The Grammys clearly love Billie Eilish and her work, having awarded her seven times in just the last two years, so with the release of her new album, “Happier Than Ever,” could Eilish still be a strong force to win yet again? If she does it would be historic, and it wouldn’t be the first time she has made history.
Few artists have been as quickly embraced as Eilish at the Grammys. The young singer-songwriter broke through at the 2020 awards with six nominations, winning five of those. Eilish won all four general field categories that night, becoming the second person ever to do so (Christopher Cross did it too in 1981) and becoming the youngest artist ever to win Album of the Year. Not only that, her debut album “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” won all but one of its nominations, netting wins Best Engineered Album...
Few artists have been as quickly embraced as Eilish at the Grammys. The young singer-songwriter broke through at the 2020 awards with six nominations, winning five of those. Eilish won all four general field categories that night, becoming the second person ever to do so (Christopher Cross did it too in 1981) and becoming the youngest artist ever to win Album of the Year. Not only that, her debut album “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” won all but one of its nominations, netting wins Best Engineered Album...
- 8/11/2021
- by Jaime Rodriguez
- Gold Derby
Billie Eilish scores her first Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums Chart with her long-awaited sophomore album, Happier Than Ever. In its first week, Happier Than Ever saw over 271,000 album-equivalent units — the fourth biggest debut of the year so far. Fourteen of the album’s 16 tracks also reached the Rs 100, led by the title track at Number Three.
Prince posthumously reaches a new peak on the Rs 200 at Number Two with Welcome 2 America. Last week’s Number One album, the Kid Laroi’s F*ck Love, falls to Number Three,...
Prince posthumously reaches a new peak on the Rs 200 at Number Two with Welcome 2 America. Last week’s Number One album, the Kid Laroi’s F*ck Love, falls to Number Three,...
- 8/9/2021
- by Emily Blake
- Rollingstone.com
The CMT Music Awards were presented on Wednesday night, June 9, during a two-and-a-half hour ceremony that aired across cable networks including CMT, MTV, MTV2, Logo, Paramount, and TV Land. It was hosted by Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown and featured a slew of performances and collaborations, but who were the big winners? Scroll down for the complete list in all categories.
SEEOlivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ is now a likely Grammy nominee for Album of the Year, according to our odds
Unlike the Academy of Country Music Awards or the Country Music Association Awards, which are decided by peers in the music industry, the CMT Awards are decided solely by fans voting for their favorites online in categories honoring their favorite music videos of the year.
The top category, Video of the Year, started with 14 nominees. Then an initial round of voting winnowed that list down to six on June 1. And...
SEEOlivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ is now a likely Grammy nominee for Album of the Year, according to our odds
Unlike the Academy of Country Music Awards or the Country Music Association Awards, which are decided by peers in the music industry, the CMT Awards are decided solely by fans voting for their favorites online in categories honoring their favorite music videos of the year.
The top category, Video of the Year, started with 14 nominees. Then an initial round of voting winnowed that list down to six on June 1. And...
- 6/9/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The 2021 BET Awards will be held on June 27, coming back to the Microsoft Theater after last year’s virtual event. Honoring the best in hip-hop, R&b and pop music, let’s consider who might win in top categories when trophies are handed out.
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If you look at previous winners in this category, the highest-profile album always wins. Based on this, The Weeknd’s “After Hours” should be an easy winner here. “After Hours” notched three number-ones on the Billboard Hot 100, including the massive hit “Blinding Lights” and his most recent chart-topper “Save Your Tears.” The album also ended up in the top 10 of the year-end Billboard 200 chart, unlike the other nominees in this category.
That said, if there were to be an upset, it could...
Seebet Awards producer Connie Orlando: It was ‘terrifying’ to put on a show in a pandemic, but also an ‘opportunity’ [Exclusive Video Interview] Album of the Year
If you look at previous winners in this category, the highest-profile album always wins. Based on this, The Weeknd’s “After Hours” should be an easy winner here. “After Hours” notched three number-ones on the Billboard Hot 100, including the massive hit “Blinding Lights” and his most recent chart-topper “Save Your Tears.” The album also ended up in the top 10 of the year-end Billboard 200 chart, unlike the other nominees in this category.
That said, if there were to be an upset, it could...
