# Summer Walker
**Summer Walker** (full name Summer Marjani Walker; born 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American R&B singer and songwriter signed to the Atlanta label LoveRenaissance (LVRN) with distribution through [Interscope Records](https://www.edgepedia.org/interscope-records). She broke through with the 2018 mixtape *Last Day of Summer* and its single "Girls Need Love," and has since released three studio albums built around the "Over It" series: *Over It* (2019), *Still Over It* (2021), and *[Finally Over It](https://www.edgepedia.org/finally-over-it)* (2025).[1](https://www.universal-music.co.jp/summer-walker/biography/) • [2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/summer-walker-mn0003733766/biography)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1996, Atlanta, Georgia; full name Summer Marjani Walker[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/summer-walker-mn0003733766/biography) • [3](https://universalmusic.fr/artistes/32418436927) |
| Labels | LVRN (LoveRenaissance) / Interscope Records[1](https://www.universal-music.co.jp/summer-walker/biography/) |
| Breakthrough | "Girls Need Love" (2018), certified 4x Platinum, remixed by Drake[4](https://interscope.com/pages/artist/summer-walker) |
| Debut album | *Over It* (October 2019), No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 134,000 first-week units[1](https://www.universal-music.co.jp/summer-walker/biography/) |
| First No. 1 | *Still Over It* (2021), No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 166,000 album-equivalent units[4](https://interscope.com/pages/artist/summer-walker) |
| Grammy nominations | Nominations, no wins, through the 68th Annual Grammy Awards[5](https://www.grammy.com/artists/summer-walker/52213/) |
| Third album | *Finally Over It* (November 14, 2025), No. 2 on the Billboard 200, No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[6](https://news.livenationentertainment.com/news/summer-walker-announces-still-finally-over-it-tour) |
## Early life and discovery
Walker grew up in Atlanta and began playing guitar and singing at 15, recording in her bathroom because, as she told *Billboard*, "I liked the acoustics and how I sounded." She cited [Erykah Badu](https://www.edgepedia.org/erykah-badu), Amy Winehouse, and [Marvin Gaye](https://www.edgepedia.org/marvin-gaye) as influences, uploaded clips to Vine and cover songs to YouTube, and found her audience in 2017 with a mashup of Drake's "Fake Love," Rae Sremmurd's "Black Beatles," Ginuwine's "Pony," and Beyoncé's "Yes."[7](https://device.report/m/3e43af0a7873608220fdcf3bd4cbfb67d2c1502617f03b521c6e034fc3f40385.pdf)
Her signing came about through an unusual coincidence. The studio manager at LVRN was also named Summer Walker; she Googled her own name, found the videos the fledgling musician had posted, and offered to help with her career. This led to a contract with LVRN, the Interscope-distributed label also home to DRAM and 6LACK. Before music, Walker had worked as a housecleaner and a dancer.[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/summer-walker-mn0003733766/biography)
## Last Day of Summer and Over It
Walker made her LVRN/Interscope debut in 2018 with the self-produced acoustic single "Session 32," followed by "CPR," "Deep," and "Girls Need Love," the latter created with Arsenio Archer. All of these appeared on her first mixtape, *Last Day of Summer*, issued in October 2018; it reached No. 44 on the Billboard 200. A four-track acoustic EP titled *Clear* followed three months later.[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/summer-walker-mn0003733766/biography)
"Girls Need Love" became her breakout hit, certified 4x Platinum, and a remix featuring Drake entered the US Top 40 in early 2019.[4](https://interscope.com/pages/artist/summer-walker) • [1](https://www.universal-music.co.jp/summer-walker/biography/) Her first official album, *Over It*, arrived in October 2019 with guest features from Drake, PARTYNEXTDOOR, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, 6LACK, [Jhené Aiko](https://www.edgepedia.org/jhene-aiko), and Usher. It debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 134,000 first-week units, at the time a landmark opening for a female R&B singer, and included the singles "Playing Games" featuring [Bryson Tiller](https://www.edgepedia.org/bryson-tiller) (3x Platinum) and "Come Thru" with Usher (Platinum).[1](https://www.universal-music.co.jp/summer-walker/biography/) • [4](https://interscope.com/pages/artist/summer-walker)
