Olivia Rodrigo

I really like "Brutal" and "Good 4 U", although I can't stand "Drivers License". I haven't had a chance to check out the full album yet, but I'm hoping for some more pop rock songs. If not, I think it's a genre that Olivia should consider exploring more of.

I get it now. The comparison to Avril. It's the vibe or energy that Olivia puts in her rock song Good 4 u that reminds me of the fire Avril had when singing MHE or HW. You know that energy that made you feel the song in that moment. She's still not the new Avril though but I get the "Avril vibes" now at least on Good 4 u.

So I decided to listen to Sour yesterday and it wasn't bad. I expected it to be awful but I kinda liked it. Don't know if I would go back to this album but it was nice to know what the hype is all about and I didn't knew she wrote her own songs wich I give her credit for!

There's a lot of good songs on SOUR, however I think they all sound a bit similar and cover mostly the same themes. But it's very promising for a debut album and being only 17/18 when it came out. She wrote all the songs with just 1 other guy I think so that's still pretty impressive to be writing like that at her age and on her first album.

The "driving home 2 u: sour film" is excellent by the way. I recommend checking it out if you haven't seen it, it's on Disney+. She performs the whole album in different settings and plays instruments. It's really excellent. She also talks about how she made the album. She is a fantastic vocalist and live performer. The fact her debut album won a Grammy shows how promising she is already.

Oh please. These copyright allegations are so stupid and being blown way out of proportion because she's a new artist that is having lots of success, and everybody wants a slice of the pie. The things she blatantly copied like "1 step forward, 3 steps back" she already got the necessary permission to use. The other stuff like "deja vu" and "good 4 u" are such small pieces of the melody that are similar to "Cruel Summer" and "Misery Business" that they're not even worth giving credit for. Olivia's team probably decided it would be the safest option to give credit to those artists to avoid lawsuits, not because they're actually similar enough.

Adam Levine is totally right about songwriting and it being nearly impossible to come up with something 100% original that isn't at least partially inspired by something else, whether it's intentional or subconsciously. I doubt she was purposely trying to rip off other artists' songs. Taylor's "Lover" is incredibly identical sounding to Avril's "Tell Me It's Over," along with "Come Back, Be Here" sounding nearly identical to "Wish You Were Here." Yet Avril never claimed copyright infringement on those songs. Ironically Taylor is being sued right now for copying lyrics of "Shake It Off" from a 3LW song (which is also ridiculous, as the lyrics she's being called out for are common phrases). When it comes to plagiarism cases, it's very rare that the person suing for infringement actually wins their case. There have to be enough obvious similarities for it to be a valid plagiarism case and most of the time there aren't. (Remember when Avril got sued for Girlfriend? The hook was noticeably similar and that still wasn't enough evidence to claim copyright).

The visuals are a separate issue, however I think pointing out the similarities in the cheerleading outfit is stupid, since that's such a common visual that has been used by many artists over and over again. Like... you don't own the rights to pom poms and a cheerleader skirt. (Avril did it with TBDT video, Taylor did it with Shake It Off, and Toni Basil did it before either of them). Taylor has also copied visuals, like the You Belong with Me video containing many similar elements of Avril's "Girlfriend", and her ringleader outfit from the Red Tour a clear inspiration from Britney's Circus tour and "Circus" music video. Yet nobody has ever made a stink about those and if Taylor were being sued, she'd probably fight very adamantly against it. Like come on, no artist is 100% original.