Olivia Rodrigo Talks with David Remnick
Being called the voice of a generation might seem a little off to someone born after the millennium. But Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s songs clearly hit home for Gen Z. She turned twenty this year, and has already been one of the biggest stars since 2021, when \u201cDrivers License\u201d became the No. 1 song on the planet. She won three Grammy Awards that year, including Best New Artist. One of her first public performances was on \u201cSaturday Night Live.\u201d Rodrigo\u2019s second album, \u201cGuts,\u201d came out this month, and she remains proud to channel the frustrations of young people. \u201cMy favorite songs to sing are the really angry ones,\u201d she told David Remnick. \u201cEspecially on tour, I\u2019ll look out at the audience and sometimes see these very young girls, seven or eight, screaming these angry songs, so hyped and so enraged . . . . That\u2019s not something you see on the street, but it\u2019s just so cool that people get to express all those emotions through music.\u201d\xa0\nRodrigo talked with David Remnick about the lineage of singer-songwriters like Carole King, and dealing with social media as a young celebrity.\nShare your thoughts\xa0on\xa0The New Yorker\xa0Radio Hour\xa0podcast.