- 6/9/2021
- by Jaime Rodriguez
- Gold Derby
The 2021 CMT Music Awards will be presented tonight, June 9, during a ceremony hosted by nominees Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown and airing live across Viacom networks including CMT, MTV, MTV2, Logo, Paramount, and TV Land. But who will win? Scroll down for our official racetrack odds in six categories, which are based on the combined predictions of Gold Derby users. Our projected winners are highlighted in gold.
The CMT Awards differ from other country music events in that they’re decided strictly by fans voting online, unlike the CMA and ACM Awards, which are handed out by industry peers. And we’re betting that fans will be kinder to Carrie Underwood than those other awards often are. She rarely wins Entertainer of the Year at those events (and often isn’t even nominated), but she has won the top prize here more than anyone else, claiming Video of the Year eight times.
The CMT Awards differ from other country music events in that they’re decided strictly by fans voting online, unlike the CMA and ACM Awards, which are handed out by industry peers. And we’re betting that fans will be kinder to Carrie Underwood than those other awards often are. She rarely wins Entertainer of the Year at those events (and often isn’t even nominated), but she has won the top prize here more than anyone else, claiming Video of the Year eight times.
- 6/9/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Olivia Rodrigo‘s “Drivers License” has been the Grammy front-runner for Record of the Year and Song of the Year since we opened our predictions center, but no one knew if her full debut album “Sour” would live up to the promise of that initial hit. It looks like it definitely did, and after a steady climb she has now risen into the top eight in our odds for Album of the Year. As of this writing she ranks seventh with 20/1 odds based on the combined predictions of our users.
“Sour” had high expectations, preceded as it was by three top 10 singles, two of which debuted at number-one (“Drivers License” and “Good 4 U”). No new artist had ever achieved that before the release of their debut album. Then when the album came out it was rated highly by critics (83 on MetaCritic) and debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200 with the...
“Sour” had high expectations, preceded as it was by three top 10 singles, two of which debuted at number-one (“Drivers License” and “Good 4 U”). No new artist had ever achieved that before the release of their debut album. Then when the album came out it was rated highly by critics (83 on MetaCritic) and debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200 with the...
- 6/8/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Olivia Rodrigo easily topped the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart for the second straight week following the release of her debut album, Sour.
Though the singer-songwriter’s total streams fell from 283.7 million to 210.5 million for the week of May 28th through June 3rd, that was still plenty to hold off her closest competitors. Rodrigo also became just the third female artist to go Number One on the Artists 500 multiple times, with the other two being Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande.
Coming in behind Rodrigo was Drake, who landed at Number Two with 125.7 million streams.
Though the singer-songwriter’s total streams fell from 283.7 million to 210.5 million for the week of May 28th through June 3rd, that was still plenty to hold off her closest competitors. Rodrigo also became just the third female artist to go Number One on the Artists 500 multiple times, with the other two being Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande.
Coming in behind Rodrigo was Drake, who landed at Number Two with 125.7 million streams.
- 6/7/2021
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Olivia Rodrigo’s “Good 4 U,” the third single off her debut album Sour, held onto Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs Chart. In its second straight week at Number One, “Good 4 U” pulled in an impressive 362,000 units. Only four other songs have seen over 300,000 units in their second week at Number One.
“Good 4 U” was able to hold off BTS’s “Butter,” which held at Number Two with 232,900. While “Butter” outsold “Good 4 U” — it was the highest-selling song of the week — “Good 4 U” out-streamed. Two other Sour standouts,...
“Good 4 U” was able to hold off BTS’s “Butter,” which held at Number Two with 232,900. While “Butter” outsold “Good 4 U” — it was the highest-selling song of the week — “Good 4 U” out-streamed. Two other Sour standouts,...
- 6/7/2021
- by Emily Blake
- Rollingstone.com
Olivia Rodrigo scores her first Number One on the Artists 500 Chart this week to the tune of a staggering 283.7 million streams. As her debut album Sour rules the albums chart and “Good 4 U” leads the Rs 100, Rodrigo becomes only the third female artist to sweep all three charts in one week.
Rodrigo’s rise pushes last week’s winner, J. Cole, to Number Two. Drake, Taylor Swift, and Morgan Wallen round out the top five.
The Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart ranks the most-streamed artists of the week in the United States,...
