Pop Summer Romance Playlist: Taylor Swift, Zara Larsson & More Artists

Who doesn’t love summer love? When the sun is out, the air is warm and the ocean breeze beckons, romance suddenly becomes way more intense — and pop artists including Taylor Swift , Beyoncé and Harry Styles have proven just that in their music over the years.

So, in honor of the season kicking into gear with the solstice taking place in late June, Billboard has compiled a list of some of the greatest pop songs of the past few decades that explore one of the wildest experiences life has to offer: the summer fling. From the ferocity of that first crush to the heat of a new love growing stronger over the months — backdropped by dates at the beach, pool, state fair, baseball stadium, rooftop bar, etc. — there’s a lot of material to work with. Not to mention the wildly different ways such hot-and-heavy love stories can end, whether they last into the fall, winter, spring and countless summers after that, or fracture and fizzle out as the season comes to an end.

No matter what the situation, there’s a song for you below that’s ready to be on repeat all summer long. Not every single one is explicitly about love in the summertime, but all of them manage to bottle up that ephemeral, addictive, magical feeling of a summer fling in the sound and lyrics.

Check out Billboard ‘s top pop songs about summer romance — including tracks by artists such as Charli xcx, Justin Timberlake, Zara Larsson and more — in alphabetical order below.

_Originally reported by [Billboard](https://www.billboard.com/lists/summer-romance-playlist-ultimate-pop-love-songs/)._