"Cool for the Summer" by Demi Lovato was originally released in 2015, but a rock version was released on May 25 of this year as a single for Demi's upcoming "Revamped" remix album, as shown above.
The original "Cool for the Summer" is an LGBTQ+ anthem that feels sort of like a modern, lustier version of "Summer Nights" from "Grease," and it gives all kinds of summer vibes with what Billboard describes as its "poppy synths and uptempo instrumentation."
The same article also says that the rock version of "Cool for the Summer" has a "darker sound backed by electric guitars and grittier lyric delivery." But the thing is, I just don't vibe with it as much as the original.
Don't get me wrong, I love a good rock song and Demi definitely has the vocals for it, but I just don't feel like it's different enough from the original, and the parts that are different could've been done better. It feels like diet rock: the taste is there, but not in full force.
The instrumental still sounds synthetic enough that I barely noticed the electric guitars, and even though there was a grittier quality to Demi's vocals, it still felt like she and the instrumental were holding back on their full power.
All in all, I just don't feel like the rock version added anything to "Cool for the Summer." It's not bad, but the original was already considered pop rock, and there's not enough of a difference between the two versions to incite any extra enjoyment for the rock version.
Chase Holfelder's minor key cover of Taylor Swift's "Betty" and Halocene's rock cover of Billie Eilish's "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" are better examples of how to put an interesting new spin on a song.
To be blunt, the rock version of "Cool for the Summer" isn't that cool, not enough to excite the feeling. And I genuinely believe Demi can do better.
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