Rodrigo's debut studio album, SOUR, topped the charts globally and was met with widespread critical acclaim. She is nominated in seven categories at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist, Album of the Year for SOUR, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year for "drivers license". Time named her the 2021 Entertainer of the Year and Billboard named her the 2022 Woman of the Year.
Rodrigo signed with Interscope Records and Geffen Records in 2020. She negotiated the record deal to secure for herself ownership of the masters of her music. On January 8, 2021, she released her debut single, "drivers license", which she co-wrote with producer Dan Nigro. Within the week of its release, "drivers license" was critically acclaimed, and broke Spotify's record twice for most daily streams ever for a non-holiday song with over 15.7 million global streams on January 11 and over 17 million global streams the next day. It went on to break another Spotify record for the first song in history to hit 80 million streams in 7 days. The song debuted at number one on Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one in numerous other countries. Rodrigo stated in an interview that "It's been the absolute craziest week of my life ... My entire life just, like, shifted in an instant."
On April 1, 2021, Rodrigo released her follow-up single, "deja vu", which debuted at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first artist to debut their first two releases in the top 10 of the Hot 100. The third single preceding her debut album, "good 4 u", followed on May 14, 2021, and became her second single to debut at number one on the Hot 100. SOUR, her debut studio album, was released on May 21, 2021, to critical acclaim. Charlie Gunn of The Forty-Five called it "the greatest coming-of-age album since early Taylor Swift or Lorde". Slate's Chris Molanphy said its first three singles alone established Rodrigo's "early status as Gen-Z's most versatile new artist". According to Clash critic Robin Murray, Rodrigo is regarded as one of Generation Z's finest artists, while Variety dubbed her "the Voice of her Generation" in its cover story of Rodrigo. SOUR debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and spent a total of five weeks at the spot, becoming the longest-reigning number-one album by a female artist in 2021.
In June 2021, Rodrigo premiered SOUR Prom, a prom-themed concert film on YouTube. On December 6, 2021, Rodrigo announced a world tour, including tour stops in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Three days later, she was named Entertainer of the Year by Time. In an Instagram post on December 24, 2021, Rodrigo uploaded a snippet of a Christmas song called "The Bels" that she wrote and recorded at age five. According to Billboard, Rodrigo closed 2021 as the best-selling singles artist worldwide, placing eight songs on the year-end Global 200 chart, including "drivers license" at number four, "good 4 u" at number nine, and "Deja Vu" at number 27. In the US and UK, SOUR was respectively the third and fourth best-selling album of 2021. SOUR and "drivers license" were also respectively Spotify's most streamed album and song globally. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) ranked Rodrigo as the tenth best-selling artist of 2021 and SOUR as the second best-selling album of 2021.
On February 17, 2022, Rodrigo announced and released the trailer of her Disney+ documentary film 'Olivia Rodrigo: driving home 2 u', which was released on March 25, 2022.
Rodrigo cites Taylor Swift and Lorde as her idols and main musical inspirations, and also dubbed herself Swift's biggest fan "in the whole world". She dubs The White Stripes band member Jack White her "hero of all heroes". Her other influences include Alanis Morissette, Kacey Musgraves, Fiona Apple, St. Vincent, Cardi B, Gwen Stefani, and Avril Lavigne.
teenage dream
Olivia Rodrigo Lyrics
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When am I gonna stop being a pretty young thing to guys?
When am I gonna stop being great for my age and just start being good?
When'll it stop being cool to be quietly misunderstood?
Well, I'll blow out the candles, happy birthday to me
Got your whole life ahead of you, you're only nineteen
But I fear that they already got all the best parts of me
And when does wide-eyed affection and all good intentions start to not be enough?
When will everyone have every reason to call all my bluffs?
And when are all my excuses of learning my lessons gonna start to feel sad?
Will I spend all the rest of my years wishing I could go back?
Well, I'll blow out the candles, happy birthday to me
Got your whole life ahead of you, you're only nineteen
But I fear that they already got all the best parts of me
And I'm sorry that I couldn't always be your teenage dream
They all say that it gets better, it gets better the more you grow
Yeah, they all say that it gets better, it gets better, but what if I don't? Oh
They all say that it gets better, it gets better the more you grow
Yeah, they all say that it gets better, it gets better, but what if I don't? Oh
They all say that it gets better, it gets better the more you grow
Yeah, they all say that it gets better, it gets better, but what if I don't? Oh
They all say that it gets better, it gets better the more you grow
Yeah, they all say that it gets better, it gets better, but what if I don't?