Rodrigo’s rise pushes last week’s winner, J. Cole, to Number Two. Drake, Taylor Swift, and Morgan Wallen round out the top five.
The Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart ranks the most-streamed artists of the week in the United States,...
- 6/2/2021
- by Emily Blake
- Rollingstone.com
Olivia Rodrigo scored the biggest debut of the year on the Rs 200 with her debut album Sour. The concise, 11-song set earned 302,100 album-equivalent units, surpassing the first-week total for Fearless (Taylor’s Version) by over 10,000 units.
Sour was a resounding streaming success, picking up nearly 280 million streams on its way to Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. This is impressive for a slim collection of just 11 tracks — Moneybagg Yo’s A Gangsta’s Pain contained 22 songs, for example, but did less than half as many streams as Sour during its opening week,...
Sour was a resounding streaming success, picking up nearly 280 million streams on its way to Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. This is impressive for a slim collection of just 11 tracks — Moneybagg Yo’s A Gangsta’s Pain contained 22 songs, for example, but did less than half as many streams as Sour during its opening week,...
- 6/1/2021
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
A new week, a new artist owning the upper reaches of the Rolling Stone Top 100: After Olivia Rodrigo released her debut album, Sour, she claimed nine of the ten most popular tracks on the chart in addition to leading the ranking with “Good 4 U,” which amassed more than 57 million streams. Rodrigo one-upped J. Cole, who earned eight of the Top Ten on the previous week’s chart following the release of his new album The Off-Season.
“Good 4 U” was followed by a slew of other Sour tracks: “Deja Vu” (Number Three,...
“Good 4 U” was followed by a slew of other Sour tracks: “Deja Vu” (Number Three,...
- 6/1/2021
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Olivia Rodrigo's much-anticipated debut album Sour is here, and as you probably already know, it speaks to your messiest, most brutal, and awkward days! Seamlessly dipping in and out of different genres, the record perfectly captures the all-encompassing emotions that come with the pangs of feeling inadequate and the highs and lows of young love.
As fans continue to play the album on repeat, many are convinced that Olivia is already set to follow her first record with a sophomore edition called Sweet. Let's break down all the theories that might hint at the existence of this second album!
Olivia Rodrigo Has a Sour Patch Kids Collaboration
Props to whoever came up with the ingenious idea of promoting Sour by joining forces with Sour Patch Kids. And props for making fans sure that this brand partnership might be the biggest tip-off to a follow-up that follows Sour Patch Kids's catchphrase: "First they're sour,...
As fans continue to play the album on repeat, many are convinced that Olivia is already set to follow her first record with a sophomore edition called Sweet. Let's break down all the theories that might hint at the existence of this second album!
Olivia Rodrigo Has a Sour Patch Kids Collaboration
Props to whoever came up with the ingenious idea of promoting Sour by joining forces with Sour Patch Kids. And props for making fans sure that this brand partnership might be the biggest tip-off to a follow-up that follows Sour Patch Kids's catchphrase: "First they're sour,...
- 5/28/2021
- by Divya Meena
- Popsugar.com
North West takes no prisoners! The 7-year-old daughter of Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West was up to her old antics on Tuesday while her mom was filming an Instagram Story. The 40-year-old reality star was trying to promote singer Olivia Rodrigo‘s new album, Sour, after Olivia sent her some personalized swag — but North was not having it. “How cute is...
- 5/26/2021
- by Rachel West
- ET Canada
As if the overwhelming fan reaction wasn’t proof enough that Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour was headed for a massive first week on the charts, the album topped the Apple Music Pre-Add Chart during the week leading up to its release.
Sour saw more Pre-Adds than any other album from May 14th through May 20th. Pre-adds allow listeners to queue up an album to be added to their library when it’s released, offering a good indication of the albums that fans are most excited for. It’s a good...
Sour saw more Pre-Adds than any other album from May 14th through May 20th. Pre-adds allow listeners to queue up an album to be added to their library when it’s released, offering a good indication of the albums that fans are most excited for. It’s a good...
- 5/25/2021
- by Emily Blake
- Rollingstone.com
J. Cole’s The Off-Season was a resounding success in its first week, earning more than 37,000 sales and more than 290 million streams, debuting at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. Only Taylor Swift has enjoyed a bigger first week in 2021 thanks to Fearless (Taylor’s Version), which came out in April.
