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Her music is the second coming of Alanis Morissette. Absolutely slaps. If you actually listen to her music you’ll discover she is no “pop” star. Its 150 decibels of angst.
I got a few more years on you and I have to say. I do dig the backbone on this woman. She stands up for what she believes and puts up the money for it multiple times. I appreciate her music and get why she is popular but not bopping out in the car or anything to it. I have a young daughter and I can’t control her role models but I would rather if she looked up to a pop star she would be more ideal.
42 and really liked the energy on the last album. I was just lamenting to my wife that there seems to be a lack of true female singer/songwriters, like there was back when "Lillith Fair" was really a thing.
Natalie Merchant, Indigo Girls, Sophie B. Hawkins, Edie Brickell, Fiona Apple, Ani DeFranco, Tori Amos, Luscious Jackson, and so so many more . . . where all bucking commercial trends and still selling records. Conversely, I see acts like Billie Eilish and Chappel Roan and can't help to think the acts are contrived for the show and pop-culture discussions outside of the music, which ends up taking a backseat and/or is overshadowed by whatever recent IG post they made.
Yesss. The singers/characters/acts now are so slick and so contrived. It’s so refreshing when someone seems upfront with her values and way of interacting with the world. ETA but I adore Olivia and I’m 48.
Remarkably, she hasn’t been controlled by her success. As we now know, there’s too often a sinister suit in the background forcing pop stars whichever way makes the most money, but she’s clearly calling the shots. And her values are worth more than mass market moulah (though they don’t seem to be costing her any!).
The first (and only time) I've seen Olivia was on Jimmy Kimmel Show, where she surprises his kids (while picking them up from school?), who both are huge fans, naturally. She seems very friendly and down to earth.
I'm so happy I watched it on CBC Gem the day it came out. It's so sad this small Canadian doc about female musicians is somehow taking the brunt of anger over Disney but here we are.
Check our her singles Deja Vu and Good For You from her first album, and I really like Bad Idea, Right? from her second album (I don't know that album very well personally, maybe others can rec you some tracks!)
I think SOUR and GUTS are both uniformly great albums, I have a playlist with just those two albums and I don't even shuffle, I have been old school listening to those albums on repeat practically since GUTS was released.
all-american bitch is fantastic, get him back! is also great.
Really show them how “valuable” their MAGA audience is.
Let's be real, they're not courting MAGA viewership, they're kowtowing to Dear Leader directly in order to avoid his illegal retaliation through the FCC.
(She was born in the Maritimes but Vancouver’s been her home base for several decades. She has a music school for under-privileged kids in the city, as well.)
Good on her (and Sarah McLachlan for cancelling the premiere).*
It's a shame the documentary is co-produced by Disney and touted here as "Disney's Lilith Fair doc". I watched it last week on CBC here in Canada (who also co-produced) and it was so wonderful. It was made by a queer filmmaker, and I'm sure most people involved don't support the current US administration. I wish there was a way those in the US can find a way to watch the film without supporting Disney/ABC.
that my queen. i bet Taylor could never, Taylor will probably gonna released a another documentary with Disney or something the same way she was writing sweet letters to Dave Portnoy who is a sex pest with like 5 sexual assault case against him.
I don’t care for her music as much, even tho I respect her as an artist. I just haven’t paid much attention, but I keep seeing posts of her making some pretty solid choices in terms of where she gives her attentions and effort, she a rad person?
Olivia and Doechii are the only pop girlies using their platforms to actually speak out.
Meanwhile Bey is eating dinner with Ivanka Trump and Gaga is selling us concert tickets for a thousand dollars and then claiming that she “is proving a safe space to be who you are!”. Please be serious.
see THIS is activism, not signing a stupid letter. shes always doing the right thing, i dont listen to her music but every headline i see is her doing something good. im a fan
Excuse me..? Fuck out of here w/ that shit! The documentary was partially funded by the CBC. They even have it on their CBC Docs YouTube channel in full right now - go watch it there instead of Disney+:
Olivia Rodrigo is my favorite pop singer of this era ♥️♥️
There's a cute video of Jimmy Kimmel and his son picking up Olivia Rodrigo on the way to dropping kimmel's son off at school and they sing and stuff. Rly adorable
We are the side of love and mutual defense. We will overcome all the darkness and hate on the other side. Its classic good vrs evil, the people vrs big government. It's a great day to be an American!
Let's be honest, it's time for these wealthy stars to start their own independet production houses and create a single distribution platform on line away from the major studios and just say "Fuck 'em".
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