Tag: Olivia Rodrigo
The 2023 VMAs Remains Reliant on Millennial Star Power (And What That Says About the Future of Music)
Perhaps it was Taylor Swift’s gushing, enthusiastic fangirl reaction to being awarded “Best Pop” (a fairly broad category and term) by none other than *NSYNC [Read More…]
“Get Him Back!” Offers Little In the Way of Satisfying Revenge and A Lot in the Way of Imitating Alanis’ “Ironic” Video
There’s no irony to the fact that Olivia Rodrigo has decided to craft the majority of her latest video in the very distinct style of [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…]
Charli XCX’s “Speed Drive” Is Her Most Anti-Environmental Music Video Yet
Becoming something of a “soundtrack queen” (to rival Lana Del Rey), the chart success of “Speed Drive” from Barbie: The Album has prompted Charli XCX [Read More…]
“bad idea right?”: Olivia Rodrigo Asks The Same Question As Forebears Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift and Katy Perry (Not To Mention Drunk Women Everywhere)
Giving listeners a taste of something that diverges from the (initially) ballad-y sound of Guts’ lead single, “vampire,” Olivia Rodrigo opts for a more “brutal”-esque [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…]
On Lana Del Rey “Raising A Generation” (And Whether Or Not That Was Necessarily A Good Thing)
For whatever reason, when Lana Del Rey first arrived onto the scene, she appealed endlessly to the ten through twelve-year-old set. Like a “goth” version [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…]