Olivia Rodrigo on the heartbreak of "Sour"
Beginning with her smash hit single, "Drivers License," 18-year-old Olivia Rodrigo is on a run that few singer-songwriters can even dream about, with her very first album, "Sour," debuting at #1 earlier this year. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Rodrigo about writing songs of heartbreak, and the value of therapy.
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She’s taken her parents’ professions into her songs: she teaches and gives therapy through her lyrics and tunes
FR OMG
IKR???
if u need hepl gut therupy dum boy.
Omg so true
Love her music but still can't get over the fact she used someone going to therapy as a gibe, especially considering her dad's profession
TRAITOR is one of those songs that really hits home when you listen to it.
Favorite crime
Brutal - Me 24/7 Traitor - I’ve never been in a relationship with anyone but friends could be traitors too Driver’s license - Again, never been a relationship and I still don’t have my drivers license (haha) 1 step forward, 3 steps back - A song I relate too so much with a few friends that are girls Deja vu - Relationship. again. never. But the song could also be used as a broken friendship where they move on with other people that are like me Good 4 u - r.a.n. same as with deja vu. lyrics could also be used to refer a close friend that’s abandoned you which has happened to me recently Enough for you - Had a crush on a guy but he told me he wasn’t gay or bi which left me heartbroken since I tried really hard to be all the things he likes, which is something I do when trying to get any of my crushes attention. I really was a stupid, emotional, obsessive little boy, arent i? Happier - r.a.n A song that’s nice but can’t really relate too since it’s very much a couple breaking up and finding new lovers Jealousy Jealousy - Another song that’s me 24/7 Favorite Crime - a good, but underrated song but the same situation as happier Hope ur ok - Everyday, I want to say to everyone I know, boy or girl, nice or mean, if they’re okay… I could never have the guts to tel them I love them. The lyrics in this song very much touch my heart. I do care about and question what’s going on in an old friend or classmate from school and to know if they’re okay and doing well after everything they’ve been through.
@@Alex-mo4tk wow... I have to agree with Favorite Crime, such a beautifully written song.
yes and favourite crime and dejavu and good4u...actually her album I dnt skip any songs too
true
So mature for someone so young, and fascinating how she made such a huge slap-on-the-face point about adults looking down on "young people's" problems and emotions. Such an interesting artist.
@@realeconsapevolezza4584 IKR! I'm def tinged.
Yeah thats also why i love her and her music, she is my inspiration and also i cried so much on just 1 song so you can imagine my room was filled with tears because of the album
All she does is hate on boys to sell records.
@@RocStarr913 Okay 1st of all not all her songs are about boys, listen to all the album, jealousy jealousy, brutal, hope ur ok, has nothing to do with boys.. 2nd That isnt even "hating on a boy", it's just expressing her emotions in songwriting. Writing ab how you feel is actually good and helps alot. 3rd, like she once said in an interview "i think all artist should be able to write about how or what they feel" without ppl creating crazy dramas all over the internet. 4th and last, it's actually not her fault that her breakup songs are the ones that ppl relate to mostly which is the reason why those blew up & are much more popular than the ones that arent about heartbreak. Which i already mentioned before (the non breakup songs) Oh and also stop trying to discredit a young talented women by saying she "sells records because of hating on boys" thats just messed up bro..
@@RocStarr913 she said adults not bois
Olivia is so likeable. She's so well spoken and down to earth. a good role model.
Jesus is your free gift to heaven when you believe in his death, burial and resurrection you are immediately saved.
@@brearagu9949 Olivia Rodrigo is Jesus 🤯
@@dontgetjazzywithit yes, and onika minjaj is the holy spirit
Olivia and Taylor Swift are my role models!
Sucks she’s a liberal idiot
"a wrenching lament from a teenage girl who got her license at the same time she lost the love of her life" broke me
I read that right as she said it
I didn't know much about her at all. In addition to being a teen idol, I see she's actually a very talented musician and well grounded young woman. Respect.
