Listen to the hidden lyric in “Deja Vu” above, around the 2:10-minute mark. But ‘Drivers License’ did give me a lot of confidence in that regard.” I just didn’t want to be pigeonholed heartbreak ballad girl. I think people probably would resonate with that, and they resonated with ‘Drivers License,’ but we really wanted to show that I’m a versatile songwriter and I’m a versatile artist and I can write heartbreak songs, but I can also make cool alternative pop songs. She continued: “Us and my team didn’t want to do the safe thing of putting out another heartbreak ballad. So that definitely took a lot of pressure off.” “I didn’t ever have to chose the next single knowing ‘Drivers License’ was this huge success. We chose it a long time before ‘Drivers License’ ever came out,” she said. “We chose this song to come out after ‘Drivers License’ probably in September. I don’t know if only certain people can hear it, but it’s really buried and very subtle.”Įlsewhere in the interview, Rodrigo talked about how her team had already chosen ‘Deja Vu’ to be her next single before ‘Drivers License’ was even released. He’s listened to it 200 times and never heard it, which I think is super cool. My A&R was probably listening to this song, poor guy, he’s probably listened to this song like 200 times because it went through so many mixes. “When I sing, ‘Saying I love you / In between the chorus and the verse.’ Only a couple people pick up on it, but I whisper ‘I love you’ in the track, it’s super buried. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Rodrigo broke down which part of the track the buried lyric can be heard: But according to Rodrigo, a few fans are in for a surprise while listening to “Deja Vu” as the track features a hidden lyric. Max Martin and Joel Little are two Grammy-winning producers she’d like to work with someday, simply to watch them do their thing and learn from their expertise.Last week, Olivia Rodrigo released “ Deja Vu,” her highly-anticipated follow up to her record-breaking debut single “ Drivers License.” The song marks a buoyant shift for the songwriter, who’s previous track was a heartbreak anthem. In 2020, she started teaming up with other artists to take her “bedroom piano songs” up a notch. Her music career began in her bedroom, where she’d pen songs by herself-a process “you can only learn so much from,” she said. “Maybe it wouldn’t even be one that I sing, but I love catchy, anthemic pop songs, and I want to learn how to write one.”Ĭollaborations bring a fresh perspective to Rodrigo’s songwriting. “I love pop pop music, like down the middle, absolute bubblegum pop music… I would love to write a big pop song,” Rodrigo said about what she’d like to explore in the future. This was “out of comfort zone,” she admitted, but it was a chance to try new sounds and see where her powerful voice could take her. Its bright synths and melodies were challenging to perfect, because they’re so different from the sad breakup ballads she’s known for. W When Olivia Rodrigo ’s Good 4 U bowed atop the Billboard Hot 100 in May following the similar massive success of her breakthrough Drivers License the 18-year-old singer made. Everybody does it, but after a long time you realize little experiences can be translated into art… I’m learning how to observe the world through a songwriter’s lens.” Getting your driver’s license, it’s very menial. Rodrigo started writing and recording the song in September 2020 with her producer Dan Nigro (Conan Gray, Carly Rae Jepsen, Lewis Capaldi). “That’s sometimes a blessing and a curse, but in my songwriting, I feel like it definitely helps… paying attention to little things and being like, oh, maybe that could be a song. “Every little feeling for me is always very heightened,” Rodrigo said about finding magic in the mundane.
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