Cool for the Summer

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"Cool for the Summer"
Single by Demi Lovato
from the album Confident
Released July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)
Format
Recorded
Genre
Length 3:35
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Max Martin
  • Ali Payami[1]
Demi Lovato singles chronology
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(2014)		 "Cool for the Summer"
(2015)		 "Confident"
(2015)
Music video
"Cool for the Summer" on YouTube

"Cool for the Summer" is a song by American singer Demi Lovato. It serves as the lead single from her fifth studio album Confident (2015).[2][3] The song was released on July 1, 2015, by Hollywood, and Island Records, and made its radio premiere on the same date via Republic Records.[4][5] It was written by Lovato, Max Martin, Ali Payami, Alexander Erik Kronlund and Savan Kotecha.[6] The song has received attention for its bi-curious insinuations and sexually suggestive lyrics.[7][8]

"Cool for the Summer" received positive reviews from music critics, who cited Lovato's confidence and the song's polished production.[9][10] The song debuted at number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated July 18, 2015, selling 108,000 copies in its first charting week.[11] It entered the Hot 100's top 20 on the chart dated August 15, 2015 and peaked at number 11.[12] "Cool for the Summer" has also reached the top 20 on international singles charts including those of Australia and Canada, and the top 10 In New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Composition

"Cool for the Summer" was written by Lovato, Alexander Erik Kronlund, Savan Kotecha, Ali Payami and Max Martin, with production held by the two latter.[13] It is a pop[13][14] and pop rock[15][16] song, with a rock edge and an electronic arrangement[16][17] running through a synthesizer beat[10][13] and electric guitar riffs.[9] With this track Lovato returns to her pop rock roots,[18] while breaking new ground for herself with its provocative subject matter.[9][18][19] Thematically, the song is about sexually experimenting with a female lover during summertime.[19] It was noted for being more sexually suggestive than Lovato's previous releases, garnering comparisons to Katy Perry's song "I Kissed a Girl".[8] Tharadjyne Orisma of United Press International noted that the song "makes some pretty racy suggestions".[20]

The track's ambient production consists of a piano melody for the introduction,[9] followed by a buzzing synth beat,[8][9][10][13][19][21] that is accompanied by guitar riffs on the chorus.[9][14][21] Its production was also noted as Lovato's comeback to pop rock music present on her earliest records after releasing her 2011 R&B-infused album Unbroken and 2013's bubblegum pop Demi.[22][23] The song has a moderate tempo of 114 beats per minute. The track is composed in the key of C minor, and Lovato's vocal range spans from the low note of Bb3 to the high note of G♯5.[24]

Release

Lovato announced the release of "Cool for the Summer" on June 25, 2015, with the single's artwork and the release date, July 1, via Twitter.[25] Emilee Lindner from MTV News commented on the artwork: "The art for the song shows Demi in a strappy suit and faux fur, throwing us the side eye. She gives off an all-knowing, commanding vibe, swinging around her sunglasses without a care."[26]

Although set to premiere July 1, the song leaked one day before its official release date.[13] Following its release, Lovato was accused of copying Jessie J's "Domino" and Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl", with the lyrics "It's okay/I'm a little curious too/Tell me if it's wrong/If it's right/I don't care ... Got a taste for the cherry/I just need to take a bite" being compared to the theme of Perry's "I Kissed a Girl," which was also co-written by Max Martin.[27] In response, Lovato stated the songs sounded nothing alike, and that "I think more than one female artist can kiss a girl and like it".[28]

Critical reception

"Cool for the Summer" was well received by music critics. Yasmeen Gharnit from Nylon calling the song "a blatantly summer song" with "boisterous, cinematic instrumentals and synth beat" that distract from "some straight-out-of-your-middle-school-diary lyrics".[13] Jason Lipshutz of Billboard gave the song a rating of four and a half out of five stars, calling it Lovato's "most self-assured statement to date".[9] Idolator gave an average rating of 7.5 out of 10, writing "from the hook-filled production to the tongue-in-cheek lyrics, it only takes one listen to know that 'Cool for the Summer' is going to be huge."[10] Nolan Feeney from Time stated that "Lovato's sultry vocals and producer Max Martin's Midas touch melt the track's air-conditioned synths into a sweltering, rock-infused banger."[8] Writing for New York, Dee Lockett called it "the most perfectly manufactured Song of Summer maybe ever".[7]