Naw, just another pop star. Listen to Pink Floyd, “here today, gone tomorrow.”
@@lewstone5430 you know people can enjoy more than one musician right? liking olivia rodrigo and pink Floyd (or literally any other musician from any other genre) is not mutually exclusive
same. Only knew her on her first song Driver's License and the rest is history. :D
There’s a clear difference in quality between a band and a pop star but I never said you couldn’t like her.
@@lewstone5430 … I say if she's got the goods why make a comparison with anything else?.. much less Pink Floyd, which is another musical thing entirely. Surely you can see how your first comment makes you come off like a hater.
She captured teenage angst and confusion in her music.
And yet Nirvana still did it better.
I’m 25 I would have loved for something like this to come out when I was in high school. It’s like having jagged little pill but for 17 year olds.
Thats why the whole album is so successful
@@lewstone5430 no one literally mentioned who did it better…stop pitting artists against eachother lmao
@@Gblack2014 same
I swear Olivia defines what a role model really is, she's definitely one of the most genuine celebrities out here, love her
She is derivative of the space in every teen girls life, before she becomes cynical and hypersexual. Shortly before she begins using all of her gifts without apology to get what she wants in life. How quickly we forget all those who came before her.
@Joe White of course, she’s just a carbon copy with a slightly different wrapping. I’m still listening to bands from the 50’s - 70’s.
@@lewstone5430 Good 4 you. Now go look at Pink Floyd interviews if this doesn’t appeal to you.
@@joewhite9074 that sounds sexist
@@deedferreira4211 It's just the way of the world, society is sexually charged for both males and females. You can't start young in entertainment without expecting some predator to try an maneuver you to his or her advantage.
The “just because you’re young and and it’s not a big problem like having to pay taxes doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt”‘ I so true. It’s weird that adults also tried to belittle her as a dramatic teenager
Felt that tooo!
lol she's going to have to pay taxes now
She is so talented. I get major Taylor Swift vibes from her. Young girl, telling her stories and not apologizing for her emotions and experiences. She seems to have a good head on her shoulders, good support system and lordy knows she has the talent. I hope this is the start of a long, successful, and fulfilling career. I really think the world is going to be talking about Olivia for a long time! :)
Yes and also de pop punk divas from the 2000’s like Avril Lavigne, Ashlee Simpson, Paramore and many more
@Withro Anime Edits she’s already going through it. It’s so horrible.
Yep! She and Taylor are amazing 💗
@Withro Anime Edits yea, her friendship with Conan Gray is so wholesome
Taylor is such an inspiration
You better win the Grammy next year. She’s so hands on the music process
Jesus is your free gift to heaven when you believe in his death, burial and resurrection you are immediately saved.
She’ll win new artist no doubt. But SOTY and AOTY will be difficult to win. Lots of other good contenders.
@@alterego1121 she alr won song of the yr and best new artist
@@ivi7314 yeah there aren't really any other new prominent artist that has reached the degree of olivia rodrigo's success EDIT: kid laroi deciding to just randomly blow up like olivia rodrigo...
SHE WON THREE
she's so well-spoken. i can't wait for her sophomore album
Driver's License is a very mature piece of art...really looking forward to more music in that vein from Olivia, hope to hear from her for many years to come.
the thing with her is that she’s a very confident and mature type . she’s very outspoken and a natural communicator .
She has it all! Brains, beauty, talent, depth, good parents... she may as well start calling the world, "oyster"
HER oyster
this interview made me want to cry, thanks for making us more proud of our Olivia! 😭
She turned pain into platinum. She is such a great singer. Can't wait for the release for her next album.
People love to make fun of gentle parenting - and yet it aims to teach exactly what Olivia said here. It's about validating a child's feelings and allowing them to feel it, while also teaching them how to express it appropriately. I hate when adults make fun of their teens for feeling sad and writing it off as hormones. Careful they don't do the same to you when you through your 'midlife crisis'.
