Olivia Rodrigo Has 'Grown Out' of CertainSourAlbum Tracks: 'Some of Them I Don't Really Love So Much Anymore'

Mar. 15, 2025

Olivia Rodrigo in Los Angeles in February 2023.Photo:Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images

Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images

Olivia Rodrigoisn’t feeling so sour anymore.

In a new interview withThe Los Angeles Times, the “Vampire” singer revealed she’s no longer a big fan of certain tracks off her 2021 debut albumSour.

“Some of them I don’t really love so much anymore,” Rodrigo, 20, told the outlet. “I just feel like I’ve grown out of some of them.”

Olivia Rodrigo in Las Vegas in April 2022.Brian Friedman/Variety/Penske Media via Getty

Brian Friedman/Variety/Penske Media via Getty

However, the Grammy winner opted not to name which songs from the chart-topping album she’s no longer fond of. “Oh, I don’t want to tell you that,” she said. “People get so sad because it’ll be their favorite song.”

One song Rodrigo still loves dearly is “Drivers License,” the lead single offSourand her first-ever No. 1 hit on theBillboardHot 100.

“I remember putting the song out, still super-heartbroken, and people would come up to me and say, ‘Wow, this takes me back to my first heartbreak,'” she explained. “Now, I listen to it and I totally get it. It actually does transport me back to when I thought I was never gonna love anyone else. I’m like,Awww— that’s so cute.”

The “Get Him Back” performer gave credit to her close-knit collaborator Dan Nigro for pushing her to branch out of her comfort zone to create her second albumGuts, released earlier this year.

“I sometimes think if it weren’t for him, I would have been writing sad piano ballads forever,” said Rodrigo.

For the singer-songwriter,Gutsmarks both artistic and literal growth. “That was an idea I was exploring a lot on this album — that the girl singing ‘Bad Idea Right?’ is totally different than the girl singing ‘Logical,'” she explained.

Olivia Rodrigo in Los Angeles in June 2023.Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for YouTube

Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for YouTube

Rodrigo continued, “This time, I wasn’t 17 years old, going through my first heartbreak, crying at the piano, and a song just flies out. I had to sharpen my songwriting skills and my singing skills. It felt like a different creative experience.”

The progression she’s made withGutshas paid off, as the album became her second to top theBillboard200 and spawned her third No. 1 on the Hot 100 with “Vampire.” Last month, she also earned six nominations for the upcoming 2024 Grammy Awards: record of the year, song of the year and best pop solo performance for “Vampire,” album of the year and best pop vocal album forGutsand best rock song for “Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl.”

source: people.com