Olivia Rodrigo.Photo: Cindy Ord/Getty Images
Olivia Rodrigofans are about to be a little bit “happier.”
Rodrigo, who will release herhighly anticipated sophomore albumGUTSon Friday, earned six nominations this year including video of the year.
Back in 2021, she also sang at the awards show, delivering an energetic set of her hit “Good 4 u.”
Alsoconfirmed to perform this yearat the VMAs areLil Wayne,Doja Cat,Kelsea Ballerini,Anitta,Demi Lovato,Karol G,MåneskinandStray Kids.
Olivia Rodrigo in June 2023.Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for YouTube
Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for YouTube
Ahead of the release of her new albumGUTS, Rodrigoopened up about the extreme media attentionshe’s faced since skyrocketing to fame in 2021 to singer-songwriterPhoebe Bridgersin anInterviewMagazinecover story.
When asked if she ever feels the responsibility “to send the subject of a song the song before it comes out,” Rodrigo recalled to the release of her hit “Drivers License.”
“I feel like last time there was so much weird media s— and I had no idea how to deal with any of it,” Rodrigo said. “Literally, it was the first song out of the gate and all of that s— happened. I felt so ill-equipped.”
She added, “That was an overwhelming experience, but now I definitely feel a responsibility. I just try not to think about it during the writing process.”
Elsewhere in the interview, the “Deja Vu” musician reflected on the writing process forGUTS.
“When I first started writing this record, I would sit at the piano and pretend other people were hearing what I was writing, which is so awful and counterproductive to any creativity, so I had to just write what I wanted to write and think about the social implications after,” she explained.
She continued, “It’s tricky. I don’t think anyone has it down to a science. I can’t even believe that people listen and talk about my music as it is, so it’s crazy to think about. I guess I’m still learning how to deal with all that stuff.”
Bridgers, 29, replied, “It just means that the media attention and the scrutiny of your social life didn’t stop you from writing this cutting song, which f—ing rocks.”
Rodrigo released thelead single ofGUTS, “Vampire,” in June, which details her experience with someone who took her for granted and exploited her fame, before following it up with her grungy single"Bad Idea Right?“last month.
source: people.com