Comfortably ensconced at Number One — he has also topped the Rs 100 for two consecutive weeks — Cole amassed more than three times as many album-equivalent units as the week’s second most popular album, Nicki Minaj’s...
Comfortably ensconced at Number One — he has also topped the Rs 100 for two consecutive weeks — Cole amassed more than three times as many album-equivalent units as the week’s second most popular album, Nicki Minaj’s...
- 5/25/2021
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Teenage singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo has achieved one of the fastest ascents of any artist in history. Since January she has racked up three top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, two of which debuted at number-one (“Drivers License” and “Good 4 U”). And she performed on “Saturday Night Live” on May 15. All of that was before the May 21 release of her debut album “Sour.” So is her new collection worthy of all that advance hype?
SEEIs Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drivers License’ already a lock for Grammys in 2022?
Judging from the reviews, the answer is yes. As of this writing “Sour” has a MetaCritic score of 84 based on 16 reviews thus far: 15 positive, one mixed, and none outright negative. Music journos are saying she’s a “major player in … teen pop and adult pop,” who achieves “euphoria” with her expressions of “anger, jealousy, and bewilderment.” It’s “one of the most gratifyingly undignified breakup albums ever made.
SEEIs Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drivers License’ already a lock for Grammys in 2022?
Judging from the reviews, the answer is yes. As of this writing “Sour” has a MetaCritic score of 84 based on 16 reviews thus far: 15 positive, one mixed, and none outright negative. Music journos are saying she’s a “major player in … teen pop and adult pop,” who achieves “euphoria” with her expressions of “anger, jealousy, and bewilderment.” It’s “one of the most gratifyingly undignified breakup albums ever made.
- 5/25/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
J. Cole firmly planted himself atop the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart for the first time following the release of his new album, The Off-Season.
The North Carolina rapper pulled in a staggering 343.7 million song streams for the week of May 14th through May 20th, the third highest weekly stream count in the chart’s history. The record holder remains Lil Uzi Vert who topped the chart in March 2020 with 396 million streams, while Post Malone hit Number One in 2019 with 381 million streams.
J. Cole’s new album,The Off-Season debuted at...
The North Carolina rapper pulled in a staggering 343.7 million song streams for the week of May 14th through May 20th, the third highest weekly stream count in the chart’s history. The record holder remains Lil Uzi Vert who topped the chart in March 2020 with 396 million streams, while Post Malone hit Number One in 2019 with 381 million streams.
J. Cole’s new album,The Off-Season debuted at...
- 5/24/2021
- by RS Charts
- Rollingstone.com
A deluge of J. Cole tracks took over the latest Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart: Following the release of The Off-Season, the rapper scored eight of the ten most popular tracks in the country.
The leader was “My.Life” with 21 Savage and Morray, which earned 36.4 million streams. (Cole and 21 Savage also earned a major hit with “A Lot” in 2019.) The Off-Season track “Amari” landed at Number Three with 32.8 million streams, followed by “Pride.Is.the.Devil” with Lil Baby (Number Four, 31.5 million) and album opener “95.South” (Number 5, 30 million streams...
The leader was “My.Life” with 21 Savage and Morray, which earned 36.4 million streams. (Cole and 21 Savage also earned a major hit with “A Lot” in 2019.) The Off-Season track “Amari” landed at Number Three with 32.8 million streams, followed by “Pride.Is.the.Devil” with Lil Baby (Number Four, 31.5 million) and album opener “95.South” (Number 5, 30 million streams...
- 5/24/2021
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Image Source: Everett Collection
My entire TikTok For You Page for the past few days has pretty much featured nonstop videos inspired by Olivia Rodrigo's Sour album - as it should. But Mia Cherise Hall recently posted a parody that sets itself apart and combines Miss Rodrigo's album with another one of my pop culture loves: Schitt's Creek. Hall imagined what it'd be like to hear Alexis Rose recite Rodrigo's pop-punk track "Good 4 U," and believe it or not, the combo works incredibly well.
