Less than two weeks have passed since 2021 and it seems that there is already a new pop star who has come to go in the charts this year, just as Billie Eilish did in 2019 and this year it seems to be Olivia Rodrigo.
Olivia Rodrigo, the new musical promise she made in a few days, which other artists have achieved over the years.
Debuting with her song “Drivers License”, this artist managed to fall in love with many listeners, surpassing The Weeknd on the international charts with Blinding Lights and even Bad Bunny with DÁKITI and thus reaching number one.
Rodrigo is positioned as a promise of pop, which will sink deep into the young generation with this heartfelt song based on a personal story accompanied by beautiful percussion.
This song seems to be the preview of his new EP, which will be released later this year. Some songs he made due to his free time for quarantine in which we will see a lot of truth, vulnerability and feeling. In addition to an order of instruments, piano and guitar, above all.
Influences
This style may reflect his great reference, Taylor Swift, whom he called “mother” next to Lorde on Instagram, whom he calls “his president.” Two women who can influence the narrative of this young artist. Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers and Jack White are also on the list of references for her.
In addition to her success as a Disney girl in the restart of “High School Musical”, Generation Z follows her for what the artist represents: talent, beauty, naturalness, fandom and fun. Come on, Olivia is the girlfriend everyone wants to have.
The song
“Drivers License” is a hymn of teenage love, in which Rodrigo admits that he obtained his driver’s license after his ex-partner accompanied her in the process, but that no longer makes sense because she is no longer there and now she is she finds herself driving the vehicle as she walks down the street where she lives.
The subject who put it on the map quickly managed to slip into number one on iTunes, Spotify and Apple Music in the United States and the United Kingdom, sweeping sales and generating ever-increasing numbers due to the word-of-mouth effect But not only the sales were beneficial for Olivia Rodrigo.