Olvia made a very good point on that. I must confess that I have done that in regard to younger people but she made me think.
This made me cry 😭 we are proud of her i love her
SAMEE
Sammmmmme !
Just seeing all the traitor proms scenes makes me cry
Me tooooooo. I thought I was the only one.
I can feel Olivia's pain😥 Pain can turn into something beautiful
I am 48 and loved her first album. I am excited to see her develop and grow, much like Taylor Swift.
Some people may not like her music but you have to respect the talent. She's down to earth and she knows what she's doing.
It's interesting to see a modest room that is very plainly decorated with a tiny bookcase at the side. Frequently songs are written with a crew of people/writers brainstorming lyrics together & worked on in well-furnished studios...Many Great songs have come out both ways but a nice contrast here. I see she's self-aware for her age & well-spoken too...tbh was hoping her sit-down acoustic sample was a tad longer. Nice though.
You believe this? Lol! And pigs fly bro.
Listen closely. What this girl is doing has been done THOUSANDS of yime, she is far, FAR from special or unique. Shes only getting overhyped because her race. Sad
@@michaelhowardrosskrh74 why are you even talking about? you sound so stupid
@@michaelhowardrosskrh74 bro just let ppl enjoy things. you mad they happy? and the comment 🤡 Sad
@@michaelhowardrosskrh74 I sincerely hope you find success despite the various times a stranger or acquaintance felt that you're far from special or unique, and even if the path you've taken has been trodden so many times you think it's futile, just press on
I'm so so proud of her
Same!!
She looks so humble and always friendly. I really love her
I wish this was longer. She’s so talented. All her songs are great!
Olivia is brilliant, utterly brilliant. I am almost seventy and have been happily married for almost fifty years, but her words are so incredibly real they take me back immediately to the feelings she sings so beautifully about. I've heard a lot of music in my life. I come from the generation who produced the best music in history, but I have never encountered anyone whose lyrics were so gut renchingly, beautifully authentic. Her voice is exquisite and the music is perfect, but it is the lyrics that are practically transendentant . . . from a woman who is only eighteen years old. Genius.
She is so likable because she is so authentic!
ugh i love her and i’m so lucky to be here at the beginning!
Same lol
she is definitely one of the most amazing and genuine celebrities here , love her
she’s so well spoken
Such a great interview with The Queen Olivia!!!
been a fan of her for almost two years now and she still continues to amaze me with her talent and intelligence every day. i’m the same age as her yet look up to her because she’s such a beautiful human being inside and out. deserves the whole world truly
I’ve followed pop music for a while now. I cannot believe this young woman’s debut album spawned 4 Top 10’s. It’s hard to do that. I don’t think there’s been a debut as massive as this since Lady Gaga. Yes very different aesthetic, but the magnitude is there
Olivia and Taylor are so similar yet so different. They deserve all the success.
In my opinion, Olivia has the potential to surpass Taylor.
@@realeconsapevolezza4584 way better vocally but both amazing in their own way
@@imcomingforyou.3245 I agree. Olivia can really belt it. She has that show-music voice!
Talent that gets your attention without shock. Instead of slapping you in the face, it seeps into your soul.
She swears in almost all her hit singles. What are you smoking?
@@RocStarr913 Swearing shocks you these days? Where have you been for the last three generations?
im her age, i really relate to her (not the heartbroken aspect lol) but Im just so happy she's getting all this recognition for her hard work. she doesn't even need to go to college, shes that good. instead i gotta go and find what i wanna do lol, her life is legit a dream
Olivia is such a amazing person! I am so inspired by her work and how she express her feelings in so many different ways in a song. I just love her because of that reason! ❤❤❤
Great interview I think it summarized her rise to fame well. I hope she is here to stay.. she is incredibly talented and seems like a down to earth genuinely nice person! The perfect role model for young girls everywhere ♡
her songs got me through hard times and i am so grateful
I was watching recordings of this before it dropped and now I'm happy to say I couldn't be more proud of my babygirl. She's done the most any artist can do in one year. If she was a genre she'd win the Grammys for that one.
