Blood, confusion and panic: The disturbing return of Olivia Rodrigo

Olivia Rodrigo has been singing for a minute and a vintage microphone tightly in her hands, lying on the ground, clearly singing her song in an enigmatic landscape. Suddenly, a metallic sound: the singer-songwriter has no time to turn He gets hit in the face by a piece of metal scaffolding and starts bleeding But what is happening after all? The shot widens: it is revealed that the landscape that was the backdrop for Olivia’s performance is actually a scenery set on a theater stage, with a crowd of surprised and delighted people watching the crash.

Which appears to be schematic, but actually isn’t. You can judge by the pop star’s reaction, who looks around in shock, confused, with bloodied hands, as if she has no idea why she’s there or how she got there. ,It looks like a scene from a David Lynch movie Between Nightmare and Bad Trip: Instead this is the video, bothersome and bothersomeOf “vampire”, the single that marks the return of Olivia Rodrigo to the scene and the expected new album “Guts” which will arrive on 8 September. It’s out around the world today (we’ve seen — and heard — the preview), after two long years of waiting, as many years have passed since “Brutal,” the latest single from the American singer’s dazzling debut album . -Lyricist, “Khatta”. Video, directed by Canadian Petra Collins

who’s already signed on for Olivia Rodrigo’s video for “Good 4 U” (her portfolio also boasts clips for Carly Rae Jepsen, Lil Yachty, Selena Gomez, and Cardi B), totally embodies that. sense of wonder Rodrigo experienced this after topping the charts half a world ago, finding himself without the equipment and mental abilities to handle that kind of success at age 17. Due to which he was in danger of going off the road.

While singing – A classic ballad in form and sound, in which Olivia Rodrigo addresses an ex, accusing him of treating her like a vampire, sucking her blood: a metaphor for saying that he took advantage of her, her success and her popularity – this continues in the background While there, security officers surround Olivia, who in a fit of confusion tries to flee the situation. They try to tackle him, but they can’t: the singer runs between rows of seats in the stalls, and someone thinks it’s all planned, part of the show, and runs to an exit. . Olivia Rodrigo Is the Path to Freedom from the Toxicity of the Entertainment Industrythe one that finally made her a pop star

18 million copies sold worldwide With “Sour”, it allowed it to break records and set new records (“Driver’s License” debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2021, the weekly chart related to the most popular singles in the US, and became the first tha to reach 80 million streams in just seven days on Spotify, setting a record on the platform), to travel the world with his music and complete a whole cycle of rise, fall and redemption in a few years To be able to do what stars usually do they travel throughout their careers. The blender that chopped and squeezed it — last year the docufilm “Olivia Rodrigo: Driving Home 2 U” was also released on Disney+, in which she recounts the origins of “sour” and its rise — now it seems to have jammed. Is.

As soon as she manages to set foot outside the theater, in the “Vampire” video, Olivia starts running, her hands still covered in blood, through the streets of a large metropolis that resembles the capital city of Los Angeles. Looks entertainment industry amid speeding cars and puzzled passersby. Eventually he reaches an overpass and, looking at the camera, continues to sing his song: “Six months of torture that you sold as Forbidden Paradise. i really loved you”, he sings, blending despair and teenage frustration. The End Is Open: In the final scene, the road is paved under the overpass, while cars continue to speed by, It is not known what happened to Olivia.

On the other hand, “Vampire” is just the beginning of another chapter in the pop star’s career.

Now we’ll have to wait until September to hear more of the perfect successor to “Sour.” To work on “guts” (meaning “courage”, but also “guts” and “essence”), Olivia decides to take her time. A world tour involving “Sour” has already kicked off last July, which saw their bedroom pop come out of that dimension to conquer the stages of clubs and arenas with nearly fifty dates on both sides of the Atlantic (this Also arriving in Italy, for a single date organized last June by Fabric in Milan), the 20-year-old American singer-songwriter immediately got back to work, You don’t change the winning team: there always is.Daniel NegroAlready the producer behind the sound of “Sour”, he alternate songwriting, Between bedroom pop and pop-punk He comrades irresistible chorus and intimate lyrics allowed Olivia Rodrigo to be A new reference in international pop, “This album represents the struggle of trying to navigate adult life and figure out who I am at this point in my life. It seems to me that at the age of 18 to 20, ten years have passed. It was such a rapid time of hardship and change. I think those are natural components of growing up and I hope the album reflects that,” she anticipates, exuding curiosity and anticipation.