When am I gonna stop being wise beyond my years
When will I stop feeling like I have to act older than I am and just embrace my true age?
And just start being wise?
And start gaining wisdom through my own experiences instead of trying to appear wise to others?
When am I gonna stop being a pretty young thing to guys?
When will I no longer be valued solely for my youthful beauty and be appreciated for who I truly am?
When am I gonna stop being great for my age
When will I no longer be praised for achieving above expectations due to my age?
And just start being good?
And start striving to be genuinely good without the qualifier of my age?
When will it stop being cool to be quietly misunderstood?
When will the fascination with being misunderstood and mysterious fade away?
I'll blow out the candles, happy birthday to me
I will celebrate my birthday, but deep down I feel conflicted about it.
Got your whole life ahead of you, you're only nineteen
You have so much life ahead of you, at the young age of nineteen.
But I fear that they already got all the best parts of me
But I'm afraid that everyone has already taken the best aspects of who I am.
And I'm sorry that I couldn't always be your teenage dream
And I apologize for not living up to the idealized image of a perfect romantic partner.
When does wide-eyed affection and all good intentions
When does innocent and hopeful love stop being enough?
Start to not be enough?
When does it no longer satisfy the complexities and challenges of real relationships?
When will everyone have every reason to call all my bluffs?
When will people see through my lies and deceits, leaving me exposed?
When are all my excuses of learning my lessons
When will I stop making excuses for not properly learning from my mistakes?
Gonna start to feel sad?
When will I finally feel regret and sadness for not growing and changing?
Will I spend all the rest of my years wishin' I could go back?
Will I spend the rest of my life wishing I could go back and change the choices I've made?
They all say that it gets better, it gets better the more you grow
Everyone claims that life improves and becomes easier as you gain more life experience.
Yeah, they all say that it gets better, it gets better, but what if I don't?
But what if that improvement and growth never truly happens for me?
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Daniel Nigro, Olivia Rodrigo
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
TinyTunesReviews.
I waiting for this album and I'm so glad I did. After a few healthy listens I know I got what I wanted and more. Here are the smackers:
1. Light as a feather⭐ 8/10 good use of soft and heavy. Great opening track.
2. Seeing you tonight⭐10/10 so good, it feels almost movie like.
3 bloodsucker⭐8/10 this one really sinked it's teeth in after the fourth listen.
4 sweetest torture 7/10 nice little track.
5. social sucide⭐ 10/10 absolute banger! Nuff said
6. Sheets over my head⭐. 9/10 This one almost made me cry and I'm a grown ass man lol
7. Sweet revenge⭐. That tingle in the hook. Gets me! 9/10
8. Give up, give up⭐ 7/10 the "earwormiest" track imo.
9. Pretty⭐ 8/10. Wall of sound. Love the instruments on this one.
10. It gets better⭐ 8/10. Great closer.
To sum up. I give this record a 7/10. It's pretty good. My only problem is that the album feels like a best of compilation. Full of stand alone radio pop bangers of yesteryears appeal that unfortunately don't gell well together as an album listening experience.
renknee
This is my ranking from best to worst
#1 Vampire
#2 Making the bed
#3 The grudge
#4 Love is embarrassing
#5 Logical AND Teenage dream
#6 Pretty isn’t pretty AND Bad idea right
#7 Lacy AND Get him back
#8 Ballad AND All American bitch
If you disagree that’s totally fine, this is my opinion (I vaguely remember some of the songs that I didn’t like so the rating can change)
julia
this song feels like a warm hug to all young adults. the fear of growing up, constant looking back to the past and feeling like you've already exhausted all your potential as a teenager. it’s insane, thank you for this.
Zp dpn
Not the personal attack
Maks Archer
this song is SO relatable. btw i am a beginner at filmmaking and made a short film about leaving places and people that make you feel miserable. i will be really grateful for all the advice and opinions ❤️🩹❤️🩹
Lillian Simpson
We love you Olivia!!!This is aMAzInG omg this is such a feel good song.
K
@Maks Archeromg nobody cares
abrianna francheska
Reallll
Edy Santiago
Crying with this song. Olivia is one of the best writers out there, the lyrics are so personal yet so related. the GUTS album is amazing from start to finish. 💜💜💜💜💜
Theyluv_Ayden
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NAMAN
Olivia inspires me.. My parents said if i get 50K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally
Begging...
let go let god
I recently cried my heart out thinking about where do i even stand rn, my past version, my current version and the life i've got ahead of me, I can't explain how it felt listening to this song being an 18 year old..it just resonates so well, thank you Olivia!♡ ♡ ♡