Amid the chart-topping news, Olivia recently announced that her debut album, Sour , will make its way into the world on May 21 . Among the track list are titles like "brutal," "traitor," and "favorite crime," so if those names are any indication, we're in for a wildly emotional ride come May. And TBH, we are ready for it. Bring on the tears, bby!
Just Two Songs Into Her Career, Olivia Rodrigo Has Already Made Hot 100 History
BURBANK, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 01: Actress Olivia Rodrigo attends the premiere of Disney+'s 'High ... [+] School Musical: The Musical: The Series' at Walt Disney Studio Lot on November 01, 2019 in Burbank, California. (Photo by JC Olivera/WireImage)
Most musicians need to wait years to get to a point where they even have a chance of debuting a new single inside the top 10 on the Hot 100, Billboard 's weekly ranking of the most-consumed songs in the U.S. To do so, a track needs to rack up thousands of purchases, millions of streams and earn at least minor radio play, all in just its first seven days. That's a huge feat for the biggest names in the field, let alone a newcomer.
While she may just be getting started on her new musical venture, Olivia Rodrigo has proved herself to be perhaps the most successful musician of all time with a discography as small as hers still is.
Rodrigo shocked the world, including many in the music industry, when her debut proper single "Drivers License" didn't just make its way to No. 1 on the Hot 100, it debuted there. Even superstars like Drake, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift sometimes have to fight to start their latest releases atop the tally, while Rodrigo seemed to do so with ease. After launching in first place on the most competitive tally in the country, the track held court in the penthouse for eight weeks, and it still stands as the longest-running leader of 2021.
This week, Rodrigo's follow-up single "Deja Vu" nearly repeats the success of its predecessor, as it begins its time on the Hot 100 at No. 8. At the same time, "Drivers License" settles in at No. 5, giving her control over two spaces inside the loftiest tier on the tally.
Rodrigo got her musical start, at least as far as the general public is concerned, as the star of the Disney+ program High School Musical: The Musical: The Series . Of all the songs released from the soundtrack that was borne out of the first season of that show, Rodrigo's "All I Want" was the only one to find its way to the Hot 100. It eventually peaked at No. 90, though it wasn't promoted as a true single.
Sour , Rodrigo's debut album, is expected on May 21, at which point it will likely go right to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, giving her a leader on both lists. With just a few songs in her discography, Rodrigo is already one of the most successful pop stars on the planet right now, and she's already managed feats none before her have...and she's only just getting started.
Potential Olivia Rodrigo songs on her debut album 'Sour'... | Coup De Main Magazine
With Olivia Rodrigo having now announced the tracklist for her upcoming debut album, 'Sour' , fans have been wondering which of her previously teased songs might have made the cut - assumedly with new titles.
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Here's Another Reason Why Olivia Rodrigo's 'Drivers License' Is Such A Hit
Olivia Rodrigo's story about how she came up with her song 'Drivers License' (yes, the incorrect punctuation, or lack thereof, is part of the original title) is pretty teen-angst-adjacent.
She sat down at her piano, pulled out her diary, and started pounding the keys. That is, after she drove around her neighborhood shedding tears over a boy who broke her heart.
Olivia Rodrigo was formerly a Disney darling, so there's that, but she's also really relatable, super talented on the piano and on the mic, and her song rocketed up the charts, making her a ton of cash .
But there's another reason why the song became a hit, a detail that few people really notice or even care about.
Though she's confessed a few things about penning her breakup tome , Rodrigo hasn't hidden the fact that she didn't write the song entirely on her own. Sure, the inspiration came from her journal, that much is true.
But did anyone really think the teen -- who literally just got her driver's license -- did it all alone, from home, during the pandemic?
Yeah, she didn't. Olivia has explained in interviews that she and her producer worked on the song 'Drivers License' together. The songwriter and instrumentalist Dan Nigro is one of the creative minds behind the song, though he doesn't get a lot of screen or air time in the frenzy of fame surrounding Olivia.
But the songwriter did give an interview to Billboard where he talked about how much he loves pop music (and always has) and how the magic all came together for Rodrigo's hit song.
As it turns out, Dan has also worked with a lot of high-profile stars and churned out hits for them as well. While a lot of the inspiration behind Olivia's big number came from her diary and breakup experience, Dan arguably provided the professional perspective to really launch the song into the stratosphere.
