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Ellise Shafer Chappell Roan’s debut album, “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,” has been almost a decade in the making. Roan’s career had a fairy-tale beginning: After posting covers on YouTube, she was signed to Atlantic Records at just 17, which took her from small-town Missouri to Hollywood. She released an EP in 2017, “School Nights,” but in 2020, Roan was dropped by the label.

Olivia Rodrigo will do anything to see an ex in the new Petra Collins-directed music video for her latest single, “Bad Idea Right?” The guitar-heavy single, produced by Rodrigo’s main collaborator Dan Nigro, features Rodrigo speak-singing sassy lyrics about wanting to see a former flame, but knowing it’s not the best decision (and maybe not caring). “Haven’t heard from you in a couple of months/ But I’m out right now and I’m all fucked up/ And you’re callin’ my phone and you’re all alone/ And I’m sensing some undertone,” Rodrigo sings in the first verse.

The Julia Show that she fought to keep the pivotal phrase “fame f—er” in the chorus of her new hit single “Vampire,” while co-writer Dan Nigro pushed her to take it out. “Some people said, ‘It kind of isolates you from people, you can’t really say things like that in song, it’s not relatable’ —yada, yada, yada,” Rodrigo revealed.However, the “Drivers License” singer took the wheel in the end.The song, which took a bite out of the Billboard Hot 100 after being released on June 30, centers around an ex-boyfriend bleeding Rodrigo dry of her star status and using the relationship to their advantage.

Olivia Rodrigo has revealed that she almost removed the stinging “fame fucker” lyric from her latest single, ‘Vampire’.Speaking to The Julia Show on Audacy, Rodrigo shared that she and co-writer Dan Nigro had considered cutting “fame fucker” from ‘Vampire’ in place of something more relatable for listeners.When asked if her friends were supportive of that lyric, Rodrigo revealed: “It was actually debate if “fame fucker” should be in the song. Some people said, ‘It kind of isolates you from people, you can’t really say things like that in song, it’s not relatable,’ yada, yada, yada.”“I totally get and saw where they were coming from, but eventually we decided to keep it in” Rodrigo continued.

Thania Garcia Olivia Rodrigo returns to the top of the charts with her new piano-centric ballad “Vampire” — which tells off a certain “bloodsucker” — occupying the No. 1 slot on the Billboard Hot 100. With “Vampire,” the 20-year-old becomes the youngest artist in the chart’s history to post three No. 1 singles and makes her the first artist to have ever to debuted lead singles from her first and second albums at No. 1. “Vampire” is the lead single from the pop artist’s incoming sophomore album “Guts” (due out Sept. 8) and serves as the follow-up to her 2021 debut album “Sour,” which scored Rodrigo her first two No. 1 singles: “Drivers License,” which ruled for eight weeks, and “Good 4 u,” which led the list in its first week out.

Olivia Rodrigo has shared some alternative lyrics to her controversial song ‘Vampire’, to not contain profanity.Released last week, ‘Vampire’ is the lead single for the ex-Disney star’s second album ‘Guts’. For the radio edit, Rodrigo has removed the swear words in the famous lyric “bloodsucker, fame fucker” to “bloodsucker, dream crusher.” Yesterday (July 5), the 20-year-old showed fans the other options she and go-to producer Dan Nigro thought of whilst recording the official clean version of her critically-acclaimed new single via TikTok.Other potential lyrics included: fame hunter, tree hugger, whale blubber, Mark Zucker, and garlic butter.

Olivia Rodrigo has revealed the name of her sophomore album.

Ethan Shanfeld Olivia Rodrigo is back with “Vampire,” a brand new single out June 30. She announced the song on social media, with artwork showcasing a black-and-white profile shot of Rodrigo, wearing two purple bandaids on her neck. The song, via Geffen Records, marks Rodrigo’s first original music since her 2021 breakout album, “Sour.” According to a press release, “‘Vampire’ is the sound of an artist firmly in control, imbued with a sense of maturity and a bold confidence… With ‘Vampire,’ she is poised to begin an exciting new chapter.” Rodrigo wrote it with her trusted “Sour” collaborator Dan Nigro.

Olivia Rodrigo‘s anticipated sophomore album could arrive soon.Rodrigo – who celebrated the second anniversary of her celebrated debut album ‘Sour’ – teased on social media yesterday (May 21) that her next record is close to being completed, writing: “the new stuff is so so so so so close to being done I pinky promise”.Elsewhere in her post, Olivia Rodrigo reflected on ‘Sour’, writing on Instagram: “no words could ever describe how much this album means to me and how insanely grateful I feel for every blessing it has brought into my life.”See Olivia Rodrigo’s full post on Instagram here. The update on her second album comes after Rodrigo last teased in January that she was in the studio working on ‘Sour”s follow-up. Rodrigo shared a brief, black-and-white video to her Instagram stories on January 9 in which she can be seen headbanging along to piano chords played by her producer, Dan Nigro.

