Olivia Rodrigohas arrived!The 18-year-old singer/songwriter, who made waves with her No. 1 breakup song “Drivers License” earlier this year, released herdebut album Friday titledSour.Spanning 11 tracks — with new entries like “Traitor” and “Jealousy, Jealousy” — the album, Rodrigo says, is completely “personal and close to my heart.““Every song is so personal and close to my heart. getting to share them with people is the most special thing I’ve ever done in my life,” the rising starwrote on Instagram, sharing photos from behind-the-scenes of the project. “Thank u to everyone who made this album happen.““Thank you to my manager, Kristen Smith, for believing in me and supporting me with absolutely everything in her. thank you to Christiana Divona, Marissa Ramirez, Kirsten Stubbs and Michelle An for bringingSOURto life visually and being the most caring ppl in the world,” Rodrigo continued. “Thank you to Matt Morris, Emerson Redd, John Janick, and Sam Ribak at interscope for being so supportive and tender with my vision. thank you to Casey Smith for writing jealousy, jealousy with me and Alexander 23 for coproducing good 4 u.““Lastly thank you to Dan Nigro for making this entire body of work with me in his garage lol,” she added. “His undeniable talent and undying belief in me has forever changed me as an artist and a person.“Want to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday.Rodrigo said no matter “whatever happens” withSour, she’ll still be “so grateful I got to work with all these incredible people.““And I’m so lucky songwriting and music exists,” she said. “I hope you guys enjoy the 34 minutes and 46 seconds of me spilling my guts out that is called sour. thank you for helping me turn all my unhappy feelings into one of the best moments of my life 💜💜💜"RELATED VIDEO: Olivia Rodrigo ‘Excited’ for Fans to See ‘a Lot More Relationship Drama’ inHSMTMTSSeason 2Rodrigo — who also stars on Disney+‘sHigh School Musical: The Musical: The Series— has recently been vocal about howTaylor Swift is one of her biggestmusical influences. Sheeven got to meether hero backstage at the2021 Brit Awards, and posted a fun photo of them making silly faceson Instagram.Talking about Swift, 31, duringan interview with SiriusXMearlier this year, Rodrigo said, “Ifeel so luckythat I was born at the right time to be able to look up to someone like her. I think she’s incredible. All of her support and genuine compassion and excitement for me has just been so so surreal.”
Olivia Rodrigohas arrived!
The 18-year-old singer/songwriter, who made waves with her No. 1 breakup song “Drivers License” earlier this year, released herdebut album Friday titledSour.
Spanning 11 tracks — with new entries like “Traitor” and “Jealousy, Jealousy” — the album, Rodrigo says, is completely “personal and close to my heart.”
“Every song is so personal and close to my heart. getting to share them with people is the most special thing I’ve ever done in my life,” the rising starwrote on Instagram, sharing photos from behind-the-scenes of the project. “Thank u to everyone who made this album happen.”
“Thank you to my manager, Kristen Smith, for believing in me and supporting me with absolutely everything in her. thank you to Christiana Divona, Marissa Ramirez, Kirsten Stubbs and Michelle An for bringingSOURto life visually and being the most caring ppl in the world,” Rodrigo continued. “Thank you to Matt Morris, Emerson Redd, John Janick, and Sam Ribak at interscope for being so supportive and tender with my vision. thank you to Casey Smith for writing jealousy, jealousy with me and Alexander 23 for coproducing good 4 u.”
“Lastly thank you to Dan Nigro for making this entire body of work with me in his garage lol,” she added. “His undeniable talent and undying belief in me has forever changed me as an artist and a person.”
Want to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday.
Rodrigo said no matter “whatever happens” withSour, she’ll still be “so grateful I got to work with all these incredible people.”
“And I’m so lucky songwriting and music exists,” she said. “I hope you guys enjoy the 34 minutes and 46 seconds of me spilling my guts out that is called sour. thank you for helping me turn all my unhappy feelings into one of the best moments of my life 💜💜💜”
RELATED VIDEO: Olivia Rodrigo ‘Excited’ for Fans to See ‘a Lot More Relationship Drama’ inHSMTMTSSeason 2
Rodrigo — who also stars on Disney+‘sHigh School Musical: The Musical: The Series— has recently been vocal about howTaylor Swift is one of her biggestmusical influences. Sheeven got to meether hero backstage at the2021 Brit Awards, and posted a fun photo of them making silly faceson Instagram.
Talking about Swift, 31, duringan interview with SiriusXMearlier this year, Rodrigo said, “Ifeel so luckythat I was born at the right time to be able to look up to someone like her. I think she’s incredible. All of her support and genuine compassion and excitement for me has just been so so surreal.”
source: people.com
