The sand still clings to her feet, but Belly’s world is about to change forever… 💔 A ring in the moonlight, a letter that breaks your heart, and a choice that could rewrite every summer we’ve loved. 😱 The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 4 trailer just dropped, and it’s packed with Taylor Swift clues and gut-wrenching twists! Who’s walking away, and who’s staying for good? Watch now and join the frenzy—your heart won’t survive this!

It’s a rainy September afternoon in 2025, and I’m curled up with my laptop, my pulse racing as I watch the newly released trailer for The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 4 for the third time in a row. Prime Video dropped this 2-minute masterpiece just yesterday, September 11, 2025, and it’s already sent fans into a tailspin. If you’ve been with Belly Conklin and the Fisher brothers since the show’s 2022 debut, you know this isn’t just a teen romance—it’s a nostalgic gut-punch, a love letter to summers that slip through your fingers like sand. Based on Jenny Han’s bestselling trilogy, the series wrapped its third season in September 2025, tying up the book’s ending with a wedding that left us sobbing. But the announcement of a surprise Season 4, teased as a “new chapter” beyond the books, has me reeling. This trailer, packed with Taylor Swift-fueled clues, emotional arcs, and a heartbreaking endgame, promises to redefine Cousins Beach. Let’s dive into why this feels like the summer we’ll never forget.

The trailer opens with a haunting shot of Cousins Beach at dawn, the ocean glassy and still, as Taylor Swift’s “My Tears Ricochet” sets a mournful tone. Belly (Lola Tung) stands alone on the shore, her college graduation cap in hand, her face a mix of resolve and regret. “I thought I’d chosen,” her voiceover whispers, “but some loves don’t let go.” The camera pans to a familiar porch—Susannah’s summer house, now weathered but glowing under fairy lights. Conrad (Christopher Briney) leans against the railing, a letter in his hand, his eyes locked on something—or someone—off-screen. Then Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno), older, sharper, steps into frame, tossing a football with a smile that doesn’t reach his eyes. The trailer’s tagline flashes: “One summer can change everything.” And just like that, we’re plunged into a montage of moments that feel both achingly familiar and dangerously new—a ring glinting in the sand, a car speeding away, and Belly’s tears falling as she says, “I can’t go back.” My heart’s already breaking, and we don’t even have a release date yet.

Let’s rewind to Season 3’s finale, because it sets the stage for this seismic shift. The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3, based on We’ll Always Have Summer, ended with Belly choosing Conrad, their rainy beach wedding a nod to the book’s epilogue. Jeremiah, ever the loyal brother, stood by with a date, his smile bittersweet but healing. The season took liberties—expanding Belly’s Paris arc, introducing Benito as a fling, and deepening the brothers’ reconciliation—but it stayed true to the trilogy’s core: Belly’s growth from a starry-eyed teen to a woman claiming her future. Han, the showrunner and author, hinted at a Season 4 in a Variety interview, saying, “The books gave us an ending, but life doesn’t stop at a wedding. I want to explore what comes after.” The trailer confirms this, jumping forward to post-college life—Belly at 22, navigating a new chapter, with the Fisher brothers still woven into her story. Prime Video’s press release teases a 2026 release, likely summer to match the vibe, with 10 episodes greenlit.

The trailer’s biggest shock is its suggestion that the love triangle isn’t over. Season 3 seemed to seal Conrad as Belly’s endgame, his letters from Stanford pulling her back from Paris and Jeremiah’s betrayal. But the trailer flips that script. We see Belly in a sleek city apartment—New York, maybe?—sorting through a box of mementos: a polaroid of her and Jeremiah at a bonfire, a pressed flower from Conrad’s prom corsage. “You’re still here,” she whispers, and the camera cuts to Jeremiah, now a grad student, standing outside her building, his breath fogging in the chilly air. “I never left,” he says, and the music swells to Swift’s “I can see you starin’, honey,” a nod to Speak Now (Taylor’s Version). Conrad, meanwhile, appears in glimpses—teaching at a coastal school, his sleeves rolled up, but his face haunted. A shot of him slipping a ring into his pocket has fans screaming on X: “Is that an engagement ring? Or something else?” The trailer’s coy, never showing Belly with either brother for long, but a fleeting image of her in a white dress, running through the dunes, feels like a knife to the chest.

