'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Season 3: All the Taylor Swift Easter Eggs & Other Callbacks

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'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Season 3: All the Taylor Swift Easter Eggs & Other Callbacks originally appeared on Parade.
The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 is packed with Easter eggs, callbacks to other Jenny Han works and other references.
On July 16, the third and final chapter of the beloved Prime Video series based on the trilogy by Han kicked off.
Warning: Spoilers for Season 3 are ahead.
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At the beginning of the season, viewers see Belly Conlin () dating Jeremiah Fisher () as she starts college, followed by a three-year time jump to the summer before her senior year at Finch. A lot transpires during the first two episodes and already, eagle-eyed fans have spotted a number of references to the "Shake It Off" singer.
Let's take a closer look at all of the Swift Easter eggs and other notable references in Season 3.
'Daylight' and 'Red' were featured in the Season 3 teaser trailer.
To start, a teaser trailer for The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 featured two songs from Swift: "Daylight" and "Red." Her relationship with Jeremiah was symbolized by the former, while right at the end of the teaser, Conrad Fisher () appears as Swift sings, "Loving him was red."
This symbolism continued during the final season itself.
The colors red and blue in Belly's fashion choices reflected the lyrics of Taylor Swift's 'Red.'
During the scene when Belly talks to Conrad on Jeremiah's phone, she wears red sunglasses; she also wears red at the summer house with Conrad.
Similarly, she wears a lot of blue outfits in scenes with Jeremiah, a callback to "Losing him was blue," in Swift's song "Red."
'You're Losing Me' was featured at the end of Episode 1.
After Belly learned that Jeremiah slept with Lacey, Swift's track "You're Losing Me" plays as they argue and Belly runs away in tears.
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A Bye Bye Birdie poster in Belly's college dorm hints at her love for Conrad.
Belly had a poster for the musical Bye Bye Birdie hanging in her college dorm room, and the main character in the play is named Conrad.
Conrad's unfinished crossword puzzle features the title of another Han book.
At the beach house, Belly finds a half-finished crossword puzzle from Conrad. She fills in the rest of "P.S. I Still Love You" with the word "still," completing the title of Han's sequel to To All the Boys I've Loved Before.
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Jeremiah and Belly dressed up as Lara Jean and Peter for Halloween.
Another photo on the wall of Belly's dorm showed her and Jeremiah dressed up as Lara Jean Covey and Peter Kavinsky from To All the Boys I've Loved Before.
Conrad standing over Belly after she fell was familiar, too.
Fans of To All the Boys I've Loved Before and XO, Kitty likely saw the scene where Belly fell at the Cousins beach house and Conrad stood over and felt a bit of déjà vu. That's because both of the other Han-inspired shows featured similar scenes.
The first two episodes of The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 are available to stream on Prime Video. A new episode will be added weekly until the series finale on Sept. 17.
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'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Season 3: All the Taylor Swift Easter Eggs & Other Callbacks first appeared on Parade on Jul 18, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 18, 2025, where it first appeared.
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