TikTok superstar Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album “Sour” comes out Friday, May 21.
Video Transcript
[MUSIC – OLIVIA RODRIGO, “GOOD 4 U”]
Good for you, you’re doing great out there without me, baby. God, I wish that I could do that.
CASEY MENDOZA: Olivia Rodrigo is one of this year’s biggest breakout musicians. But if you still have to Google who she is, it’s OK, we got you covered.
[MUSIC – OLIVIA RODRIGO, “DRIVERS LICENSE”]
I got my driver’s license last week, just like–
CASEY MENDOZA: Unless you were an avid viewer of Disney’s “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” or “Bizaardvark,” you probably didn’t really know who Olivia Rodrigo was when “Drivers License” first came out in January. And now after the release of her third single, “Good 4 U,” this 18-year-old Filipino American from California is basically everywhere.
– (SINGING) Red lights, stop signs, I still see your face in the–
CASEY MENDOZA: Beyond skits and performances on “Saturday Night Live” and the Brit Awards, the main push for Rodrigo’s music comes from TikTok. 1.8 million videos on the platform use sound from “Drivers License.” And that doesn’t include the several other meme versions of the song made by fans. In January, her breakthrough single set the Spotify record for most streams in a single day for a non-holiday song. Several hundred of those 11 and 1/2 million streams might have been from me. And then in April, Rodrigo’s second single “Deja Vu” debuted straight into the number eight spot on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first musician in history to have their first two singles land in the top 10.
[MUSIC – OLIVIA RODRIGO, “DEJA VU”]
I know you get deja vu.
CASEY MENDOZA: Rodrigo’s viral work over the past couple of months culminates in “Sour,” her debut album releasing Friday, May 21. Casey Mendoza, Newsy, Chicago.