Olivia Rodrigo Slams ‘Sexist Criticism’ That Her Songwriting Focuses On Angsty Relationship Drama: ‘I’m A Teenage Girl’

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Olivia Rodrigo burst onto the pop charts with her hit single “Drivers Licence”, but has no patience for “BS” complaints that her songs focus on teenage angst. “I try not to look at it or take that stuff super seriously,” the 18-year-old says in an interview with The Guardian.

However, she admitted she had picked up on the “sexist criticism of songwriters like me being told that they only write songs about boys.” RELATED: Olivia Rodrigo Talks ‘Drivers License’ Success And Having Fans Dissect Her Love Life Pointing out she’d seen similar criticism levelled at her songwriting idol Taylor Swift — “which is just BS in my mind” — she said the argument being made didn’t make sense to her. “I’m a teenage girl, I write about stuff that I feel really