The Maine cover Taylor Swift’s ‘Lover’ hit “Cruel Summer”

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This 12 months’s Sad Summer is nearing the tip of one other nice run, and to up the enjoyable of their closing reveals, the Maine shared a cover of Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer.” The tune suits proper in with their latest setlists, because the pop-rock outfit have been busting out covers of Lorde’s “Royals,” blink-182’s “I Miss You,” and Smash Mouth’s “All Star” as they trek throughout the U.S. on the touring emo fest.

“We couldn’t get tickets for Taylor Swift’s tour, so we decided to cover ‘Cruel Summer’ so we can have our own concert on the tour bus,” vocalist John O’Callaghan says. “Now we just need to make some bootleg T-shirts and it’ll be like we’re front row. Hope you enjoy it!”

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The Maine are additionally readying the discharge of their ninth studio album, which is out Aug. 1. The band have already shared two singles, “how to exit a room” and “blame,” forward of its arrival and can ring within the report’s launch day in Denver for 8123 Day. That night, the Maine will headline the Fillmore Auditorium with openers Real Friends and Knuckle Puck.

Listen to their cover of “Cruel Summer” beneath.