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Olivia Rodrigo on the 2024 Grammy Awards, performing rage on 'GUTS,' and learning from Leonard Cohen

The second chapter in Olivia Rodrigo 's musical story began similar to the first: with a big-hearted, full-throated piano ballad about a relationship gone awry.

But the bloodsucking “vampire” was no “drivers license," the song that kickstarted her career. Instead of descending into her loss in the song, Rodrigo stands atop of her anger, reclaiming her agency in

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