Olivia Rodrigo Dishes On Balancing Music & Acting | Olivia Rodrigo | Just Jared Jr.
The 18-year-old burgeoning singer and actress dished on balancing her new music career with her acting.
Olivia both getting ready to release her debut album Sour and premiere the new season of her hit Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series , all within two weeks!
“It is sort of difficult, but I’m, again, so grateful for the visibility that I think being on shows like High School Musical have given me. So I don’t take anything for granted. And that’s something that I’ve been having to learn, is you have to manage your energy, not your time. It’s not time management. It’s really energy management,” Olivia continued.
“I think writing songs requires such a different energy than acting does. And I’m super sensitive to energies like that. And I think that’s sort of why I like being on the set most of the time, is because of the energy that you get from feeding off of another person,” she shared. “I think that I actually take that in other aspects of my creation or whatever. Yet it is difficult, and I actually … your guess is as good as mine as to how I’m going to sort of navigate that going forward. For now, I’m in music mode right now, which feels really good. It feels good to just be able to focus on that, but who knows?”
First Look: Lil Nas X heading for Number 1, Olivia Rodrigo set to be highest climber
Lil Nas X is on course to rule the Official Singles Chart for a fourth week with Montero (Call Me By Your Name).
The US artist's second UK Number 1 single is 2,500 chart sales ahead on today's Official Chart: First Look and is the most streamed song of the week so far.
The Official Chart: First Look, which airs on BBC Radio 1 every Sunday between 6pm – 7pm, offers a first glance of the Top 20 ahead of Friday's Official Singles Chart Top 100. The chart is based on preliminary sales and early streaming reports.
Tom Grennan's star continues to rise as his solo track Little Bit of Love is up two places to Number 6, while Ella Henderson collaboration Let's Go Home Together may crack the Top 10 for the first time at Number 9.
On track to become this week's highest climber is Olivia Rodrigo with Deja Vu. The second single from the US rising star's debut album Sour released May 21 is up 14 places midweek to Number 12.
More songs looking to reach new positions this week include Masked Wolf's Astronaut in the Ocean (11), Good Without by Mimi Webb (14), Ava Max's My Head & My Heart (15), and Leave The Door Open by Silk Sonic (17).
Olivia Rodrigo's "Drivers License" Celebrates 5th Week As #1 Song At Hot Adult
Earlier this spring, Olivia Rodrigo’s “drivers license” completed a five-week stint atop the Mediabase pop radio airplay chart.
The breakout hit now celebrates a fifth consecutive week as hot adult contemporary radio’s #1 song.
Played 5,719 times during the April 11-17 tracking period, “drivers license” remains #1 on the Mediabase Hot AC chart. This week’s spin count trails last week’s mark by 294 but keeps “drivers license” ahead of the pack.
Taylor Swift’s “willow” holds at #2 on this week’s chart, while 24kGoldn’s “Mood (featuring iann dior)” keeps at #3. The Weeknd’s “Save Your Tears” stays in the #4 position, and Billie Eilish’s “Therefore I Am” ascends one rung to #5.
Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. He has been a leading reporter in the music, movie, television and sporting spaces since 2002.
Brian's reporting has been cited by major websites like BuzzFeed, Billboard, the New Yorker and The Fader -- and shared by celebrities like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj.
Ariana Grande's "POV," Olivia Rodrigo's "Deja Vu" Officially Enter
Last week, Ariana Grande’s “pov” and Olivia Rodrigo’s “deja vu” jointly hit the Top 25 at pop radio. This week, they both earn Top 20 positions on the Mediabase pop radio airplay chart.
Played 5,702 times during the April 11-17 tracking period, “pov” rises three places to #18. This week’s spin count tops last week’s mark by 1,393 plays.
Up four places, “deja vu” improves to #20 on this week’s listing. The “drivers license” follow-up received 5,432 tracking period plays, besting last week’s mark by 1,762.
Both artists, notably, have other songs in prominent spots on the chart. Grande is at #5 with “34+35” and #7 with “positions” — both songs are former number one hits. Rodrigo’s aforementioned breakthrough “drivers license,” also a former #1, is #4 on this week’s chart.
Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. He has been a leading reporter in the music, movie, television and sporting spaces since 2002.
Brian's reporting has been cited by major websites like BuzzFeed, Billboard, the New Yorker and The Fader -- and shared by celebrities like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj.
