Superstar singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo visits WIRED to answer her most searched questions from Google.Olivia's sophomore album, GUTS, is out now. https://www.oliviarodrigo.com/
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00:00 Hey, I'm Olivia Rodrigo,
00:01 and this is the Wired Autocomplete Interview.
00:03 (upbeat music)
00:05 Hee hee hee.
00:06 Okay, I'm scared.
00:08 (upbeat music)
00:11 All right, when did Olivia Rodrigo become famous?
00:15 I was acting on shows when I was younger.
00:19 I was very fortunate to be in a few Disney shows,
00:21 and that was so much fun,
00:22 and then I put out "Driver's License" when I was 17,
00:27 and sort of changed my world forever,
00:29 so maybe I'd say "Driver's License."
00:31 Simultaneously, everything changed in my life,
00:34 and nothing changed at all.
00:35 Feel the same, I hang out with the same people,
00:37 I still have the same insecurities and fears.
00:40 I feel like I'm good at the same things,
00:41 it's just my environment just changed completely
00:44 in such a short amount of time,
00:46 which is kind of crazy.
00:47 Looking back on it, I'm like, wow, what a wild time.
00:50 When did Olivia Rodrigo get her driver's license?
00:55 I got my driver's license a little late.
00:57 I think I was 17.
00:59 All my friends were getting their driver's license,
01:00 driving around, I would literally go to bed
01:03 like thinking about it, dreaming about it,
01:04 and I booked an appointment to go to the DMV
01:07 to take my test, and I take my mom's car,
01:09 and I pull up, and the test proctor or whatever
01:12 is in the other seat, and he's like,
01:13 okay, like left, right, stop, blinker works,
01:15 okay, brake lights work, great,
01:16 and he goes, honk the horn, and I try to honk the horn,
01:19 and nothing comes out, and I'm like, what?
01:20 Like, that's so weird, and he's like, well, try again.
01:22 I keep trying, and I keep trying,
01:23 and the horn doesn't work on my mom's car for some reason,
01:26 and they say, oh, you're unfit,
01:28 like you can't take the test, your car's unsafe,
01:30 and I cry like a baby in the parking lot.
01:32 I was so distraught, but then the second time
01:35 that I took the test, I got a song out of it, too,
01:39 so I'd say that it was probably meant to be.
01:41 Why does Olivia Rodrigo make sad songs?
01:47 'Cause it's fun, people like to listen to sad songs.
01:49 I love listening to sad songs, even when I'm happy,
01:52 and they're really fun to write.
01:53 When I'm really low, and I listen to a sad song
01:56 that I absolutely love, that captures that feeling
01:58 really succinctly, it just helps you understand
02:00 your feelings so much more, and that's just,
02:02 in and of itself, so powerful.
02:04 I love sad songs, I'll love them forever.
02:06 Who is Olivia's songs about?
02:10 Your mom.
02:11 All right, can Olivia Rodrigo parallel park?
02:17 Guys, I wrote a song, and I said,
02:19 I can't parallel park in a song.
02:21 I was 18 then, I'm 20 now, and I actually think
02:24 that I am quite passable.
02:26 I did it the other day, on a crowded, busy street,
02:28 where there were people behind me,
02:30 really putting pressure on me, and I was so proud of myself,
02:32 and my friend was in the passenger seat to witness,
02:34 so one of my crowning achievements.
02:36 Is Olivia Rodrigo, favorite color purple?
02:39 Yes, my favorite color is purple.
02:41 I like it, it's the color of magic, and all things mystic.
02:46 Is Olivia Rodrigo friends with Jenna Ortega?
02:48 Yes, I am.
02:49 Jenna and I grew up together on the Disney Channel,
02:51 which is a very strange way to grow up,
02:53 but I've always thought she was the coolest,
02:54 and so happy for her, and all of her success.
02:56 I truly don't know anyone more kind or deserving.
02:59 Is Olivia Rodrigo a good singer?
03:02 I hope so, God.
03:05 I'm no Mariah Carey or anything,
03:06 but I like to think that I convey some emotion in my voice,
03:09 and that's what counts, hope so.
