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Summertime Sadness
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A limited collectible celebrating the release of “Summertime Sadness.” Featuring the official single artwork, each postcard is hand-signed, individually numbered, and includes a unique handwritten message from J.West.
Each card comes packaged in a protective sleeve and envelope, making it ready to keep, display, or add to your collection.
Only 20 signed + numbered copies are available. No two are exactly alike, and once they're gone, this edition won't be reproduced.
Details:
• Official Summertime Sadness artwork
• Hand-signed by J.West
• Individually numbered
• Unique handwritten message on every card
• Protective sleeve + envelope included
• Limited to 20 copies
• Exclusive first-edition collectible
A limited collectible celebrating the release of “Summertime Sadness.” Featuring the official single artwork, each postcard is hand-signed, individually numbered, and includes a unique handwritten message from J.West.
Each card comes packaged in a protective sleeve and envelope, making it ready to keep, display, or add to your collection.
Warriors get 20% off with code WARRIOR20 at checkout.
Only 20 signed + numbered copies are available. No two are exactly alike, and once they're gone, this edition won't be reproduced.
Details:
• Official Summertime Sadness artwork
• Hand-signed by J.West
• Individually numbered
• Unique handwritten message on every card
• Protective sleeve + envelope included
• Limited to 20 copies
• Exclusive first-edition collectible
Summer is supposed to be the season everyone looks forward to. I’ve just never really felt that way.
The idea for Summertime Sadness started with a feeling I’ve always connected with in “Waving Through a Window” from Dear Evan Hansen—watching life happen around you and feeling like you’re somehow on the other side of the glass.
I started thinking about what that feeling looked like in my own life. For me, summer has always been a strange example of it. Everyone talks about it like it’s automatically the happiest time of the year: beaches, sunshine, being outside, making memories. Meanwhile, I’ve always felt more at home when the days get shorter, the weather gets colder, and everything slows down.
That contrast became Summertime Sadness.
It’s why the artwork shows this picture-perfect suburban summer happening outside—kids playing, sprinklers running, bikes in the yard, everything bright and alive—while someone stands inside watching through the window.
The song isn’t really about hating summer. It’s about that feeling of looking around at everyone enjoying something you’re supposed to enjoy and wondering why you don’t feel it too.
Sometimes you can be surrounded by everything that’s supposed to make you happy and still feel like you’re watching it all through a window.