication of the single took place two days later as a download on July 14, 2017. ^[8]

At Summer Bummer It is already the second musical cooperation between del Rey and A $ ap rocky. Also for Lust for Life the two took the piece Groupie Love on. This was also a download single, one day before Summer Bummer , published on July 13, 2017. ^[9] Compared to Summer Bummer celebrated Groupie Love No noteworthy charter sequence in official hit parades.

In the past, Del Rey and Rocky have often worked together. In 2012 Rocky had an appearance as John F. Kennedy in Del Rey’s music video National Anthem . In the same year the common song was created Rinin ‘ . The piece was originally on the mixtape Follow the Leaders Published by The Kickdrums, but the decided not to publish the piece due to a leak. ^[ten]

Construction

Section	Interpret	Style
1st verse	Del Rey, Carti, Rocky	Fees / Rap
Refrain	Del Rey, Carti, Rocky	Fees / Rap
2. stanza	Books, Rocky	Rap
Refrain	Del Rey, Carti, Rocky	Fees / Rap
3. stanza	King	Life
Bridge	Del Rey, Rocky	Fees / Rap
Refrain	Del Rey, Carti, Rocky	Fees / Rap
Other	King	Life

The lyrics too Summer Bummer is written in English; Translated into German, the title means, for example, “summer rum drivers” or “summer bambler”. The music and the text were written together by Big White Beats, Playboi Carti, Lana Del Rey, Rakim Mayers (ASAP Rocky), Matthew Samuels, Jahaan Sweet and Tyler Williams. The song moves musically in the area of ​​rapeseed and pop music. The pace is 135 strokes per minute. ^[11] Andrew Joseph Gradwohl (synthesizer), Rick Nowels (synthesizer), Zac Rae (harpsichord), Matthew Samuels (bass guitar and drums), Jahaan Sweet (piano) and T-Minus (bass and cello) can be heard as instrumentalists. ^{[first] [2] [twelfth]}

The piece is structured on three stanzas, a chorus, a bridge and an outro. Summer Bummer Starts with the first stanza sung by Del Rey and rapped by Playboi Carti, Rocky can only be heard in the background. The chorus follows the first stanza for the first time. This follows the same principle as the first stanza. The second stanza is rapped by Carti and Rocky. The chorus follows again. After the second chorus, a pure vocal part of Del Rys takes place in the third stanza. The stanza was followed by a bridge in which Del Rey is supported by Rocky. This is followed by a last chorus and an Outro sung by del Rey.

„Hip-hop in the summer, (What? what? what?) don’t be a bummer, babe. (What? what? yeah?) Be my undercover lover, babe, hmm. (What? what? what? what? what? what? yeah. What? what? what?) High tops in the summer, (Summer, what? what? what?) don’t be a bummer, babe. (Summer, what? what? what?) Be my undercover lover, babe, hmm. (What? what? what? what? what?) ” – Refrain, original extract

“Hip-hop in summer, (Was? was? was?) Be not a fuck, baby. (What? What? Clear!) Be my secret lover, baby, hmm. (Was? was? what? was? was? was? klar! Was? was? was?) High-Tops im Sommer, (Was? was? was?) Be not a fuck, baby. (What? What? Clear!) Be my secret lover, baby, hmm. (Was? was? what? was? was? was? klar! Was? was? was?) ” – Refrain, translation

Song production Adam Ayan: Mastering Big White Beats: composer, lyrics Playboi Carti: composer, lyrics, rap Lana Del Rey: Proter producer, vocals, composer, songwriter Hector Delgado: Arrangement Andrew Joseph Gradwohl Jr.: Synthesizer Rakim Mayers (ASAP Rocky): composer, lyrics, rap Kieron Menzies: Abmischung, Arrangement Rick Nowels: Prepare producer, synthesizer Zac Rae: Cembalo Dean Reid: Abmischung, Arrangement Matthew Samuels/Boi 1da: bass guitar, composer, songwriter, music producer, drums Jahaan Sweet: piano, composer, songwriter, music producer Tyler Williams (T-Minus): Bass, cello, composer, lyrics, programming (synthesizer) Trevor Yasuda: Arrangement

Artwork (Cover) Pursue

Reviews [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

Toni Hennig from the German-speaking online magazine Laut.de awarded for the album Lust for Life Five out of a possible five stars. In Summer Bummer If you perceive the “beats” slowly and slowly. The “rap parts” of Playboy Carti and A $ Ap Rocky initially appear to be getting used to. Hennig is de Rmeidung that the listener does not have to be afraid of contact because of the “smoky” and “lascivious” voice. ^[13]

Stephan Müller from the German-speaking online magazine Plattentests.de missed seven out of ten points for the album. The passion is happy to hide in morbid romance, apart from Summer Bummer , he described this as a “vacation fuck”. ^[14]

Chris Richards from Washington Post described Summer Bummer As the most narcotic piece of Lust for Life . It is a kind of repetition of del REYS HIT Summertime Sadness “It is only a bit” meaningful “than its predecessor. ^[15]

Charts and chart placements [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

Summer Bummer reached 81 of the single charts in the United Kingdom and was able to place himself in the charts for two weeks. In Germany, the single was only able to place one day in the daily evaluations of the German iTunes charts, where it reached 99. ^[16]

For Del Rey is an interpreter Lust for Life The 19th charter success in the United Kingdom. As the author, it is her 18th charter success in the British charts. For Rocky it is the ninth charter success as an interpreter and the eighth as an author in the United Kingdom. Carti reached the British single charts for the first time.

In his work as an author or producer, Samuels reached the single charts in the United Kingdom for the twelfth time. For Williams is as an author Summer Bummer The seventh charter success in the British charts. The two cars Big White Beats and Jahaan Sweet reached the British single charts for the first time.

Awards for music sales [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

On November 24, 2021, four years after the first publication, was Summer Bummer Awarded with a gold record for 500,000 units sold in the United States, although the song could not place itself in the Billboard Hot 100. ^[18]

Land/Region	Auszeichnung en for music sales (Land/region, award, sales)	Verkäuce
United States (Riaa) [18]	Gold	500,000
In total	1× Gold	500,000

Main article: Lana del Rey/Awards for music sales