Olivia Rodrigo is on cloud nine with her new single, “Drop Dead” | Watch the music video here
Olivia Rodrigo resumes music with her new single, “Drop Dead”, a release that also announces her forthcoming album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.
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It isn’t as morbid as it sounds and, in fact, it’s got the internet talking for a reason. Relaying a feeling of overwhelming emotion, Rodrigo’s delivery and cadence accentuate this notion, that if she were kissed by her crush she “might drop dead”. It captures life inside an ephemeral moment, both stomach-knotting and aspirational, as the vocalist comes to grips with an indescribable love.
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Its score, produced by regular creative partner Dan Nigro (SOUR & GUTS), is as uplifting as its lyrics. Teeming with string arrangements and a sense of sonic limerence, Nigro composes a weighty semblance of a feeling we have all experienced, regardless of age. Bursting with a family of instrumental wonder, it is the soft snares that carry listeners forward, and when coupled with Olivia Rodrigo’s music video, that sentiment gains further depth and texture.
Fans of the singer believe the track is a reference to her current partner, British actor Louis Partridge, whom she met through mutual friends, pointing to possible references within the track itself, including: “I barely know you but I’m already in deep”. In an interview with British Vogue, she made clear that the song is about “premonitions in her relationship” and that it is “part feminine intuition, part manifestation”, though she notes that the person it is about “is great.”
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You can stream the new single and her upcoming new album on all major platforms now.
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