Olivia Rodrigo has revealed she considered the title for her upcoming second album ‘Guts’ earlier than her 2021 debut ‘Bitter’ had even seen the sunshine of day.
The album is ready to drop on September 8 through Geffen and can characteristic Rodrigo’s new single ‘Vampire’, which she shared yesterday (June 30).
In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Rodrigo was requested concerning the that means of the album title and the way it happened.
“I had it for a very long time. I had it really after I was making ‘Bitter’,” she mentioned. “I’m like, ‘I need the following one to be ‘Guts’.’ I had it in my head. I’m like, ‘4 letters, all caps, identical to ‘Bitter.’ I like it. I simply assume it’s an attention-grabbing phrase. Folks use it in so many attention-grabbing contexts, like spill your guts. Hate your guts, I believe is a extremely attention-grabbing time period. Means bravery, nevertheless it additionally means instinct, like hearken to your intestine. I simply assume it’s all of this stuff that coincidentally have been issues that I’ve actually been excited about on this chapter.”
She additionally mentioned why it was necessary to her to reject the picture of a “squeaky clear” pop star. “I do wish to fuck shit up, however undoubtedly that’s true. I don’t know. I believe I listened to plenty of heavier stuff rising up and that’s what I’ve at all times been drawn to,” she mentioned.
“However I believe in my common day-to-day life, I don’t get to specific these emotions of rage and soiled shit and messing shit up. And I believe in music, you have got the liberty to specific emotions that you just don’t get to specific in your on a regular basis life. And so I believe perhaps that’s why I’m so drawn to this, as a result of I don’t get to be messy day-after-day in day by day life and work.”
In a four-star evaluation of ‘Bitter’, NME shared: When your first launch is a observe as ubiquitous as ‘drivers license’, it have to be powerful going to make a complete album that matches up. For essentially the most half, Rodrigo has handed the bar she set on that single, sharing with us an almost-masterpiece that’s equal elements assured, cool and exhilaratingly actual. That is no flash-in-the-pan artist, however one we’ll be residing with for years to return.”
