Anjalts’ “Summer is Gone” Gives You Retro-Pop For Colder, Bittersweet Nights

Some tracks feel so catchy and ready for fun sing-alongs—until you actually listen, and the heartbreak isn’t subtle anymore. That’s Anjalts’ “Summer is Gone”, giving you that nostalgic sting with a quiet realization that something’s coming to an end.

Anjalts is a prolific songwriter, producer, & multi-instrumentalist based in New York. She’s now back on the scene with Summer is Gone blending upbeat, retro-pop rhythm fit for cold and yearning nights.

Summer is Gone comes in like a song from an old cassette tape with its light percussion hits and chiming melodies. Anjalts’ vocals then enter with an early-2000s pop tone that’s airy, warm, and bittersweet in one. Honestly, it sounds exactly like its name, carrying that end-of-summer ache that will make you sway from nostalgia while feeling that hurt knowing something’s slipping away.

The lyrics carry a bittersweet edge as much as its arrangement. Think of a faded postcard, falling into the wrong timeline, and reaching back for moments you’ve once lived, the kind that will make your chest tight realizing you can’t go back. And as Anjalts drops the line, “I don’t want the cold to come ‘cause you’re not here with me,” you’ll feel the whole song sink deeper.

Overall, Anjalts’ Summer is Gone channels 2000s pop acts like M2M, wrapping you with upbeat tempo and retro-pop soaked rhythm that leaves you wanting, longing for moments to never end. The kind of track that gives you catchy, radio-friendly sound filtered through a dreamier, modern edge.