Hall stepped into Alexis's shoes and pretended the socialite was arguing with her boyfriend, Ted. "You look happy and healthy," Hall said, perfectly nailing Alexis's intonation and mannerisms. "Not me, if you ever cared to ask." I could totally see this scene in a Schitt's Creek episode, and Rodrigo must agree, because she gave it her own seal of approval. Hall's video got a comment from the "Deja Vu" singer,...
My entire TikTok For You Page for the past few days has pretty much featured nonstop videos inspired by Olivia Rodrigo's Sour album - as it should. But Mia Cherise Hall recently posted a parody that sets itself apart and combines Miss Rodrigo's album with another one of my pop culture loves: Schitt's Creek. Hall imagined what it'd be like to hear Alexis Rose recite Rodrigo's pop-punk track "Good 4 U," and believe it or not, the combo works incredibly well.
Hall stepped into Alexis's shoes and pretended the socialite was arguing with her boyfriend, Ted. "You look happy and healthy," Hall said, perfectly nailing Alexis's intonation and mannerisms. "Not me, if you ever cared to ask." I could totally see this scene in a Schitt's Creek episode, and Rodrigo must agree, because she gave it her own seal of approval. Hall's video got a comment from the "Deja Vu" singer,...
- 5/24/2021
- by Karenna Meredith
- Popsugar.com
With Sour, Olivia Rodrigo is experiencing the sweet smell of success. The Disney+ actress dropped her debut album Sour on Friday, May 21, after her first-ever single "drivers license" topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for eight weeks earlier this year. Following the song's triumphant test drive, fans are just as obsessed with Olivia's entire pop punk-inspired album. It's clear, at just 18 years old, she's already earned her spot in history along with fellow Disney stars-turned-singers Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez. As one user tweeted, "olivia's here to stay she's the It girl and if you don't like that you gots to...
- 5/21/2021
- E! Online
In the first few seconds of her debut album, Sour, Olivia Rodrigo declares, “I want it to be, like, messy!” That shouldn’t be too difficult for a pop star who emerged seemingly out of nowhere in January, a Disney actress whose hit “Drivers License” ignited widespread interest in a love triangle between her High School Musical: The Musical: The Series co-stars. Rodrigo belted extremely relatable, heart-wrenching lines about doing something you were supposed to do with your partner but are now doing alone — and it gave us a glimpse of her songwriting potential.
- 5/21/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Chances are that, on the first or second listen, Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album, “Sour,” will remind you of Billie Eilish’s own freshman effort from a little over two years ago. It’s not so much that, at 18, Rodrigo is still young enough to count a 19-year-old as an influence — although you do get the distinct impression at times that she’s taken a few lessons from Eilish to go along with the many, many pieces of homework she’s taken home from Taylor Swift. It’s more to do with feeling that same sensation with “Sour” that you might have when “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” first came across the midnight transom: If she’s this strong in her first very first at-bat, how mighty might she be when she’s 30? And then, why are we worrying about a dozen years down the line...
- 5/21/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
When the songwriting and production credits for Olivia Rodrigo’s highly anticipated debut album Sour were released on Thursday, fans quickly noted writing credits for Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff on Rodrigo’s fourth track “1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back.” The two numbers even make a “13,” a subtle nod to important numerology in the Swiftverse.
While some fans speculated on a collaboration or Rodrigo sampling the superstar’s work, Rolling Stone has confirmed that Swift and Antonoff did not collaborate on the track and that the song is an interpolation of...
While some fans speculated on a collaboration or Rodrigo sampling the superstar’s work, Rolling Stone has confirmed that Swift and Antonoff did not collaborate on the track and that the song is an interpolation of...
- 5/20/2021
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
We all knew Olivia Rodrigo was a big Taylor Swift fan, but she just took it up a notch with her Sour album. With the album being released at midnight local time on Friday, New Zealand fans got the first listen to the new tracks and noted that "1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back" features Swift and Jack Antonoff as writers. Popsugar can confirm that Swift and Antonoff have writing credits on the song, but did not collaborate on the track. While fans initially thought the track sampled Swift's "New Year's Day" from Reputation, it's actually an interpolation of the song. Fittingly, the song also includes a few Easter eggs. The track title includes the numbers 1 and 3, which combined is Swift's lucky number, 13. Also, if you add up the release date of the album, 2 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 0 + 5 + 2 + 1, it equals 13 as well. Sneaky!
