After running through her setlist of emotionally devastating and top-tier melodramatic Sour songs during her sold-out stop at the Manchester O2 Apollo on Sunday, Olivia Rodrigo still had some energy to burn off on stage. The singer popped up at the U.K dive bar Bunny Jackson’s for an impromptu performance …
Read More »Willow, Olivia Rodrigo and Pop Punk's Long, Weird Legacy
“Nobody likes you when you’re 23,” as Blink-182 used to sing on MTV — 23 summers ago. But all these years later, pop punk isn’t merely all grown-up. In 2022, pop punk is back from the dead, more popular and influential than ever — suddenly, it’s the Teenager of the …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo Keeps the Dream of the '90s Alive, Belts No Doubt's 'Just a Girl'
Days after appearing alongside Gwen Stefani at the Met Gala, Olivia Rodrigo added a cover of No Doubt’s classic “Just a Girl” to her setlist over the weekend. Rodrigo performed the song during her two shows at the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia on May 6 and 7. A fanshot …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo on Abortion Rights: 'Our Bodies Should Never Be in the Hands of Politicians'
Olivia Rodrigo is the latest artist to protest the Supreme Court potentially overturning Roe vs. Wade and limiting abortion rights, with the singer addressing the situation during her concert Wednesday in Washington, D.C. “Because we’re in D.C., I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to say how heartbroken I am over …
Read More »See Olivia Rodrigo Perform 'Complicated' With Avril Lavigne at Toronto Concert
Since the start of Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour Tour, the singer has performed Avril Lavigne’s hit “Complicated” on a nightly basis. At her concert Friday at Toronto’s Massey Hall, Rodrigo was joined onstage by the Canadian pop-punk princess herself to deliver the 2002 single. Prior to “Complicated,” Rodrigo teased a special …
Read More »Grammys 2022: Silk Sonic Cruise to Big Wins, Jon Batiste Pulls an Upset
Silk Sonic coasted to big wins for Record and Song of the Year at the 2022 Grammy Awards, while Jon Batiste scored a major Album of the Year upset. Silk Sonic, the incomparably smooth retro-soul duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, in fact picked up all four of the …
Read More »Accept Reality: We Now Live in a World Where the Grammys Are Awesome
Oh, you sweet innocent little lamb — you’re mad about who won Album of the Year at the Grammys. Never change. Here’s the thing: Can you name the last six Album of the Year winners off the top of your head, without looking it up? No, you can’t, because you …
Read More »Give BTS a Real Spy Movie Immediately, and 11 Other Thoughts on the 2022 Grammys
Even the most ardent Grammy haters would have to admit that the ceremony at least has an ethos: The alternate-universe vision of current popular music it presents is almost its own radio format, where almost everything is more classicist, melodic, and live-instrument-driven than our unfiltered real world. (The choices for …
Read More »Silk Sonic Tapped to Open 2022 Grammy Awards, Lady Gaga Added to Lineup
UPDATE (4/1):Lady Gaga is the latest artist to join the Grammys lineup, with the Recording Academy announcing Friday that the singer — nominated for Album of the Year for Love for Sale with Tony Bennett — will perform at Sunday’s show in Las Vegas. UPDATE (3/30):Silk Sonic will take the …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo Makes 'Sense of the World' With Her Songwriting in 'Driving Home 2 U' Trailer
Olivia Rodrigo is giving Sour fans an inside look at her album-making process with the new concert film, Driving Home 2 U, out on Disney+ March 25. “I think it’s really interesting to come back to a place you haven’t been to, in a long time, as a new person,” …
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