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Olivia Rodrigo

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Olivia Rodrigo became the brightest new pop star of 2021 with Drivers License, the single that broke streaming records and kicked off a string of number one hits. Its easy to hear why the song was so popular: As she sang about the plans that fall apart in the wake of a breakup and the sheer magnitude of her very first heartbreak, the rawness in Rodrigos voice and lyrics spoke to those her own age and provided some potent flashbacks for those a little — or a lot — older than her. On the rest of her debut album Sour, she delivers on the potential of that blockbuster single and then some. Rodrigo nails what its like to be 17, heartbroken, and frustrated, and updates the traditions of the sharp-eyed and sharp-tongued songwriters before her for Generation Z. Like her hero Taylor Swift, shes got a flair for details and a willingness to share every aspect of her heartache, even (or especially) the