Olivia Rodrigo’s second album comes after the incredible success she received from audiences and critics with SOUR. A new album that allows you to immerse yourself in the life of a young American artist.
“GUTS” – Olivia Rodrigo’s new album. The new Queen of Pop is back after the success she had with “SOURwhich brought the artist to the Olympus of the great stars of American pop music today.
Comparison with “SOUR”
The last album was purely monothematic, based mainly on the various stages of the completion of a love story, which especially worried the artist. This new album reveals new aspects of Olivia’s world. Also in “SOURIn fact, the songs “Jealousy, Jealousy” and “I Hope You’re Ok” shifted attention to further themes, but acted as only small additions to the main theme of the album.
Let’s talk clearly on the topicpainful love that’s still a constant on this album (editor’s note, this can only happen in your 20s), where Olivia’s dimension as a girl, theoretically carefree and ready for first love, seems to collide with new breakups and new disappointments. Around this age, you experience the first joys, but also the first disappointments in love, which easily blossoms, but at the same time can fade away at any moment.
That’s why there’s no shortage of racy love-themed songs like “Get Him Back!” and “love is confusing.” However, you will find “Vampire”, one of two singles, and “logical” in the form of two melancholic ballads, which shows the most fragile part in this sense, as well as the one that the artist does best, the so-called “Vampire”.bedroom-pop“.
Olivia Rodrigo got us used to her songs and captivated us with her “mega-sad” ballads, which remain the strong point of this album. However, the singer-songwriter already with “good 4 u” gave us the opportunity to enjoy other directions in which she could take her music.
IN “GUTSwent further, giving a more “dirty” sound compared to the quiet and “angelic” ballads. “All American Bitch” is a prime example of the artist’s blending of these two souls, and “Bring Him Back!” and “love is embarassing” are two prime examples of pop rock/pop punk that have been heard before.
“New” topics
“All American Bitch” is a song designed to dispel the mold of the ideal American girl, with the singer-songwriter finding self-confidence despite society’s expectations of her otherwise. A great song to start listening to the album. “The Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl” expresses her inability in various social situations as she spent most, if not all, of her schooling at home, which allowed her to first pursue an acting career and then a music career.
“Beautiful is not beautiful” takes up the theme of “jealousy, jealousy”, where the artist is not sufficiently sensitive to the standards of beauty imposed by today’s society, resigning himself to the need to feel this way and not being able to do so. anything about it, no matter what adjustments it makes from an aesthetic point of view. Instead, “Making the Bed” is a ballad that expresses the discomfort she now feels as she finds herself in a situation of extreme popularity that is overwhelming her life in many ways.
In conclusion, “teenage dream” highlights another theme that Olivia has criticized in the past: “teenage dream.” This concept is not really appreciated by the artist, who throughout the song expresses himself regarding this elusive period of life, which can also be turbulent.
conclusions
Olivia Rodrigo managed to captivate everyone because she knows how to compose music.”related” that suits you perfectly and is also pleasant to listen to, it includes several sounds. The older generations, of course, also went through the pains of love, while for the new ones, where he achieves greater success, he manages to channel this status of incompatibility, discomfort into his own life.”Teenage Dream“so much dream then it is not, as the album’s final outro says, despite being in a privileged position.
Many young people today find themselves in a world where they experience various difficulties, and Olivia Rodrigo manages to make many young souls feel understood. “If even such a famous artist experiences and shows significant discomfort…”
On this album, Olivia Rodrigo has matured even more, exploring new directions, opening up and exposing herself to new topics, giving her the opportunity to express her creativity in more areas. If this artist continues down this path, he has the opportunity to continue to break through and make further inroads into today’s music world.
Edited
Luca Montanari