The Summer That Changed My Life: 4 facts about the Prime Video series [LISTA]

The Summer That Changed My Lifepremiered this Friday, the 17th, at the Amazon Prime Video. The teen series Belly (Lola Tung), a young woman who spends every summer at a family friend’s house. However, she hides a secret crush on the boys who live there.

Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) and Conrad (Christopher Briney) never cared much for her, but everything changes in the summer when belly turns 16 years old. The Summer That Changed My Life It’s a light, romantic, fun story with great lessons about love, family and growing up.

For those who are still in doubt whether it is worth marathoning the new production of Amazon Prime Videocheck out a list of curiosities that we have separated about The Summer That Changed My Life.

literary adaptation

Originally, The Summer That Changed My Life is a trilogy of books written by Jenny Han – the same author of To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before. The first edition was released in 2009.

Taylor Swift music

The series’ soundtrack features songs by none other than Taylor Swift. The singer even re-recorded the track. “This Love” exclusively for The Summer That Changed My Life. “Thanks Jenny Hanfor debuting my version of ‘This Love’ in the trailer of The Summer That Changed My Life. I’ve always been very proud of this song,” he wrote on Instagram. Furthermore, the track “Lover” will also be present in the series.

First attempt at adaptation

This was not the first attempt to adapt the story of belly for the screens. At first, Lions Gate Entertainment bought the rights to the books by Han to make a TV series. However, the production did not go ahead and Amazon Studios and Wiip Studios are the new responsible for the series of Prime Video.

Second season

Because it is a trilogy, it is possible that the series adapts one book in each season. And, to the delight of history fans, The Summer That Changed My Life had the second season confirmed even before the series debuted on the streaming platform.