03:11 How does Olivia Rodrigo write songs?
03:18 I'm a very lyric-based songwriter.
03:21 I love looking at songs as if they're just pieces of poetry,
03:24 so lots of times, inspiration for my songs
03:27 will come across, I'll just be saying something interesting
03:29 in a conversation, I'll be like,
03:30 "Wow, that's cool, that's catchy, that rhymes,
03:33 let me write that down."
03:34 Every time it's different,
03:35 sometimes I'll come up with chords or a melody that I like,
03:37 and finish it from there, it's what's fun about it.
03:40 You never know how it's gonna happen.
03:42 How old was Olivia Rodrigo in high school?
03:46 In high school, oh, I was like, "Um, high school age?"
03:51 High school musical, that makes way more sense.
03:54 Must've been 15.
03:56 How to draw Olivia Rodrigo easy?
04:01 I'm not the person to ask, here, I'll give you a template.
04:03 I think I have a sort of heart-shaped face,
04:06 I could be wrong, oh God.
04:07 I think I have almond-y eyes.
04:10 This is just already super bad.
04:12 Okay, this is gonna be more of a Picasso.
04:14 Oh God, that looks awful.
04:17 I tried to draw me sticking my tongue out
04:20 to try to remake the sour cover
04:22 so that it was clear it was me, but it looks terrible.
04:25 I write songs, I don't draw.
04:27 I tried.
04:28 All right, what is Olivia Rodrigo's genre?
04:34 I'd like to think that I make pop music that is adventurous.
04:39 I love rock music and folk music
04:42 and singer-songwriter music, obviously.
04:44 There's a little bit of sprinkles of that in there.
04:47 What song did Olivia Rodrigo change the lyrics to?
04:51 Change the lyrics to a lot of songs.
04:53 I suppose on "Sour" it was very angsty,
04:57 and so lots of the songs on "Sour"
04:59 didn't really change too much
05:00 from the sort of original inception of the idea.
05:04 But I guess on this album, I did a lot more polishing.
05:08 So every song, always changing.
05:11 What is Olivia Rodrigo's most streamed song?
05:15 "Driver's License" and "Good 4 U."
05:17 It's "Good 4 U."
05:18 Wow, that's cool.
05:19 Thanks, guys.
05:20 "Good 4 U."
05:23 I think I was rightfully really nervous
05:26 that I was gonna be one hit wonder,
05:28 nothing wrong with being a one hit wonder.
05:29 I was so happy to have that one hit when I had it,
05:32 but it was really cool to see that "Good 4 U"
05:35 in some regards better than "Driver's License."
05:37 That was really cool.
05:39 Grateful for everyone who's streamed those songs.
05:40 Thank you so much.
05:41 What is Olivia Rodrigo vampire about?
05:45 Olivia Rodrigo vampire is about me
05:47 because all my songs are about me
05:49 and they're introspective and they're about nothing else.
05:52 Okay.
05:55 Will Olivia Rodrigo do a "Guts" tour?
05:59 Yes, I will.
06:00 I'm very excited.
06:01 Come see me.
06:02 It would be a lot of fun.
06:03 I'm so excited for this tour.
06:04 I think it's going to be a ball.
06:07 Does Olivia Rodrigo have a tattoo?
06:09 It's debatable.
06:10 I got a matching tattoo with my best friend, Iris.
06:14 We got hearts on our pinkies
06:15 and I don't know if you can tell,
06:17 mine is completely worn off.
06:18 It doesn't look like a heart at all.
06:20 It looks like I smudged Sharpie on my hand
06:22 or something like that.
06:23 So technically there is some tattoo ink,
06:26 but I don't know if I'd really classify it as a tattoo.
06:28 I think my next tattoo,
06:29 I'm going to wait until I have kids
06:31 and then I'll get their names tattooed on me
06:33 or something like that.
06:34 That's the plan.
06:35 Does Olivia Rodrigo say "I love you" in "Deja Vu"?
06:38 I do say "I love you" in "Deja Vu."
