what happens when we surrender all our aspirations and idealisms to summer and find that it fails to deliver? Shin Hui Lee draws upon the current atmosphere of #sadgirlsummer, analysing it as a vibe shift from #hotgirlsummer and likening/comparing it to the self-destructive aesthetics of Tumblr circa 2012 - 2014 Summer may not be able to make miracles happen, but that it can still be a fucking ball. An opportunity for us to release ourselves from the pressure of having fun under the sun at all costs, and to be okay with taking the time to heal and return to ourselves. Importantly, this is not a pessimistic post-Covid take on summer, but perhaps a realist one.”