Olivia Rodrigo has been gearing up to finally release new music.The 19-year-old hitmaker released her debut album Sour in May 2021 and achieved record-breaking success, which included winning three Grammy Awards for her work.After making her fans wait for over a year, she shared a quick clip on her Instagram stories on January 8 to tease new music. She wrote: 'Working on so many new songs I’m excited to show u! Thank u for everything.' Getting ready: Olivia Rodrigo shared a post to her Instagram stories that teased upcoming musicIn the video, the good 4 u singer sat with her Sour album producer, Dan Nigro, and had a short piano melody playing.She recently celebrated the two-year anniversary of the release of her debut single, Driver's License, which has been credited with launching her career.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Universal Music Publishing Group has named Jennifer Knoepfle executive vice president and co-head of US A&R, effective immediately, the company announced on Wednesday. Based in Los Angeles, Knoepfle will report to UMPG chairman-CEO Jody Gerson. According to the announcement, Knoepfle — who joins after 13 years at Sony Music Publishing, where she worked with Gerson — will work closely with David Gray, her fellow co-head of U.S. A&R, and the company’s team. Knoepfle was most recently senior VP of creative at Sony Music Publishing, where she had worked since 2009. During her tenure, she signed and/or developed such major writers as Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner, Dan Nigro, Ariel Rechtshaid, Bloodpop, Joel Little and artists including Willow, Tate McRae, King Princess, Remi Wolf, Maggie Rogers, Leon Bridges, Wallows, Salem Ilese, Noah Kahan and Lord Huron. She also has worked extensively with

An iconic surprise! Olivia Rodrigo joined Billy Joel on stage for a two-song duet with the Piano Man.

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Olivia Rodrigo shared a post reflecting on its creation and subsequent success.‘Sour’ was an immediate smash-hit upon its release last May, leading Rodrigo to smash multiple chart records; she gave the US’ Billboard 200 chart the biggest first-week figures it’d seen for 2021, made UK chart history as the first female artist with three of the top five singles in the same week, and became the youngest artist to land a UK Number One on two concurrent charts – a milestone that she hit two weeks in a row.In the months since its release, the album has racked up 15 Platinum certificates across seven countries, including three each in the US, Canada and Norway.Honouring the record’s first birthday, Rodrigo said it was “impossible for [her] to sum up in words how much this album means to [her] and how grateful [she is] to have gotten the privilege to make it and watch it exist in the world”. She also gave a shoutout to producer Dan Nigro, and thanked “everyone who has embraced [her] 17 year old lamentations and forever changed [her] life in the process”.A post shared by Olivia Rodrigo (@oliviarodrigo)‘Sour’ was released on May 21, 2021 via Geffen, flanked her breakout hit ‘Driver’s License’, as well as singles ‘Deja Vu’, ‘Good 4 U’, ‘Brutal’ and ‘Traitor’.

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Pop documentaries are almost always marketed on the allure of proximity – allowing the viewer the privilege of being up close and personal with an artist despite that intimate feeling often being crafted within a space that still holds the audience at an arm’s length. In the new Disney+ documentary-concert film Driving Home 2 U, Olivia Rodrigo looks back on the making of her debut album Sour through in-studio footage captured on a GoPro tucked in the Los Angeles studio where she wrote and recorded the album with producer Dan Nigro.

Good 4 u! Following the success of her debut album, Olivia Rodrigo scored several awards for the first time at the 2022 Grammys on Sunday, April 3.

Olivia Rodrigo's new documentary gives fans insight into her rumored relationship with Joshua Bassett. In Disney+'s , the 19-year-old singer takes fans track-by-track through the making of her debut album, , which is largely thought to be about Bassett, Rodrigo's co-star.The documentary begins with Rodrigo and her producer, Dan Nigro, looking back at the first song they wrote together back in early 2020. While never released, the lyrics that fans hear in the doc seem to hint at Rodrigo and Bassett's split after their rumored romance.«Crying in the parking lot / You don't know what you want / Gave you everything / I guess everything ain't enough / You say you lost your best friend / How do you think I feel / You say it's over again / And this time it's real,» she sings.«I was so sad when we wrote that song.

Olivia Rodrigo has shared the trailer for her upcoming live concert film, Driving Home 2 U (A Sour Film) – watch below.The film follows the writing of her 2021 debut album ‘Sour‘, and was initially announced back in February with a teaser clip. It is set to premiere exclusively on Disney+ on March 25.Directed by Stacey Lee, Driving Home 2 U follows a road trip that Rodrigo took from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles during the time she was writing the album.

Olivia Rodrigo has confirmed that she has already started work on her second album, the follow-up to her UK Number 1 debut Sour. 

Olivia Rodrigo has revealed that she has a name for her second album and has reunited with her ‘Sour’ co-writer/producer to create new songs.The singer-songwriter said in a new interview that “[I] really enjoy the music we’ve been making”, and that despite the success of her 2021 debut album she still writes much of her music in her bedroom.“I have a title for my next album and a few songs,” she told Billboard. “It’s really exciting to think about the next world that’s coming up for me.