Olivia Rodrigo has spoken about “outgrowing” a few of her earlier songs in addition to being the inspiration behind Billie Eilish‘s ‘Goldwing’.
The ‘Get Him Again’ singer spoke about how among the songs from her Grammy award-winning debut LP ‘Bitter’ now not resonate along with her in a brand new interview with the Los Angeles Instances.
“A few of them I don’t actually love a lot anymore,” she mentioned, talking about her older tracks. Rodrigo didn’t title which songs, saying: “Oh, I don’t need to inform you that. Individuals get so unhappy as a result of it’ll be their favorite track. However I simply really feel like I’ve grown out of a few of them.”
The singer, nonetheless, did share that she was nonetheless a fan of her well-known monitor ‘Driver’s License’. “I bear in mind placing the track out, nonetheless super-heartbroken, and folks would come as much as me and say, ‘Wow, this takes me again to my first heartbreak,’” she informed the publication. “Now, I take heed to it and I completely get it. It truly does transport me again to after I thought I used to be by no means gonna love anybody else. I’m like, Awww – that’s so cute.”
Elsewhere within the chat, she responded to Billie Eilish sharing that her track ‘Goldwing’ was impressed by her.
Throughout an interview with the LA Instances, Eilish, spoke about how the ‘Guts’ singer-songwriter, and the way she feels “protecting” over her.
“I feel all people’s experiences are so particular person,” she informed the outlet. “No one has had anyone else’s life, you realize? However I do really feel a protectiveness over Olivia.”
Eilish continued: “I’ve a track referred to as ‘Goldwing’ from my final album [2021’s ‘Happier Than Ever’] that’s type of about her.”
She added: “It’s not solely about her. I used to be simply enthusiastic about her after I was writing it. She was developing, and she or he was youthful than me, and no one had ever been youthful than me.”
Rodrigo informed Los Angeles Instances: “I assumed that was so candy. Billie is such a form, fantastic lady, and I really feel very fortunate that it’s not about competitors – that we’re simply looking for one another. I like that track.”
In different information, Rodrigo not too long ago returned to Saturday Night time Reside to ship two gorgeous performances together with a cake-smashing affair.
Rodrigo first carried out a stripped-back model of her new hit ‘vampire’, taken off her second LP ‘GUTS‘. She additionally carried out ‘all-american bitch’ the place she progressively trashed the SNL stage and danced on the desk as she sang the track.
NME praised ‘GUTS’ in a five-star evaluation, saying: “Within the orbit of her pressing and riotous second album, the 20-year-old turns her personal vulnerabilities right into a rallying cry: right here, she’s a songwriter of management, diving headfirst into the collective feminine expertise whereas additionally pursuing journey, need and aid.”
The album additionally landed within the quantity two spot of our Finest 50 Albums of 2023 – see the complete record right here.
Elsewhere, the singer was honoured with Selection‘s Storyteller of the 12 months Award. In her acceptance speech, she spoke concerning the “stress” of writing ‘GUTS’.
