Tag: Olivia Rodrigo Sour
Olivia Rodrigo Tries to Fill the Hole Where Hole Used to Be
As supposed Olivia Rodrigo nemesis Taylor Swift once said, “I come back stronger than a 90s trend.” That’s precisely what’s happened of late in the [Read More…]
Olivia Rodrigo Enters Her Soundtrack Era With “Can’t Catch Me Now”
Since everyone is in the mood to turn the clock back right now (see also: the Mean Girls x Wal-Mart commercial), it makes sense to [Read More…]
Sour Part Deux: Guts Builds On Olivia Rodrigo’s Favorite Subjects (Fuckboys, Lost Causes and Aesthetic Insecurities)
When the album artwork for Guts was first released, many were quick to call out the similarities to the color palette and overall “vibe” it [Read More…]
Olivia Rodrigo Gets Emotionally Sucked Dry (Again) On “Vampire”
It’s no secret that Olivia Rodrigo is a Twilight fan. Shit, she even has an unreleased song called “Twilight,” with lyrics that go, “Don’t know [Read More…]
In 1999, It Was “E-Mail My Heart;” In 2022, It’s “emails i can’t send”
In another life called the 90s, the novelty of e-mailing (still presented with a hyphen back then) and its time and space-transcending abilities felt worthy [Read More…]
Bitterer Than Sour: Olivia Rodrigo Gets One-Upped By Sabrina Carpenter’s Emails I Can’t Send
Olivia Rodrigo might have believed she had the upper hand for a while there after the release of “drivers license” followed by her runaway hit [Read More…]
Curating Pain and a Road Trip Route: Driving Home 2 U
The acceleration of time within the framework of “modern fame” is something Olivia Rodrigo knows all about. From Old Navy commercial to Disney star to [Read More…]
good 4 u “abcdefu”: GAYLE’s Path Is Echoing Olivia Rodrigo’s
While she might not have ever been a Disney star, there’s something about GAYLE that mirrors the meteoric rise of Olivia Rodrigo based on one [Read More…]
“1979” Lite: Olivia Rodrigo’s “Traitor” Video Proffers More Pop Culture Recycling
It would be easy to say that “teenhood” never changes, therefore the experience might look similar throughout the decades. And yet, there’s no denying that [Read More…]
Prom As Fame Allegory: “Drowned World/Substitute For Love” and Sour Prom
Olivia Rodrigo might have been caught overtly copying Courtney Love’s aesthetic choices of late, but there was a moment in the pop ingenue’s Sour Prom—a [Read More…]
