I’ve spent the past couple of months digging into the past, so I figured I’d spend this week catching up on some of this year’s releases.
First up is the best new album I’ve heard in a long time, Olivia Rodrigo’s third studio release You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love. I’m a fan of the 23-year-old Rodrigo’s first two albums — 2021’s Sour and 2023’s Guts — but I consider this one easily her best yet.
This week I’ll feature a handful of songs from some new or upcoming releases I’m excited to hear.
First up is Olivia Rodrigo, whose intriguingly titled third album — You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love — is due out on June 12.
First single ‘Drop Dead’ is a pop song in the vein of her last album Guts (2023), but with less of that record’s rock edge. We’ll see if the rest of the album follows suit.
Pitchfork’s #5 song of the year is the third single from Olivia Rodrigo’s sophomore album Guts, the love-him-and-hate-him anthem ‘get him back!’
Rodrigo has such a knack for writing catchy hooks and tapping into Gen Z angst that she is well on her way to becoming the musical voice of her generation. Over just two albums, she has already amassed a laundry list of signature songs that sound simultaneously like they’ve been around forever and were written earlier today.
The most exciting new release in the past month or so was definitely Olivia Rodrigo’s latest effort, Guts. I’ve been looking forward to her next move ever since her 2021 debut album Sour made such an impact.
I’m happy to report that Guts tops its predecessor. Rather than suffer a sophomore slump, Rodrigo has refined and sharpened her sound and delivered a batch of songs even more confident and electric.
Olivia Rodrigo is the heir apparent to Taylor Swift, a preternaturally talented teen singer-songwriter whose confessional songs feel like they speak for a generation.
It’s been two years since Rodrigo’s debut album, Sour, became a smash hit, spawning #1 singles ‘Drivers License’ and ‘Good 4 U’ and dominating playlists for more than a year. Last year was quiet for Rodrigo, but now she’s back with a new album — Guts — due in September, and a new lead-off single, ‘vampire,’ poised to dominate the conversation, if not the charts.
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