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The Subversion of Ecstasy: Rockstar & Elise’s Version of Taylor Swift’s Cruel Summer as a Grunge Elegy

The Subversion of Ecstasy: Rockstar & Elise’s Version of Taylor Swift’s Cruel Summer as a Grunge Elegy

Published March 9, 2025

There is something inherently liminal about Cruel Summer – a song trapped between elation and devastation, where desire and destruction coil around each other like ivy…

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