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Post by Admin on Aug 27, 2021 4:33:12 GMT
Olivia Rodrigo is opening up about the realities of being a Filipina pop star. In a Q&A with Bowen Yang for V Magazine on Thursday, the Sour singer, 18, opened up about her experience as an Asian-American in the spotlight. When asked if her ethnicity is ever a factor of how she approaches her career, the singer-songwriter said it's "something incredible to think about." "I sometimes get DMs from little girls being like, 'I've never seen someone who looked like me in your position.' And I'm literally going to cry," said Rodrigo, 18. "Like just thinking about it. I feel like I grew up never seeing that. Also, it was always like, 'Pop star,' that's a white girl." During the interview, Yang asked if she was ever worried about doing live performances given her rapid rise. Rodrigo thought back to her second live performance ever for Saturday Night Live and the pressure she felt beforehand. "I was like, 'Am I just going to go up there and freeze up?'," said the "Good 4 U" singer. "So it was kind of an anxiety-inducing thing, but it was so much fun." "I think live music is such an important part of life and obviously something that we've all been really missing in our lives. I think it's really fun as an artist to be able to cultivate experience for people," she continued. She then recalled a time she saw Lorde at the Staples Center during her Melodrama tour. "I remember going to see her at the Staples Center, being with my friends and crying," said Rodrigo. "Like 10,000 people were just feeling the exact same emotions as each other. And I just remember being like, 'That's such a magical experience.'" "I wanna be that type of artist who can really cultivate these feelings on such a large scale. So, hopefully, that's what I'll do when I go on tour," she continued.
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Post by Admin on Aug 27, 2021 18:43:02 GMT
Olivia Rodrigo knows the impact she has on fans of color, revealing in a new Q&A that she herself once believed only white girls could be recognized as true pop stars. When “Saturday Night Live” star Bowen Yang asked the “Brutal” singer how her Filipino American background factors into how she approaches her career, she said it’s “something incredible to think about.” “I sometimes get DMs from little girls being like, ‘I’ve never seen someone who looked like me in your position.’ And I’m literally going to cry, like, just thinking about it,” Rodrigo, 18, said in the V Magazine feature. “I feel like I grew up never seeing that. Also, it was always like, ‘Pop star,’ that’s a white girl.” These days, however, Rodrigo is grateful that the music biz no longer forces artists to be confined by certain genres — at least not to the extent that she witnessed growing up. “I am so inspired by so many different genres of music. I love country music so much, and I love rock music so much. And obviously pop music is my favorite,” the Disney star said. “And another thing that I think is really special is that, in 2021, I feel like artists aren’t really boxed into a genre anymore. I look at someone like Billie Eilish, who I’m so obsessed with, and her music is like pop, but it’s kind of rock, too.” Rodrigo also discussed the “pressures” of being a pop star today and the ageism that comes along with it. “There’s this pressure for young women in pop music. And it’s like this thing where you’re only successful if you’re under 30. I’ve always resented that because I think I’m just going to get better with age,” the “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” actress asserted. “You know what I mean? I’m just going to become a better songwriter and know what I want to say more,” she added. “I think that’s actually a really fun, exciting part of being in the space that I’m really encouraged to sort of have different eras and reinvent yourself.”
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Post by Admin on Aug 28, 2021 6:30:27 GMT
Olivia Rodrigo recently spoke about being a role model for young Filipino Americans.
In an interview with "Saturday Night Live" star Bowen Yang for V magazine, the 18-year-old spoke about everything from fan girl-ing over Taylor Swift and Dr. Anthony Fauci to owning her Asian identity as an artist.
"I sometimes get DMs from little girls being like, 'I've never seen someone who looked like me in your position,'" Rodrigo said. "And I'm literally going to cry. Like just thinking about it. I feel like I grew up never seeing that. Also it was always like, 'Pop star,' that's a white girl."
The "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series" actress also discussed the pressures young women in pop music face.
"[It's] like this thing where you're only successful if you're under 30," she explained. "I've always resented that because I think I'm just going to get better with age."
MORE: 5 things to know about new season of 'High School Musical: The Musical: The Series'
For the moment, however, the "good 4 u" singer said she's enjoying where she is in life.
"Honestly, I literally just turned 18, so there are so many normal teenage things that I'm really excited to do," Rodrigo continued. "There's so much in life that I have to learn and so many experiences to be had. So I'm honestly most excited for that. I love growing up. I feel like I get happier with age, so hopefully that's a trend that continues."
Olivia Rodrigo talks being role model for Filipino American girls originally appeared on goodmorningamerica.com
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Post by Admin on Sept 1, 2021 4:12:59 GMT
Teen pop artist and Disney star Olivia Rodrigo revealed last Thursday in a V Magazine interview that growing up she only thought white girls could be real pop stars. If you don’t already know, Rodrigo is currently the most adored pop princess for angsty teenage girls. You may recognize her from this cringey photo op with Anthony Fauci when she went to the White House to push young people to get the COVID shot. Today, Rodrigo’s PR machine has shifted her focus from campaigning for the vaccine to condemning alleged racism in the music industry. When Rodrigo was asked how her Filipino American background plays into her career, Rodrigo claimed she never saw non-white pop artists as a young girl. “It was always like, ‘Pop star, that’s a white girl,’” said Rodrigo. “I sometimes get DMs from little girls being like, ‘I’ve never seen someone who looked like me in your position.’ And I’m literally going to cry. Like just thinking about it,” she continued. The “good 4 u” singer’s comments are pretty shocking considering a huge number of A-list pop stars are black and brown, from Christina Aguilera to Rihanna and John Legend. Indeed, the absolute biggest names in the industry — Beyonce, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, and J-Lo — are non-whites. It wouldn’t be inaccurate to say non-white pop stars are overrepresented in the industry relative to population percentages. The irony is that Rodrigo is (as the race-obsessed left would call her) “white passing.” Her mother is of Irish and German descent, making Rodrigo only half Filipina. Most of her fans probably didn’t even know she wasn’t fully white until she made this incredulous statement.
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Post by Admin on Sept 6, 2021 22:08:14 GMT
Olivia Rodrigo's latest music video is something of a shrine to Y2K fashion. Pairing Roberto Cavalli mini-dresses with fishnet tights, bejeweled "baby girl" tank tops with chunky flip flops, and butterfly hair clips with rimless sunglasses à la Cartier, the 19-year-old star is a walking billboard for Gen-Z's fascination with the aesthetics of the early aughts — an era it's too young to have ever experienced. http://instagram.com/p/CS7JqTqhpq9 The video, directed by Petra Collins, is a testament to the era's current hold on fashion. Without a hint of irony, every single Y2K trend you can think of is crammed into the pastel-toned visual, heavy with Collins's particular brand of Tumblr-era feminism. While much of the enthusiasm for the early 2000s is fueled by Millennial and even Zillennial nostalgia for skinny scarves and trucker hats, Rodrigo's commitment to the visual cues of the period feels somewhat incongruous: how can someone born in 2003 — barely conscious during the rise of baby tees and chunky boots — authentically dabble in a style so heavily rooted in sentimentalism? http://instagram.com/p/CS7LIerJTvg It's an incongruity that some of Rodrigo's "controversies" have thrown into sharp relief. Earlier this summer, Courtney Love called out the teen for undeniable similarities between a promo image for her concert film, Sour Prom, and the cover of Hole's Live Through This. Largely credited with pioneering the "kinderwhore" look, an aesthetic born in the '90s that carried over into the 2000s (it's also fodder for much of Collins's photography and directorial work), Love succinctly summed up her feelings in a now-deleted Instagram post: "Olivia - you're welcome."
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