Olivia Rodrigo - "drivers license"

[Choco]

Jan 15, 2021 18:28:09 GMT -5 g8erboi said:

Jan 15, 2021 18:18:48 GMT -5 Normi said:

Doesn't it goto adds until next week? This is insane! The last female ballad to go #1 on Pop was Adele's Hello in 2015 and I really hope it goes there, there have been too few female ballads on the pop charts!
Also #1 in New Zealand and will definitely get there in Germany next week since it didn't reach the Top 10 on Spotify until Monday and is comfortably #1 now!

"Lose You To Love Me"? Lol

True but cut him some slack, everyone forgot Selena did an album last year (including Selena a week after it dropped).

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

^ it also missed the #1 on Billboard, which could throw people off

[Normi]

wow

[fearlessarrow]

POP:
-- 36 OLIVIA RODRIGO drivers license 1148 0 1148 6.127

+459 Spins
+459 Bullet
+2.295 Audience

HOT AC:
-- 46 OLIVIA RODRIGO drivers license 119 0 119 1.513

+40 Spins
+40 Bullet
+0.513 Audience

[NeRD]

Radio playing catch up.

It'll probably start getting +1000 daily soon.

[m450n]

Jan 15, 2021 18:41:03 GMT -5 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 said:

^ it also missed the #1 on Billboard, which could throw people off

LYTLM hit #1

[Fears in the Fire]

Jan 16, 2021 12:57:27 GMT -5 m450n said:

Jan 15, 2021 18:41:03 GMT -5 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 said:

^ it also missed the #1 on Billboard, which could throw people off

LYTLM hit #1

Maybe they meant on Billboard Pop Songs as opposed to Mediabase?

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

Jan 16, 2021 13:23:10 GMT -5 Fears in the Fire said:

Jan 16, 2021 12:57:27 GMT -5 m450n said:

LYTLM hit #1

Maybe they meant on Billboard Pop Songs as opposed to Mediabase?

Yup, Pop Songs / Mainstream Top 40 airplay.

[jjose712]

I wasn't expecting this at all.

I heard about the song (i watch it on itunes and some comments Taylor Swift made) so i search for this girl and i thought, ok another Disney star trying a music career, but the song is good and interesting, so it was a very positive surpise

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

[Au$tin]

I finally gave this a listen. It's... good. Not great. Still very confused on how this is blowing up so quickly and connecting with so many. It sort of sounds like if Rachel Platten desperately tried to recreate something in the vein of "i love you" by Billie Eilish or "Writer in the Dark" by Lorde. Like you can hear the strong attempt to get there, but it definitely misses and still winds up in soccer mom "Fight Song" territory. But compared to other similar songs ("Fight Song," "7 Years," "Memories," "Before You Go," etc.) it's better and actually enjoyable.

Really if this is going to be compared to anything, the best comparison is "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton. (Not as good or as catchy, but very much in the same lane.)

[kimberly]

I finally caved in and watched like the first three episodes of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and I can see why people would be so drawn to her. She has lesbian moms on the show, too, which caught me by surprise! c'mon Disney!! we love to see it. I'm not obsessed with the song yet but it's growing on me more.

[fearlessarrow]

POP:
-- 31 OLIVIA RODRIGO drivers license 1637 0 1637 8.664

+489 Spins
+489 Bullet
+2.537 Audience

HOT AC:
-- 42 OLIVIA RODRIGO drivers license 174 0 174 2.219

+55 Spins
+55 Bullet
+0.706 Audience

[leonagwen]

I knew we weren't perfect but I've never felt this way for no one.

[Choco]

I still cringe at the mention of Rachel Platten.

[It's me, bitch.]

Beautiful bridge.

[leonagwen]

Debuts at #1 on the UK chart.

[Mike]

#1 in Australia as well!

[leonagwen]

#1 on Apple Music in 47 countries and #1 on Spotify in 30 countries.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

I think it's underrated how for a minimalist piano ballad, drivers license is surprisingly catchy

[Glove Slap]

I like this song. Tremendous bridge.

Jan 12, 2021 0:34:43 GMT -5 fearlessarrow said:

the songwriting here reminds me more of earlier Taylor Swift

I definitely hear Taylor in this. This song is on a line between her and Lana (& by extension her other children like Lorde & Billie).

Could this girl have the success some predicted for Halsey's last album after Eastside and WM hit big?

[fearlessarrow]

POP:
-- 30 OLIVIA RODRIGO drivers license 2199 0 2199 11.356

+562 Spins
+562 Bullet
+2.692 Audience

HOT AC:
-- 37 OLIVIA RODRIGO drivers license 212 0 212 2.669

+38 Spins
+38 Bullet
+0.450 Audience

[jab820]

I am usually in the Country forum but this song captured my attention through Tik Tok. Early last week I began seeing tons of videos of groups of friends singing this song together (and they sound horrible, by the way -- that's the schtick) which led me to go check out the song. I wonder how many people are in the same boat as me: a song is already so big that it draws attention on Tik Tok which then leads even more people to it - doubling/tripling it in size, exponentially...

[jodakyellow]

Jan 17, 2021 10:32:09 GMT -5 Choco said:

I still cringe at the mention of Rachel Platten.

Rude.

[Henry Suárez]

Jan 17, 2021 10:32:09 GMT -5 Choco said:

I still cringe at the mention of Rachel Platten.

Ehh I liked her 2 hit singles but she reminds me of the day Trump defeated Hillary Clinton when the campaign boss said she was not going to speak that night, Fight Song was playing after that mess, lol.

[Amnesiac]

What a well-written song and a great vocal performance. Very happy to see a song like this more or less come out of nowhere (Disney connections aside) and smash this big so fast.

[MissAmericana]

I love this song and I really hope Olivia can be the next "it-girl".

That being said, I 100% believe she's going to win Best New Artist at the Grammy's and be struck by the curse.

[fearlessarrow]

POP:
93 27 OLIVIA RODRIGO drivers license 2725 41 2684 13.702

+526 Spins
+485 Bullet
+2.346 Audience

HOT AC:
104 36 OLIVIA RODRIGO drivers license 261 5 256 3.226

+49 Spins
+49 Bullet
+0.557 Audience

[pancakes]

Got around to this, but it would work better if the bridge was actually the chorus, repeated with slight modifications. I would also do without the outro.

[Wave.]