Olivia Rodrigo - all-american bitch

Olivia Rodrigo - all-american bitch | Vevo Official Live Performance

Only superlatives come to mind when trying to sum up Olivia Rodrigo’s last few years. Her incredibly impactful debut ballad ‘drivers license’ goes hand in hand with words such as “most” and “best”: most streams on Spotify in a single day and week, Top 100 most-streamed songs on the platform, the Best Pop Solo Performance award at that year’s GRAMMYs. That the teen sensation could follow the “drivers license” craze with “good 4 u,” “deja vu,” and ultimately her debut album ‘SOUR’ - all now equally beloved - was the first sign that the pop world had a rarified capital S Superstar on its hands. No doubt we saw that wattage up close when we shot LIFT performances with her. You can forget about that dreaded sophomore slump too. Thanks in part to her trusty producer sidekick Dan Nigro, ‘GUTS’ elevates all the ingredients that really popped in ’SOUR,’ the 90s slacker rock guitar arrangements and riffs, the theater-kid earnestness, the talkative asides. There’s one key thematic difference.

“Lots of the new songs are about growing up rather than breakups,” Olivia proudly stated recently. When we linked up with her at the Million Dollar Theater in LA, not only had her wattage grown brighter, her command of the stage and camera were somehow even stronger than before. “all-american bitch” is a perfect example. It's a blast to watch her shatter the innocent and idealized veneer presented in the cheeky jam, build it back up, and knock it down again. Stay tuned, more to come.