06:40 If you listen very closely, I go,
06:41 ♪ Love you in between the chorus and the verse ♪
06:44 and then I go,
06:44 ♪ I love you because it's between the chorus and the verse ♪
06:46 but you have to turn it up really loud to hear it.
06:49 Little secret from me to you.
06:50 Okay, Olivia Rodrigo album cover.
06:55 Yeah, I mean, I have two albums.
06:57 They both have purple album covers.
06:59 This latest one has some rings that say guts on them
07:04 'cause I love four letter words,
07:05 all types of four letter words
07:06 and hope you like it, yeah.
07:12 Olivia Rodrigo, college.
07:14 I took a poetry class 'cause that was really fun
07:16 and we actually turned one of the songs
07:18 that I wrote in the poetry class,
07:19 the poem's called "Lacy,"
07:20 we turned it into a song on the album called "Lacy,"
07:23 so it was quite fruitful.
07:25 Olivia Rodrigo, Jack White.
07:27 He's great, he's one of my heroes, so go Jack White.
07:31 I think the white stripes are so perfectly simple
07:35 and so grungy and imperfect
07:37 in the most beautiful, intentional way
07:39 and he just writes the catchiest riffs and hooks
07:42 and I don't know how he does it,
07:44 it's otherworldly.
07:45 Olivia Rodrigo, quotes from songs.
07:48 I don't know, there's kind of a lot to choose from.
07:50 I see brutal lyrics a lot.
07:53 People tell me that it's brutal out here a lot.
07:56 Good for you.
07:57 Every time I meet a new person,
07:58 they're like, "Oh, good for you,"
07:59 and I'm like, "Yeah, that's me."
08:01 So maybe that.
08:04 Okay, Olivia Rodrigo's zodiac sign.
08:07 I'm a Pisces through and through baby.
08:09 Pisces are super emotional, super musical.
08:14 They like water usually and I love water.
08:17 If I'm ever stressed out,
08:18 I'll jump in a pool or the ocean
08:20 or even going in the shower and I'm just reborn.
08:23 I don't know.
08:24 Cool.
08:25 Okay, what is Olivia Rodrigo's new album called?
08:30 My album is called "Guts."
08:32 I came up with the name many years ago.
08:34 I wrote a song that is not very good
08:37 and will never see the light of day called "Hate Your Guts."
08:39 And I always thought that was a really interesting phrase.
08:43 And I also love that guts can mean bravery.
08:46 Trusting your gut means intuition.
08:48 Spilling your guts is telling everyone
08:50 your dirty little secrets.
08:51 So a very loaded word and I like it.
08:54 What is Olivia Rodrigo's nickname?
08:57 Lots of people call me Liv.
08:59 Some people call me Livy.
09:01 My mom calls me Livy Lou Bell.
09:03 My grandpa calls me Oli.
09:05 You know, not terribly unusual.
09:07 What's Olivia Rodrigo's aesthetic?
09:10 God, you know, some days I really don't know.
09:13 I really love '90s sort of grungy things.
09:18 PJ Harvey style.
09:20 I love Alexa Chung style.
09:21 TBD on that one.
09:22 I feel like I'm ever changing, ever evolving.
09:25 What is Olivia Rodrigo's daily routine?
09:29 Lately I've been waking up every day
09:30 and I've been making a matcha and eating two Brazil nuts
09:34 'cause I saw some TikTok that said
09:35 that it's good for your hormones or something,
09:38 which is probably like a complete lie.
09:40 But I try to write every day.
09:43 Every day is different.
09:44 So I always start the day off with my matcha
09:46 and my two Brazil nuts.
09:48 What shampoo does Olivia Rodrigo use?
09:53 It's called Good Hair Day.
09:55 Someone gave it to me once and I just went with it.
09:59 Rolling with it.
10:00 Those are all the boards.
10:03 So glad I could clear the air on what type of shampoo I use.
10:06 I know you guys were dying to know.
10:08 Burning question.
10:10 Now I feel like I need to go learn how to draw.
10:12 Thank you so much for watching.
10:15 (rock music)