Music video

The music video was directed by Hannah Lux Davis. It was released on July 23, 2015, on Vevo.[29] Christina Garibaldi of MTV deemed the video "seductive, sassy and smokin' hot" and noted the video marked "a new chapter of her career, as she exudes a confidence and sexiness that we haven't seen before."[30] Bianca Gracie of Idolator and Lewis Corner of Digital Spy both thought the video is Lovato's "steamiest".[31][32] Hayden Manders of Nylon wrote that the video "doesn't disappoint, but it somewhat misses the mark" explaining "it's odd that a video for a song about same-sex experimentation features none. You'd have to listen to the lyrics to understand the underlying message of the song because the video shies away from it."[33] New York magazine's Dee Lockett called it "the most sexually liberated video Demi's ever done to go along with its empowering message."[7] The video surpassed 100 million views in October 2015, making it Lovato's ninth Vevo-certified clip.[34]

Live performances and usage in media

Lovato first performed the single on the same day of its release, at the Z100's CFTS Release Pool Party in New York City. She subsequently performed the song at other pool parties,[35][36][37][38] including one hosted by 102.7 KIIS-FM, at the WaterMarke Tower in Los Angeles, during which she fell when she tried to jump into the pool.[39] Lovato also performed the song at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Cincinnati on July 11. Lovato gave a performance of "Cool for the Summer" with an all-female band on The Voice Australia on August 9, 2015.[40] The following day, she performed the song on Sunrise.[41] On August 30, 2015, Lovato performed the song at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards with rapper Iggy Azalea.[42] The next day, Lovato sang it on Jimmy Kimmel Live.[43] As one of the headliners of the 2015 NRJ Music Tour, she gave a performance of the track on September 5, 2015 in Saint-Quentin, France.[44] On September 9, 2015, Lovato delivered a more "intimate" version of the song at BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge in London.[45] On September 11, 2015, she was a guest on British comedy chat show Alan Carr: Chatty Man, where she gave another performance.[46] The song was also a part of Lovato's setlist at the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival on September 18–19, 2015.[47] Lovato performed a "Cool for the Summer" and "Confident" medley on Saturday Night Live the series' forty-first season on October 17, 2015.[48][49] Lovato's setlist at CBS Radio's 2015 We Can Survive event on October 24, 2015 included the song.[50] Furthermore, "Cool for the Summer" was a part of Lovato's setlist at the 2015 106.1 KISS FM Fall Ball on November 14, 2015 as well as the setlist for the 2015 Jingle Ball Tour.[51][52] On December 31, 2015, as a headliner of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, she performed another medley of "Cool for the Summer" and "Confident" in Times Square.[53] Lovato performed the song on the second edition of the Victoria's Secret Swim Special, which aired on March 9, 2016.[54] Lovato gave another rendition of "Cool for the Summer" at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards on May 22, 2016.[55] The song is featured in the dance video game Just Dance 2016.[56] "Cool for the Summer" was one of the official theme songs for WWE SummerSlam 2015.[57]

Awards

"Cool for the Summer" has received two nominations. In August 2015, it was nominated for Choice Summer Song at the Teen Choice Awards[58] and also for Song of Summer at the MTV Video Music Awards.[59] The song was honored as one of the biggest songs of 2015 at the 2016 ASCAP Pop Music Awards on April 27, 2016.[60]

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Recorded at MXM Studios, Los Angeles, United States and Wolf Cousins Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.

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  • Demi Lovato – lead vocals, songwriter
  • Savan Kotecha – songwriter, background vocals
  • Max Martin – songwriter, producer, additional programming
  • Alexander Kronlund – songwriter
  • Ali Payami – songwriter, producer, guitars, drums, percussion, programming
  • Sam Holland – engineering
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Tom Coyne – mastering

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Confident.[65]

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[106] Platinum 70,000
Canada (Music Canada)[107] Platinum 80,000
Italy (FIMI)[108] Gold 25,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[109] Gold 7,500
Norway (IFPI Norway)[110] Gold 5,000
Sweden (GLF)[111] Gold 20,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[112] Silver 200,000
United States (RIAA)[113] Platinumdagger 1,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

dagger Since May 9, 2013, RIAA certifications for digital singles include on-demand audio and/or video song streams in addition to downloads.[114]

Release history

Country Date Format Label Ref.
Worldwide July 1, 2015 Digital download
[115]
United States July 7, 2015 Contemporary hit radio
[116]
Italy July 10, 2015 Radio airplay
[117]
United States July 13, 2015 Hot AC radio
[118]
Belgium July 31, 2015 Digital download
  • Hollywood
  • Island
  • Safehouse
[119]
United Kingdom August 28, 2015
[120]

See also

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