So true what she's saying! At that age you kind of feel everything way more intense! especially when you have a crush, not to mention a relationship or simply rejection. The older you get , The more practical you become... I kind of miss those feelings sometimes tbh... The only thing that makes me reconstruct them a bit is when I listen to my favorite music hits from that era..
Olivia is incredibly brave, talented, intelligent, fierce and beautiful! She’s one of my oldest Bonus Daughter’s current favorite singers. Her authenticity is applauded! 💜🙏🏽👑 Shine on, Queen! 💜
This has kidnapping mom vibes
Wtf is a bonus daughter.
She is such an angel & I hope she never changes. It’s so tough not to be captivated when she speaks. Everything she says is so relatable & she is so mature for her age.
I’m so proud of her and so proud to call myself her fan. She’s an amazingly talented girl with such an amazing voice and personality. She’s so down to earth. She’s vulnerable and such a caring person. She’s such a good role model I love her so much
Olivia made a winning album in less then 10 months and she is only 18! Liv has my full respect x
Whats good about her is that she was able to convey her story through a song. A story not written in a broken passage but a complete thought. You easily understand her song not like some other artists that you need to decipher the meaning behind the song or cherry picking the words and put it in a song.
I'm literally so proud of her she's achieved a lot this year
Kudos!! Olivia spoken like true Filipino ! heartbreak is our song writing game even without a boyfriend and finally a real drivers license !
“Came out of nowhere”!?! The girl was a Disney star before her album dropped, which the video mentions. I feel like that undermines Olivia’s time and energy in the industry. Olivia came across as a talented, thoughtful young woman. I wish the interviewer would have dug a little deeper.
EXACTLYY
@@realeconsapevolezza4584 just here to say that olivia has said multiple times that it was a real breakup experience that drove her to write sour... she explained before that she wrote traitor without thinking much of it in 20 minutes, enough for you was written after she looked at herself in the mirror at some point in that breakup, happier was written in between takes in hsmtmts 1 back in 2019 while doing a happy dance number, good 4 u idea came to her while she was in the shower, she was gonna make it a double meaning in a snarky way but ended being as it is but i completely agree that this interview could've been sooo much better
Not every Disney star reaches the level of success she did with their debut single/album though it has only happened to like a handful of artists (Selena, miley, demi) and they did talk about her being in Disney ? lol Her MUSIC career and top celebrity fame definitely did come out of nowhere which is what I think they were referring to.. I became a fan of hers not bc of Disney (haven't watched her shows) I did after liking the first 2 singles she put out then the 3rd one (after seeing the 1st trending online ppl were raving about it) and then after the album i was like ok I maybe I'm a fan.. and I know that's the case for a lot of ppl ♡
@@rubygarcia7872 nope a lot of us hqve watch her Disney show, movies,and etc
@@simyawallace970 I'm not saying that's not true a lot of us came after drivers license also. Check the interactions her tweets used to get and how much they get now.. also her followers on ig went from like less than a million to 18.2 million
Olivia is talented and I've seen how talented she was since bizzarvark proud of her
Jesus is your free gift to heaven when you believe in his death, burial and resurrection you are immediately saved.
@@brearagu9949 ik that
She is so amazing I love her
Such a talented kid! More power Olivia🙌
Oliva's hard work as a singer/songwriter is absolutely hit-making and a beautiful piece of art, she's extremely flawless and a lot of amazing talent and so much fire in her, she deserves it
Pisces vibe ohh I love her
Im 37, but this album hit me too! LOL. But when people get intimate, the emotions get too high and intense and hard to bare.
