Olivia Rodrigo
Sour
(Parental Advisory, Explicit Content)
12"
VINYL
RECORD LP
BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED
Geffen Records
00602438106417
UPC | 602438106417
2021
TRACK LISTING
SIDE A1. Brutal
2. Traitor
3. Drivers License
4. 1 Step Forward 3 Steps Back
5. Deja Vu
6. Good 4 U
SIDE B
7. Enough for You
8. Happier
9. Jealousy, Jealousy
10. Favorite Crime
11. Hope Ur Ok
Olivia
Rodrigo became the brightest new pop star of 2021 with "Driver's
License," the single that broke streaming records and kicked off a
string of number one hits. It's easy to hear why the song was so
popular: As she sang about the plans that fall apart in the wake of a
breakup and the sheer magnitude of her very first heartbreak, the
rawness in Rodrigo's voice and lyrics spoke to those her own age and
provided some potent flashbacks for those a little -- or a lot -- older
than her. On the rest of her debut album Sour, she delivers on the
potential of that blockbuster single and then some. Rodrigo nails what
it's like to be 17, heartbroken, and frustrated, and updates the
traditions of the sharp-eyed and sharp-tongued songwriters before her
for Generation Z. Like her hero Taylor Swift, she's got a flair for
details and a willingness to share every aspect of her heartache, even
(or especially) the bitter side of it; on "Happier," she sings to her
ex, "I hope you're happy/But don't be happier." Her ability to pair a
sizeable amount of disdain with equally big hooks recalls Lorde on the
slinky self-loathing of "Jealousy, Jealousy," and there are even shades
of Alanis Morissette's jagged, jilted younger woman in "Deja Vu"'s
hyper-literate litany of tarnished memories. Rodrigo expands on
"Driver's License" with similarly barbed and self-aware power ballads
like "Traitor," which captures the pain when an ex rebounds more quickly
than expected, and with the folky introspection of "Favorite Crime,"
where she reflects on how her desperation to hang onto a relationship
made her culpable in her own pain. However, Sour might be even more
vital when Rodrigo lashes out on the album's rock-tinged songs. She
revels in her anger on "Good 4 U"'s sneering verses and pogo-ing
choruses, letting the drum rolls build up a head of steam that the riffs
unleash, and begins the album with a surprisingly punky blast of angst
on "Brutal," where she tears down the idealization of teenage years
("I'm so sick of seventeen/Where's my fuckin' teenage dream?") over
guitars that are the musical equivalent of an eyeroll. Moments like
these lend another exciting dimension to her music, even if she takes a
few steps beyond the rest of the album's fury on the tender closing
track "Hope Ur OK." Rodrigo wants to be taken seriously as a songwriter,
and she should be -- her combination of sweet melodies and bitter
moods, her conversational flow, and her self-awareness are all skills
many songwriters twice her age would love to call their own, and they
make Sour a well-rounded emotional journey and strong debut album.
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