Olivia Rodrigo is again: Watch the music video for “Vampire,” her first single since her 2021 debut, Sour, beneath. Petra Collins, who was behind the “Good 4 U” visible, directed Rodrigo’s new music video.
The brand new monitor options some pointed phrases towards an unnamed recipient: “Bloodsucker, fame fucker, bleedin’ me dry like a goddamn vampire.” Within the clear model of the monitor, “fame fucker” is modified to “dream crusher,” and “goddamn” is lowered to “rattling.” Rodrigo made “Vampire” with Daniel Nigro, a collaborator on her debut.
In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Rodrigo mentioned the route of the track. “I believe I listened to quite a lot of heavier stuff rising up, and that’s what I’ve all the time been drawn to. However I believe in my common day-to-day life, I don’t get to precise these emotions of rage and soiled shit and messing shit up,” she stated. “And I believe, in music, you will have the liberty to precise emotions that you simply don’t get to precise in your on a regular basis life. And so I believe possibly that’s why I’m so drawn to this, as a result of I don’t get to be messy every single day in each day life and work.”
The singer-songwriter’s subsequent album, Guts, which she has stated is about “rising pains” and self-discovery, is about to reach September 8 through Geffen. Talking additional concerning the album in press supplies, Rodrigo stated, “I really feel like I grew 10 years between the ages of 18 and 20—it was such an intense interval of awkwardness and alter. I believe that’s all only a pure a part of progress, and hopefully the album displays that.”
Rodrigo is returning off the again of her 2022 Grammy wins for Best New Artist, Greatest Pop Vocal Album, and Greatest Pop Solo Efficiency. After Bitter, she launched a pair of Disney+ specials, Sour Prom and the documentary Driving Home 2 U (A Sour Film). On tour, Rodrigo grew to become an outspoken advocate for abortion rights after the Supreme Court docket overturned Roe v. Wade. She additionally carried out “Deja Vu” and “Uptown Girl” with Billy Joel, inducted Alanis Morissette into the Canadian Songwriters Corridor of Fame, sang “Torn” with Natalie Imbruglia, and carried out “You’re So Vain” for Carly Simon’s Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame induction. She first hinted at new music in a Twitter video with Nigro posted early this yr.
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