Summer Walker

Summer Walker says “I do” to heartbreak in a bridal ode to Anna Nicole Smith

Summer Walker channels Anna Nicole Smith in the artwork for her third album, Finally Over It, posing in a bridal gown beside an elderly groom—a visual nod to Smith’s 1994 marriage to billionaire J. Howard Marshall.

She tells The Terrell Show she admires Smith’s uninhibited image, calling her “hot, sexy, fun and free.” The album, steeped in ‘90s Playboy iconography, follows 2019’s Over It and 2021’s Still Over It, and features Anderson .Paak, Mariah the Scientist and more.

Summer Walker channels a sly gold-digger with velvet harmonies on "Finally Over It"

Summer Walker leans into a gold-digger persona on "Finally Over It," yet she doesn’t trade in style for the sake of satire. She navigates the trope with a wink, pairing material obsession with layered vocal arrangements and period-inspired production.

Her sonic palette references classic R&B textures without lapsing into nostalgia, curating something more studied than sentimental. It’s affect mixed with acumen—and not without irony.