Olivia Rodrigo's 'The Grudge'- Why Fans Think It's a Taylor Swift DISS Track,
Olivia Rodrigo,Taylor Swift
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00:00 "You're my undying love, now I hold it like a grudge.
00:03 Now I hear your voice every time that I think I'm not enough."
00:07 Olivia Rodrigo's newest track, "Sparking Feud Rumors," with fans convinced her song
00:12 "The Grudge" is about Taylor Swift.
00:15 "So you're not a grudge holder?"
00:18 "Uh, it's case by case."
00:21 The "Vampire" singer dropped her highly anticipated sophomore album, "Guts," on Friday.
00:26 "It takes strength to forgive, but I'm not quite sure I'm there yet."
00:34 And her lyrics already have people talking.
00:37 But first, let us get you up to speed.
00:40 Olivia has been a self-proclaimed Swifty for most of her life, and regularly gushed over
00:45 the Grammy winner at the start of her music career in 2021.
00:48 "I'm the biggest Swifty in the whole world.
00:52 I think she is the most genius songwriter.
00:53 I mean, I'm just obsessed with her."
00:56 Taylor publicly reciprocated the love at the time.
00:59 But things took a turn after the release of Olivia's debut album, "Sour."
01:03 "Writing songs is just my favorite thing in the whole world."
01:06 The singer was credited on Olivia's track "One Step Forward, Three Steps Back" because
01:11 it uses an interpolation of her 2017 song, "New Year's Day."
01:16 "I was lucky enough to get that approved and it's on the record now, so yeah."
01:20 The similarities between the two songs are pretty obvious.
01:23 "There's glitter on the floor after the party.
01:26 Girls carrying the shoes down in the lobby.
01:32 Called you on the phone today.
01:38 Just to ask you how you were."
01:43 But fans were confused when they noticed Taylor was retroactively credited on one of Olivia's
01:48 biggest hits, "Deja Vu," due to an apparent interpolation of Taylor's song "Cruel Summer."
01:54 "You're training jackets like we used to do.
01:55 Everything is up again.
01:56 I scream for whatever it's worth.
01:57 I love you, ain't that the worst thing you've ever heard?"
02:06 And it was later reported that Olivia gave up 50% of the royalties on the song as a result.
02:13 "That's kind of one of the major conflicts in the story."
02:16 Then during a 2021 interview with Rolling Stone, Olivia revealed that on the road to
02:21 success she learned that people she once loved in the music industry are actually mean girls.
02:28 Now two years later, fans think Olivia is reflecting on all that in her new song, "The
02:34 Grudge."
02:35 "It's nightmares each week about that Friday in May.
02:38 One phone call from you and my entire world was changed."
02:43 That opening lyric references a Friday in May, which is worth noting since "Sour" was
02:48 released on May 21, 2021, which was a Friday.
02:53 "I doubt you ever think about the damage that you did, but I hold on to every detail like
02:59 my life depends on it."
03:01 Olivia sings about trying to be tough but wanting to scream, which could be a reference
03:06 to the way she stayed quiet during the drama in spite of wanting to call the whole thing
03:11 out.
03:12 "I try to understand why you would do this on me.
03:13 You must be insecure, you must be so unhappy."
03:21 Another telltale hint that the song is about Taylor, she mentions being given flowers filled
03:26 with vitriol, which fans theorize is about Taylor appearing to support Olivia before
03:32 everything went down.
03:35 "You built me up to watch me fall.
03:42 It's hard to keep me from falling.
03:43 It's hard to keep me from falling.
03:44 It's hard to keep me from falling.
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04:02 It's a song about feeling confused and hurt.
04:05 I'm going to keep writing about my life and writing from my heart.
04:09 The singer later wrote on Instagram that writing the song helped her sort through feelings
04:13 of regret, anger and heartache, adding, "I hope it helps you deal with any bloodsuckers
04:19 in your life."
04:20 I made a real big mistake to make the first one up for it.
04:21 I should've known if we're straight you won't be.
04:22 I should've known if we're straight you won't be.
04:23 I should've known if we're straight you won't be.
04:24 I should've known if we're straight you won't be.
04:25 I should've known if we're straight you won't be.
04:26 I should've known if we're straight you won't be.
04:27 I should've known if we're straight you won't be.
04:28 I should've known if we're straight you won't be.
04:29 I should've known if we're straight you won't be.
04:31 ♪ You only come out in love ♪