{"id":246194,"date":"2026-06-14T13:13:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T13:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/stupid-song-lyrics-meaning-why-olivia-rodrigo-was-inspired-by-the-book-simple-passion\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T13:13:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T13:13:58","slug":"stupid-song-lyrics-meaning-why-olivia-rodrigo-was-inspired-by-the-book-simple-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/stupid-song-lyrics-meaning-why-olivia-rodrigo-was-inspired-by-the-book-simple-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;stupid song&#8217; Lyrics &#038; Meaning: Why Olivia Rodrigo Was Inspired by the Book &#8216;Simple Passion&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2229757\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/olivia-rodrigo\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/strong><\/a> is opening up about the meaning behind one of her new tracks.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old singer-songwriter dropped her new studio album on Friday (June 12), <em>you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love<\/em>, including <strong><em>\u201cstupid song.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018I was really inspired by this book\u00a0<em>Simple Passion<\/em>\u00a0by<strong> Annie Ernaux<\/strong>,\u201d she revealed during a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0I_tljaH9Bg&amp;t=702s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Popcast<\/a> interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s having this affair with this person and she\u2019s not quite happy, she\u2019s kind of going insane. Everything she does, she\u2019s reminded of this person, the longing overcomes her. I was really inspired by all of the ways in which love makes you insane and miserable. I think that there\u2019s a lot more to mine there than, \u2018Yay, oh my God, he\u2019s so hot, he loves me.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I\u2019m a thread on your shirt that is coming undone I feel right, I feel wrong, I feel totally insane \/ And I want you more than any stupid song could ever say,<\/em>\u201d she declares on the track.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Olivia Rodrigo - stupid song (Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2026)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dTP19ZcGngY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>She also performed the song on <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/em>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qD4J7VS8m58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said of the track<\/a>: \u201cIt means a lot to me. I think when you\u2019re trying to like write about something that\u2019s as deep and all-encompassing as romantic love, it\u2019s just like every song feels a little bit frivolous. So, that was me trying to capture that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Listen to \u201cstupid song\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Olivia Rodrigo - stupid song (Lyric Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ngyaXb9BohU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Read the lyrics to \u201cstupid song\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p><center> <\/center><\/p>\n<p>Find out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/12\/maggots-for-brains-lyrics-olivia-rodigos-song-is-inspired-by-miranda-steve-relationship-in-sex-the-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how one of the songs was inspired by <em>Sex &amp; The City<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/lyrics\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lyrics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/music\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Music<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/olivia-rodrigo\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/14\/stupid-song-lyrics-meaning-why-olivia-rodrigo-was-inspired-by-the-book-simple-passion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Olivia Rodrigo is opening up about the meaning behind one of her new tracks. The 23-year-old singer-songwriter dropped her new studio album on Friday (June 12), you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, including \u201cstupid song.\u201d \u2018I was really inspired by this book\u00a0Simple Passion\u00a0by Annie Ernaux,\u201d she revealed during a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":246197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-246194","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}