Review: Olivia Rodrigo spills her ‘Guts’ on a bubble-gum-rock masterpiece
When Olivia Rodrigo has big, messy feelings to process, she tends to do it behind the wheel. That’s where the singer-songwriter set “Drivers License,” the instant-smash breakup ballad that two years ago vaulted her from a teenage gig in the Disney universe to A-list pop stardom complete with a quadruple-platinum debut and a Grammy Award for best new artist. And now it’s where she finds herself ...
by Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times
Sep 11, 2023
3 minutes
When Olivia Rodrigo has big, messy feelings to process, she tends to do it behind the wheel.
That’s where the singer-songwriter set “Drivers License,” the instant-smash breakup ballad that two years ago vaulted her from a teenage gig in the Disney universe to A-list pop stardom complete with a quadruple-platinum debut and a Grammy Award for best new artist.
And now it’s where she finds herself in “Making the Bed,” a hazy lament that arrives halfway through her knockout of a second album, “Guts.”
“Every night I wake up from this one recurring dream / I’m driving
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