Rodrigo's 'Deja Vu' Proves Why She's Pop's Biggest Up and Coming Star
The new song is another hit from the young artist, who continues to find inspiration from music legends like Lorde and Taylor Swift.
Eighteen-year-old singer-songwriter — and now international popstar — Olivia Rodrigo is the first artist to have both of her first two singles ( "drivers license" and "deja vu") earn a spot in the top 10 of Billboard's Hot 100.
Her newest song, "deja vu," was released April 1, 2021, around four months after the release of her worldwide No. 1 hit, "drivers license." Currently, "deja vu" sits at No. 8 on the Hot 100 chart, while "drivers license" is at No. 5.
Although the song is a far cry from her previous ballad, "deja vu" is just as lyrically and musically refined. Besides the obvious success, the mid-tempo pop song is only a minuscule reflection of the musical brilliance listeners can expect from Rodrigo's highly anticipated upcoming album, "SOUR," which will be released on May 21.
The song builds from simple musical production and serene lyrics to a surprising turn of narrative, and it has a psychedelic composition consisting of drums and a mellotron, which gives off the sound of a distorted guitar. The song also includes saxophones, flutes and a toy piano, along with Rodrigo's harmonies and scream-singing, which comes into play in the second verse as well as the bridge.
One of the hidden gems of the song is a softly spoken "I love you" placed between the second verse and the chorus, which Rodrigo recorded on her iPhone. This is a reference to the verse that states, "Now I bet you even tell her / how you love her / in between the chorus and the verse." This part of the song is so faint that you have to be actively listening to hear it.
What makes "deja vu" one of a kind is that there is both a distinct symmetry and parity between what is happening lyrically and compositionally. The hidden "I love you" is a direct reference to the second verse, and in the first verse when she sings "Being annoying / singing in harmony," Rodrigo adds a brief harmonic vocal line for those lyrics. Each of these little nuances adds to the depth of the song.
Rodrigo and Nigro also increase the volume and intensity of the song as it progresses. Up until the second verse, the song only features a toy piano and a few other instruments before drums and the full band are added. This creates the illusion of a ballad, which Rodrigo fans would be used to, but the song slowly transitions to a shockingly full sound with bold lyrics.
The lyrics in parentheses are actually scream-sung by Rodrigo, which she stated to Rolling Stone was inspired by Taylor Swift's "Cruel Summer." The bridge also leads to the outro of the song instead of a repeated chorus, positioning the song as an expanded crescendo of lyrical and musical complexity.
YA authors Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka on Harvard and high school love - The
Los Angeles-based married couple Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka have been pumping out peppy YA hits for the last several years. Their fourth and latest book, "What's Not to Love," out this week, features two ambitious high school seniors vying for a coveted acceptance to Harvard College. The brainy main character, Allison, spars with arrogant competitor Ethan — a playful inversion of the authors' names — until, to their dismay, they find themselves falling in love.
The book is a self-aware, nostalgic romp — overly studious Allison goes to school with food poisoning rather than miss a test, and barely makes time to study for her driver's license. (Cue Olivia Rodrigo.) There's surplus intrigue stemming from the autobiographical nature of this latest offering: Wibberley and Siegemund-Broka were co-valedictorians — and a couple — at their high school in Southern California. Wibberley graduated from Princeton with a degree in psychology, while Siegemund-Broka graduated from Harvard with a degree in English in 2014.
The book borrows heavily from the authors' cutthroat Ivy League-bound high-schooler escapades. As we eye the impending conclusion of the school year for the class of '21, we chatted with the pair about their latest release.
Q. " What's Not to Love" is your most autobiographical book. What was your relationship like in high school?
Wibberley: Much like the characters in the book, we both took every advanced, AP, and honors class. I think our sophomore year we had every class together except for our electives.
Siegemund-Broka: Constantly. The key difference [from the characters in the book] is we were pretty fast friends from the beginning.
Wibberley: That said, we were both wanting to be the valedictorian. Both wanting to get into the top schools. So there's always a little bit of keeping an eye on one another. … We actually got together in our senior year, shortly before applying to college and going through all of that. We ended up as co-valedictorians.
Siegemund-Broka: It was tricky because we were growing closer. But at the same time, reaching that crucible where you're seeing the results of those years of competition against the people vying for spots at the same schools as you, it's tense.
Wibberley: We both have fond memories of each other's schools — when I would come to Harvard I had no stress about Princeton, and when he would come to Princeton it was the same.
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