What's up fellow elder millennial
So mine welcome 🙌
@@jescerie7382 Haha I feel validated
She is a national treasure. I hope she takes it all in, stays herself, and shares with us, no more than she cares to share.
Words to the wise
this girl is so incredibly well spoken and intentional when she talks. you can see why her lyrics are so moving. her vocabulary is so broad.
Yaaaaas the queen herself OLIVIA RODRIGO. 👑🦋. She's incredibly talented! Love her and her music so much. I'm so proud of her!! #proudlivie 💖🥰🤟🏻
so far Traitor is my song of the year. such a powerful ballad.
I hope she will take home all the Grammy next year. She's just so talented.
IM SO PROUD OF HER.
She has so much of her life ahead of her, and I hope it is filled with love and happiness.
SHES INCREDIBLE
Jesus is your free gift to heaven when you believe in his death, burial and resurrection you are immediately saved.
I am in my mid-30's but your songs are like time machine for me. I feel like you are taking me back in my first break-up and feeling of being betrayed by someone you really trust. I am married now … I just like how honest your songs are . Good Luck I wish you more success. BTW, My daughter (06 years old) likes to make video on Tiktok with your songs as background music .
She's so young and such a talent. I hope she has so much success in her career 💞
SHE IS SOO CUTE AND SWEET. I LOVEEEE HER SOOOOO MUCH 🦋💞💕💐👑
so proud of her
Her voice is so soothing!
Oliviaaa.... you are awesome and the way you spoke about therapy it's just... so much respect to you, and your songs are just top notch! all the best to you and god bless your soul! :)
Olivia and I are the same age and she is rocking being 18 I look up to her like she is so inspiring she’s a superstar. I wonder what it’s like to be successful and a celebrity at 18. She’s so mature and so well spoken I love that abt her.
Well spoken, she's so talented. Next Taylor Swift indeed. Keep her!!! ❤️
Jesus is your free gift to heaven when you believe in his death, burial and resurrection you are immediately saved.
@@brearagu9949 Lucifer is your true saviour. Hail satan!
Hail satan
i love her, i’m so so proud
Oh goodness, everything about her gives me chills and brings tears to my eyes . But those are not tears of sadness but of amazement and awe she radiates
She’s so talent i can tell she’s going to be an icon one day
IM SO PROUD OF HERRR
i’m in a puddle of tears watching this. this year has been probably so crazy for her, but dang i’m so proud of her. i hope she keeps making music💜
Rodrigo is absolutely 💯 genuine. She's a powerful Warrior Goddess that sings about the real sh*t that happens in relationships. Compassion, transparency, integrity and accountability for all!
This is so well made interview. Wow.. The end I almost got me in tears❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I'm so inlove with you olivia Rodrigo 😘😘😘
AAAAA I LOVE HER SO SO SO SO MUCH SO PROUD OF HERRRRR
She really is the sweetest person ever, and so advanced for her young age, good for her 😊❤
She’s very well spoken! Bravo 👏🏽 real talent
Beautiful, talented and mindful young women. She makes me hopeful for her generation.
Totally agreed.
Nothing but LOVE LOVE LOVE for this girl 💜💜
she's amazing!
Another pride of Filipinos...soar high Olivia.
SHE IS INSANELY TALENTED
I love her lyrics she never disappoints
i just love her so much i cant ok bye
I love olivia and have since she was on bizaardvark
Her songs are so beautiful I love her
Great interview😍
SO PROUD🥺❤️
@@realeconsapevolezza4584 OMG, I better check it out
How inspiring🥺❤️❤️❤️
I love Olivia Rodrigo so much she's the best I wish I could meet her
Olivia is so amazing
love her sm
She is so inspiring and Im so happy her dreams came true because she deserved it.
You're so beautiful! I❤U Olivia🥰
She’s so cute and very talented. I’m really rooting for her 💜
She is looking fabulous!