This year's European and American music scene happens to have a girl who is also just 18 years old. It became a hit with a divine comedy "Drivers License" and won the singles chart in many countries. The song's MV has also reached 220 million views on YouTube so far.
On May 21, she also released her first album SOUR. As the name suggests, the main axis of this album is to explore the bittersweet and bittersweet experienced by adolescent girls in love, which swept the world as soon as it was released. And the phenomenon that has swept the world is reminiscent of Lorde in 2013 and Billie Eilish in 2018, both of which were huge successes with their debut albums when they were less than 18 years old.
But they have their own styles with each other, both in terms of personality traits and musical images, but they are all musical leaders who can represent the younger generation. It also reflects the changes in the values and preferences of teenagers at different times.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > so today let's talk about the current European and American bully newcomer Olivia Rodrigo! </h1>
Olivia Rodrigo, born in California in 2003, is actually a mixed-race child, in addition to her mother's Western ancestry, his father is a third generation from the Philippines. Their family also lives in Filipino traditions, and dishes from the Philippines often appear on the table.
Olivia has been singing since she has a memory and began formal vocal training in kindergarten. My desire for acting is also very strong, when I was 8 years old, I participated in various talent competitions, and we can also find her young, showing her amazing singing and mastery of the stage.
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In addition to singing, she also loves acting. Because of this, she quickly discovered herself as a natural performer and began to look for more exposure opportunities.
For Olivia's decision, her family chose to fully support her dream. Once taking her to Los Angeles, 90 kilometers away, in order to participate in auditions, she did not live up to her family's expectations. At the age of 15, he was given a chance to play the heroine in the movie, and the following year he became a member of the star-made machine Disney.
From 2006 to 2019, he participated in the Disney-produced TV series "Bizaardvark". Because of the relationship between this drama, she learned how to play the guitar and became one of the opportunities for her to become popular later, but what really made more people realize her work was the 2019 song and dance youth TV series also produced by Disney.
This TV series is a remake of the 2006 Song and Dance Youth series of movies, using a new generation of actors to reinterpret the classic works of the times, which makes people sigh! Heck, it turns out we're all old.
Olivia played one of the important roles in it, and when the staff in the play heard that Olivia could write songs, they also gave her a chance to show off her musical talents. In addition to "just for a moment" created with actor Joshua in the play. There is also his own song "All I Want"
Although the song did not do much publicity, it unexpectedly achieved good results and successfully entered the 90th place of the top 100 hit singles. It also spread among TikTok, which was used by young people in the United States, and became one of the most successful songs in the song and dance youth TV series.
But the funny thing that made her start her musical career was not this song, it was a video from Ig who played and sang herself at will.
In this 55-second piece of music, the lyrics are from the perspective of a girl who has just lost love, saying that I hope you find a good person, but not better than me, I hope you can be happy, but not too happy.
Although this mentality is contradictory, it just stabs the truest words that everyone presses into their hearts. Who would be relieved to break up? I don't want you guys who leave me and find someone better than me, and I don't want you to be too happy. It is also this distinctive creative style that attracts the attention of the production daniel nigro. He immediately contacted Olivar Rodrigo and began their creative journey.
Then released the single "drivers license" on January 8, 2021 as her debut work, the drivers license is also a story of lost love, telling the girl who originally discussed with the boy that they could be together more often after getting a driver's license, but they did not expect that in the end, although they got the driver's license, the relationship between the two had long ended, and finally they were left alone driving, recalling each other's past, driving to a quiet place.
When it comes to the song, Olivia says that she wrote it 6 months ago, when she had just got her car driver's license, drove around the house, and listened to some sad music, and the anxiety and sadness that came with the breakup, as well as the insecurity, made her use the inspiration. When she returned home, she used part of her diary as a lyric as a starting point for her work. Because of this, many people speculate that this song was written by Olivia, who also participated in the song and dance youth TV series male protagonist Joshua, and the two had a scandal in the process of filming song and dance youth. Joshua also came out with a "lie lie lie" after that.
Of course, both men denied the rumor. Interestingly, Olivia's drive-license tour was also a one-and-so- Some people here may be confused about her during this period, is it not yet 18 years old. In fact, in many states in the United States, you can go to the driver's license at the age of 16.7. She registered for the exam twice before, but it was cancelled because she collided with the song and dance adolescence. The third time, she took her mother's car to the exam, only to find that it broke during the test horn, so she had to be forced to come back next time, making her collapse and cry. Good Risk finally got a car driver's license for the fourth time, which gave birth to this song.
Returning to the music, the song uses a car driver's license to connect the image of teenagers, which immediately resonates with many people. Because the love of youth is so simple, but it is so hard and unforgettable. We burn love in our youth and at the same time lose ourselves in love. At the age of 18, Olivia conveyed her own mood during this period through notes, which was a great success in music.
In the three days after its release, the song reached 15.17 million plays on Spotify in a single day and more than 60 million times in a single week, making it the fastest cumulative single on the platform. Not only that, she herself is a huge fan of Taylor Swift, and in many interviews, she often mentions how important Taylor Swift is to her.
Not long after the song was released, Taylor Swift didn't hesitate to praise her, which was really surprising and joyful for Olivia. He also filmed a video, and then at the Brit Awards, the two met for the first time as musicians, which is the best example of star chasing.
But after the song became popular, some or many careful listeners found that this song is not only the lyrics, but even the song title is grammatical error, missing an apostrophe, it should be drivers's license.
She herself is honest that the whole song is full of such mistakes, but this does not affect her popularity. Directly parachuted into the uk and the United States chart champion, but also consecutively won the first place in the Top 100 singles chart in the United States. For newcomers, such achievements are really quite dazzling, and the success of the drivers license has also stimulated the creative energy of Olivia.
Originally, she just wanted to make an EP, but after that, she decided to extend an album with this song. First of all, on April 1st, the sister song "deja vu" of the drivers license was released. Deja vu comes from French with a sense of déjà vu, hallucinations and other consciousnesses.
Here's the continuation of the drivers license. You can see the beginning of the song, Olivia driving alone to the new home of the old love. After the country, she fantasized that she was the girl, dressed in the same green dress as her, sitting in the same thing as her, hypnotizing her love affair with the boy before it was over. The lyrics also constantly satirize each other, you are just a substitute for me, he did everything for you, once belonged to me.
In the chorus just ask the boy rhetorically, don't you feel the same sense of déjà vu?
Songs by Olivia Rodrigo. Honestly quite childish, from "Drivers License" to "Deja Vu" and the third single "Good 4 U" after that. We seem to have participated in the girl's healing journey, from the initial sadness to the final anger, this undisguised sense of childishness has become a highlight of her.
After all, who hasn't been young? Moreover, Olivia herself is currently only 18 years old, which shows that the emotions she releases in the song are very real. Seduce the simple, sincere and unforgettable love memories of many people when they were young. On May 21st, she also released her debut album "sour", as I mentioned earlier, in the whole album, she used the most naked words and rich emotions to express the bittersweet and bittersweet experienced by a young girl in her feelings.
The shadow of many musicians can also be heard in this album. This fusion of elements from different predecessors into their own style reflects the unique strengths of the Olivia rodrigo, the Z era. Growing up in the online world has made it easier for them to access different styles of music than in the past. Disassemble and reabsorb the music of these predecessors to finally create their own unique musical views, and look forward to more cattle people bringing more new sounds in the future.