Jenny Han, the author and showrunner of The Summer I Turned Pretty, shared how she acquired permission from Taylor Swift to make use of her songs within the sequence.
In an episode of Jenna Bush Hager’s Open Book podcast, Han recalled her efforts to safe not less than one track of Swift for the season one finale.
“I used to be sort of making an attempt to inception it into everybody’s heads that we’d like this,” she stated. “I don’t assume anybody thought we had been gonna get it, truthfully.”
She stated she was able to do “no matter it took” to characteristic The Way I Loved You from Fearless (Taylor’s Version) within the finale episode.
A consultant from Amazon Music suggested Han to jot down a letter to Swift on why the track was important for the sequence.
“I wrote a handwritten notice about how a lot it could imply not simply to me however to the followers. That was the present I actually needed to offer as a result of I’m like, ‘They’re gonna go loopy for this.”
Luckily, the sequence acquired a couple of track to characteristic in its episodes. The soundtracks in season one revolved round romantic moments between Belly (Lola Tung) and her crush on Conrad (Christopher Briney), together with, Cruel Summer, Lover, The Way I Loved You and This Love.
Season two, alternatively, highlighted their turbulent relationship with songs like, August, Sweet Nothing, Delicate, Bigger Than the Whole Sky and Exile.
“I felt like Taylor is somebody who bets on girls. And I felt like she wager on me,” Han added on the podcast. “And I can’t say sufficient how grateful I’m that she allow us to use her music. And I believe she is aware of, too, her followers would really like the present.”
The Summer I Turned Pretty season one and two is accessible on the streaming platform, with season three slated for launch in the summertime of 2025.