The album's success brought awards: Soul Train Music Awards for Best New Artist in 2019 and Album of the Year in 2020, an iHeartRadio Music Award for Best New R&B Artist, and Billboard's Top R&B Female Artist in 2020.[4](https://interscope.com/pages/artist/summer-walker) Her sudden fame also brought strain; a tour in support of the album was cut short, with Walker citing severe anxiety attacks.[3](https://universalmusic.fr/artistes/32418436927)
## Still Over It and Clear 2: Soft Life
**Still Over It**, released in November 2021, gave Walker her first Billboard 200 No. 1, debuting with 166,000 album-equivalent units. The album featured SZA, Ari Lennox, Cardi B, City Girls, and production from [The Neptunes](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-neptunes), and nearly all of its tracks charted on the Billboard Hot 100, including "No Love" with SZA at No. 13.[4](https://interscope.com/pages/artist/summer-walker) • [3](https://universalmusic.fr/artistes/32418436927) The album's tracklist printed the date each song was recorded or the event that inspired it, a framing that matched its diaristic account of a breakup.[8](https://thesource.com/2021/12/01/sean-garrett-details-working-with-summer-walker-on-no-1-album-still-over-it/) Hitmaker Sean Garrett served as executive producer.[9](https://www.flaunt.com/blog/sean-garrett-executive-producing-summer-walkers-still-over-it) Much of the album drew on her relationship with the Atlanta producer London on Da Track, the executive producer of *Over It* and father of her first child.[10](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/summer-walker/990402287?at=1010l3uD&itscg=30200&itsct=music_box_link&ls=1) • [11](https://publications.stripes.com/epaper/content/main_edition/2025/12/12/Friday12Dec2025.pdf)
In 2022, after "Karma" from *Last Day of Summer* went viral in a sped-up form on TikTok, Walker released *Last Day of Summer (Sped Up)*, which her label described as the first sped-up album released by a major recording artist.[12](https://www.universal-music.de/summerwalker/biografie) She gave birth to twin boys in 2022, and in May 2023 released the EP *Clear 2: Soft Life*, featuring Childish Gambino; it reached No. 26 on the [Billboard](https://www.edgepedia.org/billboard-magazine) 200 and earned a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Album.[13](https://www.forbes.com/sites/cmalone/2025/11/14/summer-walker-is-finally-over-it-on-new-album/) • [2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/summer-walker-mn0003733766/biography)
## Finally Over It
*Finally Over It*, released on November 14, 2025, closed the trilogy. It is a double album split into two parts, "For Better" and "For Worse," with collaborators including [Doja Cat](https://www.edgepedia.org/doja-cat) and Latto on "Go Girl," Anderson .Paak on "1-800 Heartbreak," Bryson Tiller on "Give Me a Reason," and 21 Savage on "Get Yo Boy." Walker described the first half as "about choosing me, fully and finally" and the second as "isn't bitter, but honest."[13](https://www.forbes.com/sites/cmalone/2025/11/14/summer-walker-is-finally-over-it-on-new-album/) The lead single, "Heart of a Woman," released in 2024, earned Grammy nominations for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards.[5](https://www.grammy.com/artists/summer-walker/52213/)
The rollout leaned into a wedding theme: a promotional website styled as a wedding invitation, an appearance in a wedding dress on *The Jennifer Hudson Show*, and an album cover referencing [Anna Nicole Smith](https://www.edgepedia.org/anna-nicole-smith)'s 1994 wedding photograph. The album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[14](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/summer-walker-finally-over-it/) • [6](https://news.livenationentertainment.com/news/summer-walker-announces-still-finally-over-it-tour) A *Pitchfork* review by Rawiya Kameir, a critic and writer, found the polished 1990s-style slow jams less distinctive than her earlier work, while praising tracks such as "Robbed You" with [Mariah the Scientist](https://www.edgepedia.org/mariah-the-scientist) and "Go Girl."[14](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/summer-walker-finally-over-it/)
