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Some fans are convinced that Vampire \u2013 specifically the yelled \u201cbloodsucker, fame fucker, bleedin\u2019 me dry like a goddamn vampire!\u201d \u2013 is about Swift, especially given that signs of their budding friendship vanished after the credits issue. (Swift recently invited Sabrina Carpenter, the rumoured other party in the Drivers License heartbreak, to support her Eras tour.) \u201cHow do I answer this?\u201d Rodrigo whispers at the table when I ask her. \u201cI mean, I never want to say who any of my songs are about. I\u2019ve never done that before in my career and probably won\u2019t. I think it\u2019s better to not pigeonhole a song to being about this one thing.\u201d She laughs nervously (she often laughs nervously). \u201cI was very surprised when people thought that.\u201d<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \u2018I had all these feelings of rage I couldn\u2019t express\u2019: Olivia Rodrigo on overnight pop superstardom, plagiarism and growing up in public https:\/\/t.co\/NravOox9nS<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The Guardian (@guardian) September 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n On the plagiarizing scrutiny over Good 4 U and Deja Vu:<\/b> At the time, she said it was \u201cdisappointing to see people take things out of context and discredit any young woman\u2019s work\u201d. Did the potential for similar scrutiny make her second-guess writing Guts? She grows vague. \u201cI was so green as to how the music industry worked, the litigious side \u2026 I feel like now I know so much more about the industry and I just feel \u2026 better equipped in that regard. It wasn\u2019t something I thought about too much.\u201d<\/p>\n On if she has watched The Idol and Barbie:<\/b> “Oh no. I don\u2019t have the desire to. I remember walking out of ‘Barbie’ and being like, ‘Wow, it\u2019s so long since I\u2019ve seen a movie that is female-centred in a way that isn\u2019t sexual or about her pain or her being traumatised.'”<\/p>\n Olivia Rodrigo on fear of getting backlash for being vocal about social injustices while working at Disney:<\/b> \u201cI didn\u2019t really pay attention to it or let it affect me.\u201d Being a puppet, she says, \u201cdoesn\u2019t work any more.\u201d<\/p>\n On Billie Eyelash:<\/b> “[She\u2019s] really sweet and supportive.”<\/p>\n On not signing with Disney’s Hollywood Records:<\/b> Then Disney execs invited her to write an original song for her HSM character. After the piano ballad All I Want went viral, Rodrigo sought a record deal. Unlike her Disney forebears Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato, she chose not to make (inevitably sanitised) music for the corporation\u2019s in-house label, and picked Interscope\/Geffen because they were the only label she met that perceived her as a songwriter, not a pop star, and didn\u2019t blow smoke up her ass.<\/i><\/p>\n \ud83d\udcf8| Olivia per The Guardian pic.twitter.com\/4oK0W4rfNy<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Olivia Rodrigo ITALIA\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 (@oliviarodrigITA) September 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n GUTS<\/i><\/b> drops next week on September 8th. You can read her full interview at the first source.<\/p>\n Sources:<\/b> 1<\/a> | 2<\/a><\/p>\n <\/center> <\/div>\n\n
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