Taylor Swift’s presence is, as always, a character in itself. The trailer leans hard into her discography, with “My Tears Ricochet” and “I Can See You” framing Belly’s indecision. Fans on Reddit’s r/TheSummerITurnedPretty are dissecting every lyric: “Ricochet” suggests loss and regret, maybe tied to Belly’s choice or a new tragedy—Susannah’s absence still looms large. A quick cut shows Laurel (Jackie Chung) holding a photo of Susannah, her voice breaking: “She’d want you to be happy.” Swift’s influence has been a hallmark since Season 1, with songs like “Lover” and “Cardigan” soundtracking pivotal moments. Han’s handwritten note to Swift, securing tracks like “The Way I Loved You,” built this bond, and Season 4 seems to double down, with rumors of a Tortured Poets Department track in the finale. A fan on TikTok posted, “If ‘So Long, London’ plays when Belly leaves Cousins, I’m done.” The trailer’s music choices feel like clues, hinting at a love that lingers but might not last.

The emotional arcs are what make this trailer devastating. Belly’s grown—she’s no longer the 16-year-old chasing Conrad’s shadow. Tung plays her with a quiet strength, her eyes carrying the weight of choices made and unmade. The trailer shows her at a crossroads: a job offer in a city, a stack of grad school applications, and a letter from Conrad that she hesitates to open. “You can’t keep running,” Taylor (Rain Spencer) tells her, their friendship a bright spot amid the chaos. Steven (Sean Kaufman), now married to Taylor in a book-divergent twist, gets a scene tossing a football with Jeremiah, his warning—“Don’t break her again”—hitting hard. The brothers themselves are older, rawer. Briney’s Conrad is introspective, his letters now published as a poetry chapbook (a nod to Han’s love for literary flourishes). Casalegno’s Jeremiah, hardened by loss, seems ready to fight for Belly, his line—“I’m not losing you twice”—sparking Team Jere threads online.

New characters add intrigue. Corinna Brown and Isaline Prevost Radeff, introduced in Season 3, return as Belly’s city friends, urging her to “let go of the beach.” A new face, rumored to be a colleague of Conrad’s (played by a yet-unnamed actor), appears in a classroom scene, her hand brushing his. Could she be a rival for Belly’s heart? The trailer also hints at a family crisis—Adam Fisher (Tom Everett Scott) in a heated argument with Laurel, possibly over the summer house’s fate. “It’s all we have left of her,” he snaps, and the screen flashes to a “For Sale” sign on the property. Fans on Instagram are livid: “They can’t sell Susannah’s house!” The trailer’s stakes feel higher than ever—not just who Belly chooses, but whether Cousins Beach itself, the heart of the story, survives.

Filming’s underway in Wilmington, North Carolina, per set photos shared by Tung on Instagram, showing her in a graduation gown under the oaks. The trailer’s cinematography—golden-hour dunes, city skylines, and rain-soaked streets—mirrors the show’s nostalgic glow while hinting at a broader world. Han’s promised “a love letter to fans who’ve grown with Belly,” telling Entertainment Weekly that Season 4 explores “what happens when summer ends, but the heart doesn’t.” The trailer’s final shot is a killer: Belly on the beach, a ring in her hand, staring at two figures—Conrad and Jeremiah?—as the tide rolls in. “I thought I knew love,” her voiceover says, “but it keeps changing.” The screen fades to black, Swift’s “We gather stones, never knowing what they’ll mean” echoing like a warning.

For me, this show is personal. I was 19 when I first read Han’s books, sneaking chapters between college classes, dreaming of a summer where I’d be brave enough to choose my own path. Now, watching Belly at 22, facing a world beyond Cousins, it feels like my own leap into adulthood—love, loss, and the courage to let go. The trailer’s clues—Swift’s lyrics, the ring, the house for sale—suggest an endgame that’s less about a wedding and more about closure. Will Belly choose Conrad again, his letters her anchor? Will Jeremiah’s persistence win out? Or will she walk away, choosing a life unbound by either brother? Fan reactions on X are split: “Conrad’s her forever,” one user insists, while another pleads, “Give Jere a chance!” TikTok edits syncing the trailer to “Evermore” have me tearing up, with comments like “Belly deserves to choose herself.”

As we wait for summer 2026, I’m stocking up on iced coffee and tissues, ready to binge at 3 a.m. ET on Prime Video. This trailer isn’t just about a love triangle; it’s about what happens when the summer you thought defined you becomes a memory. Cousins Beach is changing, and so are we. Grab your flip-flops and your feelings—this season’s going to break our hearts and make them whole again.