It's clear that Rodrigo was inspired by Swift while writing her debut album.
It's clear that Rodrigo was inspired by Swift while writing her debut album.
- 5/20/2021
- by Kelsie Gibson
- Popsugar.com
Billie Eilish rules the Apple Music Pre-Add Chart for a third straight week with Happier Than Ever, her long-awaited followup to When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Happier Than Ever led Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour, due Friday, in Pre-Adds for the week of May 7th through May 14th. Pre-adds allow listeners to queue up an album to be added to their library when it’s released, offering a good indication of the albums that fans are most excited for. It’s a good sign that it’s leading the pre-add chart,...
Happier Than Ever led Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour, due Friday, in Pre-Adds for the week of May 7th through May 14th. Pre-adds allow listeners to queue up an album to be added to their library when it’s released, offering a good indication of the albums that fans are most excited for. It’s a good sign that it’s leading the pre-add chart,...
- 5/18/2021
- by Emily Blake
- Rollingstone.com
For artists at the “Are they for real?” stage of their career, “Saturday Night Live” is one of the great proving grounds — over the decades we’ve seen Nirvana, Pink and Kendrick Lamar crush it and Ashlee Simpson and Lana Del Rey faceplant in spectacular fashion, to name five top-of-head examples. Without setting too high a standard, it is safe to say that fast-rising 18-year-old singer-actor Olivia Rodrigo, who already has one of the biggest hits of the year with the teen-heartbreak anthem “Drivers License,” knocked her two-song performance out of the park on Saturday night.
Yes, she’s already famous, even though her solo career didn’t begin in earnest until “Drivers License” was released in January. But after three seasons portraying a teen musician on Disney’s “Bizaardvarks” and on the network’s catchily titled “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” (with a second launching this year...
Yes, she’s already famous, even though her solo career didn’t begin in earnest until “Drivers License” was released in January. But after three seasons portraying a teen musician on Disney’s “Bizaardvarks” and on the network’s catchily titled “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” (with a second launching this year...
- 5/17/2021
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
Olivia Rodrigo made her Saturday Night Live musical guest debut on the series’ latest episode, performing her breakout hit “Drivers License” and her latest single “Good 4 U.”
The singer opened with a powerhouse rendition of “Drivers License,” the biggest song of the year thus far that has had such a universal cultural impact, SNL dedicated an entire sketch to it back in February.
For her second performance, Rodrigo and her band delivered her new pop-punk song “Good 4 U,” which the singer debuted Friday, the latest single off Rodrigo’s long-awaited album Sour.
The singer opened with a powerhouse rendition of “Drivers License,” the biggest song of the year thus far that has had such a universal cultural impact, SNL dedicated an entire sketch to it back in February.
For her second performance, Rodrigo and her band delivered her new pop-punk song “Good 4 U,” which the singer debuted Friday, the latest single off Rodrigo’s long-awaited album Sour.
- 5/16/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Olivia Rodrigo has a new song out called “Good 4 U,” released Friday, May 14th, with a video directed by Petra Collins.
“Good 4 U” takes heavy inspiration from Paramore and other beloved pop-punk bands, with sarcasm-laden verses addressed at a former flame — “Well, good for you, I guess you moved on really easily/You found a new girl and it only took a couple weeks” — that build to a loud, insanely fun chorus. In the video, Rodrigo plays the role of a high school cheerleader out for revenge. Think Jennifer’s...
“Good 4 U” takes heavy inspiration from Paramore and other beloved pop-punk bands, with sarcasm-laden verses addressed at a former flame — “Well, good for you, I guess you moved on really easily/You found a new girl and it only took a couple weeks” — that build to a loud, insanely fun chorus. In the video, Rodrigo plays the role of a high school cheerleader out for revenge. Think Jennifer’s...
- 5/14/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Olivia Rodrigo made sure her debut at Tuesday's Brit Awards was extra special. In addition to taking the stage for a chill-inducing performance of her hit "Drivers License," the 18-year-old singer passed out handwritten notes to several celebrities, including Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, and Little Mix. It's unclear what was written inside, but if you look closely, sitting at the top of almost every table laid a purple envelope with a butterfly and the words "Hope ur Ok, Olivia Rodrigo" written across it.
