8/16/2023 0 Comments Olivia rodrigo deja vu reviewsFor once that happens, they’re unable to be patched up. Except in an otherwise eye-worthy lineup from the girl chewing the tip of her pencil in maths to the water-thrown shake of curls after the top athlete has won another trophy are those missing, the ones with holes in their butterfly wings. “hope ur ok” symbolizes graduation, one could presume. Tied to a heart-strung letter posted to her musical heroes’ Grammys tables was the Easter egg drop-off hint to this thank-you-noted mosaic of students once filed into classrooms. She may hear sirens whenever her body instinctively reminds her of him, but there’s still a smile on her face. She doesn’t defend what he did there isn’t any twisting of the narrative to let the student leadership team cuff her in suspension rather, it’s her bid at closure. Knowing despite the treachery laid out the minute the music faded, they would’ve still done it all over because for a blind-altering moment, it was the teenage dream she was promised. Aimlessly walking down streets back to their houses with arms slung around the other, laughing amicably about the bittersweet damage. “favorite crime” is the flowery-fisted bloodbath of a tryst gone wrong, couples splitting the chaotically spoiled red cup floor before there’s any sort of police engagement. She worries over how she compares to her peers on Instagram, then worries about worrying about it: “I think I think too much/About kids who don’t know me.” Like “brutal,” “jealousy, jealously” perfectly captures the crushing insecurity of being a teenager, especially in this era. Rodrigo has lived her life online, and she is a member of the first generation to reckon meaningfully with that impact. One of the few songs on Sour that isn’t focused on the ending of a relationship, “jealousy, jealousy” shifts to examining the pressures of being a 17 year-old girl in 2021. She also draws comparisons between herself and the new girl while never putting the other girl down, with one incredibly self aware lyric standing out: “And now I’m picking her apart/Like cutting her down will make you miss my wretched heart.” Anyone who remembers the ache of low self esteem as a teen will immediately feel it again listening to this song.Ī post shared by Olivia Rodrigo “jealousy, jealousy” Rodrigo’s voice is fragile as she wishes that her ex’s new girlfriend is making him happy … just not as happy as she made him. “happier” is a slow dance with a raw vulnerability to it. And well, this jerky ex? He’ll take her place as the eavesdropper to her new healthy teen romance. Only to be hit with the realization the only person she has to be enough for is herself. Her supposedly bulky letterman jacket-wearing boyfriend is flirtingly tossed into each bathroom tale just like the perfectly crooked robbery smirk she plays in her head, with him spotting just who’s about to take her place. A subtext guitar-strummed plea is barely audible underneath the twisting of choir chairs slotted between school coordinated pom-poms belonging to those other prom queens discussing the weekend an HSP was left out of. Soft, anti-lullaby “enough for you” is the sort of locked-in high school hierarchy tune Glee’s Rachel Berry would’ve belted out in a perfectly timed karaoke musical stave. Therefore, it is the perfect opener for the bottle-fizzed explosion to what falling out of love without a last-minute airport dash truly feels like. Rolling one’s eyes, muttering, “Where’s my f****ing teenage dream?” Collecting stacks of romanticized drawn heads of Disney princes to replace with the realistically narcissistic view her ego crush has now woken to. The puncturing one syllable “brutal” dangles as a live capture of the formative collusion between the fairytale complex media tries to whisk teenagers into and the reality perched in a faraway kingdom reigned by their parents telling them to “quiet down.” It’s the minutes between the electric guitar chord is haphazardly ripped from its socket a lone vintage 2000s skateboard acts as evidence underneath the crumbling garage door, full of bubblegum chewing spite and resentment and shade. Check out our track by track breakdown of the album below! “brutal” Showcasing a range of genres from contemplative ballads to emo pop rock, Rodrigo emerges as her generation’s Lorde, mixing stunning lyrics with musical hooks that are sure to dominate airwaves for months to come. A post shared by Olivia Rodrigo Sour, Rodrigo definitively proves that she is more than one incredible single.
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