## Style and reception
Walker's music combines trap-influenced production with 1990s R&B references and conversational, confessional lyrics about love, heartbreak, and self-worth. *The New Yorker* described her as part of an R&B current that takes its cues from hip-hop's refusal to couch humanity in political correctness, and noted the criticism she received when social anxiety affected her NPR Tiny Desk performance, which some viewers misread as disinterest.[15](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/summer-walkers-sex-positive-r-and-b) Her recording process is private and voice-memo driven; collaborators such as producer Arsenio Archer have described her building songs from voice notes and keeping tight control over her sessions.[16](https://www.revolt.tv/article/2019-05-16/98041/studio-sessions-arsenio-archer-details-summer-walkers-introverted-style-of-making-last-day-of-summer)
Her catalog has accumulated extensive certifications, including "I'll Kill You" (2x Platinum), "CPR" (Platinum), "Just Might" (Platinum), "Karma" (Platinum), and "Tonight" (Platinum), among others.[12](https://www.universal-music.de/summerwalker/biografie) In 2025, "Karma" reached No. 1 at Urban radio and was certified Platinum five years after its original release.[4](https://interscope.com/pages/artist/summer-walker)
## Touring
In January 2026, Walker announced the Still Finally Over It Tour, a 19-arena run across North America and Europe promoted by Live Nation, launching May 26 at [Scotiabank Arena](https://www.edgepedia.org/scotiabank-arena) in Toronto and including two nights at London's O2 Arena on August 1 and 2, 2026, with [Odeal](https://www.edgepedia.org/odeal) and Monaleo joining on select dates.[6](https://news.livenationentertainment.com/news/summer-walker-announces-still-finally-over-it-tour)
## References
1. [Summer Walker biography, Universal Music Japan](https://www.universal-music.co.jp/summer-walker/biography/)
2. [Summer Walker Biography by Andy Kellman, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/summer-walker-mn0003733766/biography)
3. [Summer Walker biography, Universal Music France](https://universalmusic.fr/artistes/32418436927)
4. [Summer Walker, Interscope Records](https://interscope.com/pages/artist/summer-walker)
5. [Summer Walker Grammy Awards and Nominations, Recording Academy](https://www.grammy.com/artists/summer-walker/52213/)
6. [Summer Walker Announces "Still Finally Over It" Tour, Live Nation Entertainment](https://news.livenationentertainment.com/news/summer-walker-announces-still-finally-over-it-tour)
7. [Chartbreaker: Summer Walker, Billboard (September 28, 2019)](https://device.report/m/3e43af0a7873608220fdcf3bd4cbfb67d2c1502617f03b521c6e034fc3f40385.pdf)
8. [Sean Garrett Details Working With Summer Walker on No. 1 Album 'Still Over It', The Source](https://thesource.com/2021/12/01/sean-garrett-details-working-with-summer-walker-on-no-1-album-still-over-it/)
9. [Sean Garrett | Executive Producing Summer Walker's 'Still Over It' #1 Album, Flaunt](https://www.flaunt.com/blog/sean-garrett-executive-producing-summer-walkers-still-over-it)
10. [Summer Walker, Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/summer-walker/990402287?at=1010l3uD&itscg=30200&itsct=music_box_link&ls=1)
11. [Stripes newspaper, December 12, 2025](https://publications.stripes.com/epaper/content/main_edition/2025/12/12/Friday12Dec2025.pdf)
12. [Summer Walker | Biografie, Universal Music Germany](https://www.universal-music.de/summerwalker/biografie)
13. [Summer Walker Is 'Finally Over It' On New Album, Forbes (November 14, 2025)](https://www.forbes.com/sites/cmalone/2025/11/14/summer-walker-is-finally-over-it-on-new-album/)
14. [Summer Walker: Finally Over It Album Review, Pitchfork](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/summer-walker-finally-over-it/)
15. [Summer Walker's Sex-Positive R. & B., The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/summer-walkers-sex-positive-r-and-b)
16. [Arsenio Archer details Summer Walker's introverted style of making 'Last Day Of Summer', REVOLT](https://www.revolt.tv/article/2019-05-16/98041/studio-sessions-arsenio-archer-details-summer-walkers-introverted-style-of-making-last-day-of-summer)
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*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Music › Musicians and ensembles › Individual musical biographies › Pop and R&B singer-songwriters › R&B singers, 2010s to present › Surnames P to Z*
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