On Friday, Olivia Rodrigo -- the Grammy winner best known for her 2021 smash single 'drivers license' -- released her highly anticipated sophomore album, 'GUTS.'
On Friday, Olivia Rodrigo -- the Grammy winner best known for her 2021 smash single "drivers license" -- released her highly anticipated sophomore album, "GUTS."
But those lead singles hid greater moments: opener "all-American bitch," inspired by a cast-off quote from a young hippie in Joan Didion's "The White Album" essay collection, is pop-punk informed by Liz Phair or, like, the most obscure Rose Melberg record. Irony and anger are her swords: "I'm grateful all the time / I'm sexy and I'm kind / I'm pretty when I cry," she sings.
"the grudge" is born from "drivers license" -- a courageous piano power ballad. Where whisper-singing has become the foundation for many contemporary young pop stars, whose biggest singles consequently feel restrained, Rodrigo's performance is pushed to the limits. Rage and disappointment will do that to you: They're perhaps pop's most underutilized tools -- and rock's greatest asset.
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