Olivia is getting ready to release her debut album Sour on May 21, and it's worth noting that her album cover art is purple and features a butterfly. Oh, and one of her songs just so happens to be titled "hope ur ok." Was this Olivia's way of promoting her album? Or, was there some sort of gift card in there? Maybe a merch coupon code? Or, perhaps...
Olivia is getting ready to release her debut album Sour on May 21, and it's worth noting that her album cover art is purple and features a butterfly. Oh, and one of her songs just so happens to be titled "hope ur ok." Was this Olivia's way of promoting her album? Or, was there some sort of gift card in there? Maybe a merch coupon code? Or, perhaps...
- 5/11/2021
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
Billie Eilish holds on to Number One on the Apple Music Pre-Add Chart with Happier Than Ever, the long-awaited followup to her debut, When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go?
Happier Than Ever, due July 30th, leads Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour (Number Two) and OneRepublic’s Human (Deluxe) as the album with the most pre-adds on Apple Music from April 30th through May 6th. Pre-adds allow listeners to queue up an album to be added to their library when it’s released, offering a good indication of the...
Happier Than Ever, due July 30th, leads Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour (Number Two) and OneRepublic’s Human (Deluxe) as the album with the most pre-adds on Apple Music from April 30th through May 6th. Pre-adds allow listeners to queue up an album to be added to their library when it’s released, offering a good indication of the...
- 5/11/2021
- by Emily Blake
- Rollingstone.com
Image Source: Getty / Rachel Luna
Raw, emotional, and catchy to their cores, Olivia Rodrigo's and Taylor Swift's song lyrics have a lot in common, and the "Drivers License" singer is already facing the same criticism Swift has been dealing with since day one. Ahead of the May 21 release of her debut album, Sour, Rodrigo recently told The Guardian that she's noticed "sexist criticism of songwriters like me being told that they only write songs about boys."
In addition to the fact that songs about love and relationships are bops, criticism like this is inherently tied to gender stereotypes that perpetuate harmful ideologies about women's sexuality. Luckily, Rodrigo is having none of it. "I write about stuff that I feel really intensely - and I feel heartbreak and longing really intensely - and I think that's authentic and natural," she said. "I don't really understand what people want me...
Raw, emotional, and catchy to their cores, Olivia Rodrigo's and Taylor Swift's song lyrics have a lot in common, and the "Drivers License" singer is already facing the same criticism Swift has been dealing with since day one. Ahead of the May 21 release of her debut album, Sour, Rodrigo recently told The Guardian that she's noticed "sexist criticism of songwriters like me being told that they only write songs about boys."
In addition to the fact that songs about love and relationships are bops, criticism like this is inherently tied to gender stereotypes that perpetuate harmful ideologies about women's sexuality. Luckily, Rodrigo is having none of it. "I write about stuff that I feel really intensely - and I feel heartbreak and longing really intensely - and I think that's authentic and natural," she said. "I don't really understand what people want me...
- 5/7/2021
- by Chanel Vargas
- Popsugar.com
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Olivia Rodrigo is making her Saturday Night Live debut, and no one is more excited than her costars. Following the announcement that the 18-year-old "Drivers License" singer would be the musical guest for the March 15 episode, her High School Musical: The Musical: The Series castmates started pouring in the well-wishes. Naturally, the news didn't surprise them, including Matt Cornett.
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Right after the news was announced, Popsugar sat down with the actor, and he gushed about his costar's big announcement. "I am freaking out," Cornett said. He added that the cast's group chat was already buzzing. "Everybody else is freaking out. The fact that she's performing on SNL, it doesn't surprise any of us because she's literally going to win a Grammy next year. Like, mark my words. I promise she will have a Grammy next year,...
Olivia Rodrigo is making her Saturday Night Live debut, and no one is more excited than her costars. Following the announcement that the 18-year-old "Drivers License" singer would be the musical guest for the March 15 episode, her High School Musical: The Musical: The Series castmates started pouring in the well-wishes. Naturally, the news didn't surprise them, including Matt Cornett.
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Right after the news was announced, Popsugar sat down with the actor, and he gushed about his costar's big announcement. "I am freaking out," Cornett said. He added that the cast's group chat was already buzzing. "Everybody else is freaking out. The fact that she's performing on SNL, it doesn't surprise any of us because she's literally going to win a Grammy next year. Like, mark my words. I promise she will have a Grammy next year,...
- 5/4/2021
- by Kelsie Gibson
- Popsugar.com
NBC announced that the final two episodes of “Saturday Night Live” for its 46th season will welcome first-time hosts Keegan-Michael Key and Anya Taylor-Joy alongside respective freshman musical guests Olivia Rodrigo and Lil Nas X.
Key, who rose to fame alongside Jordan Peele by creating and starring in the “Key and Peele” comedy series and will soon appear alongside “SNL” cast member Cecily Strong in Apple TV Plus’ “Schmigadoon!”, will host on May 15. Taylor-Joy, who recently took home Golden Globe and SAG Awards for her Netflix limited series “The Queen’s Gambit,” will host the season finale on May 22.
Rodrigo, who will appear on the May 15 episode, is currently boasting the hit single “Drivers License” from her forthcoming debut album “Sour.” The track debuted at No. 1 across major streaming services and broke the Spotify record for the most single-day streams for a non-holiday song. It will be one of 11 songs featured on “Sour,...
Key, who rose to fame alongside Jordan Peele by creating and starring in the “Key and Peele” comedy series and will soon appear alongside “SNL” cast member Cecily Strong in Apple TV Plus’ “Schmigadoon!”, will host on May 15. Taylor-Joy, who recently took home Golden Globe and SAG Awards for her Netflix limited series “The Queen’s Gambit,” will host the season finale on May 22.
Rodrigo, who will appear on the May 15 episode, is currently boasting the hit single “Drivers License” from her forthcoming debut album “Sour.” The track debuted at No. 1 across major streaming services and broke the Spotify record for the most single-day streams for a non-holiday song. It will be one of 11 songs featured on “Sour,...
- 5/3/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
Moneybagg Yo has had some massive debuts on the Rs 200, with Time Served debuting at Number Four and Code Red debuting in the top 10. He’s on track for another big debut with A Gangsta’s Pain, which dropped on Friday. In the week leading up to its release, the album was the biggest album on Apple Music by Pre-Adds.
Pre-adds allow listeners to queue up an album to be added to their library when it’s released, offering a good indication of the albums that fans are most excited for.
Pre-adds allow listeners to queue up an album to be added to their library when it’s released, offering a good indication of the albums that fans are most excited for.
- 4/27/2021
- by RS Charts
- Rollingstone.com
Break out the corkboard and red yarn because we're ready to do a full-on investigation of all the song titles on Olivia Rodrigo's debut album, Sour. After months of eagerly playing "Drivers License" on repeat, we finally got a glimpse at the album artwork for Rodrigo's new album, and the vibe is definitely melted strawberry ice cream meets heartbreak. The cover features Rodrigo covered in colorful '90s puffy stickers shaped like smiley faces, butterflies, stars, and other daydreamy designs that remind us of scribbling away in our journals about our crushes on Tuesday afternoons. The image of Rodrigo sticking her tongue out with the word "sour" spelled out in stickers perfectly captures the bittersweet breakup mood, but it's the back of the album that's really piqued our interest.
Enveloped in a party balloon ready to pop, the track list spells out the classic story of betrayal, anger, sadness,...
Enveloped in a party balloon ready to pop, the track list spells out the classic story of betrayal, anger, sadness,...
- 4/13/2021
- by Chanel Vargas
- Popsugar.com
Following the release of her new single “Deja Vu,” Olivia Rodrigo has announced her debut album Sour, out May 21st.
The teenage singer-songwriter posted the album artwork to her Instagram, featuring her face blanketed in colorful stickers with the album title spelled out on her tongue. She also revealed the tracklist, which contains the immensely popular power ballad “Drivers License,” which she released earlier this year. Last month, Rodrigo performed the hit on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Rodrigo and her producer Dan Nigro recently spoke with Rolling Stone...
The teenage singer-songwriter posted the album artwork to her Instagram, featuring her face blanketed in colorful stickers with the album title spelled out on her tongue. She also revealed the tracklist, which contains the immensely popular power ballad “Drivers License,” which she released earlier this year. Last month, Rodrigo performed the hit on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Rodrigo and her producer Dan Nigro recently spoke with Rolling Stone...
- 4/13/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
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