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Post by ๐ฒ๐ฝ'๐ผ.๐ฐ๐ฟ on Jan 7, 2023 21:59:13 GMT -5
she got her drivers license two years ago, and went on to ride her way to being one of the most successful artists of 2021...
Released last January 8, 2021, as her debut single (she had prior music before Drivers License, notably from her High School Musical: The Musical: The Series) through the Geffen and Interscope Records. It was also the lead single for her debut album "SOUR" which was released 4 months later after the release of this song.
A power ballad that mixes the styles of bedroom pop, alt-pop, and power pop, it managed to break a string of records, notably being the record of the most streams on Spotify for a non-Holiday song which happened just four days after the song's release and the biggest first-week for a song in both Spotify and Amazon Music. "drivers license" also won the Best Pop Solo Performance at the 2022 Grammy Awards, while also being nominated for both Record and Song of the Year. "drivers license" reached the top spot in the US Billboard Hot 100 (for eight consecutive weeks and being the youngest artist to debut at the top spot, being only 17 by the time it first hit #1) and in 25 more countries as well.
The perfect song to kickstart to her musical success, and definitely my favorite song from her, although "good 4 u" became the more popular and successful song from her.
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Post by JukeboxJacob on Jan 7, 2023 22:13:48 GMT -5
I'll be bold and start w/my unpopular opinion: It's good but not great. Kinda sounds like something Lorde or Birdy would've dropped in 2014. This song's immediate success felt very artificial too. The bridge is beautiful tho I'll give it that
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I loved this upon first listen and still love it today. This was such an event when it came out. It came out of nowhere and then suddenly it was smashing like it was.
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Post by rnb on Jan 8, 2023 0:02:56 GMT -5
2 years ago??? it feels like it was yesterday when this smashed out of nowhere and was a viral hit
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Post by Joe1240 on Jan 8, 2023 3:03:32 GMT -5
This is a great song with such a nice melody and chorus. Can't believe it's been 2 years already since it has been released. Still love the song today and still gets regular rotation on my Spotify playlists.
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Post by HamedM1 ๐ on Jan 11, 2023 18:14:14 GMT -5
Bridge ATE, still not strong on the rest of the song at all but I do like it more nowadays.
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Post by Fire on Jan 12, 2023 13:06:07 GMT -5
love it, it's only gotten better with time for me tbh
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Post by kcdawg13 on Jan 12, 2023 13:30:06 GMT -5
I really liked this when it came out, more than I did with most ballads. However I haven't really revisited it since the album came out, and at the same time the other singles are much stronger (especially "deja vu"). Still a fine enough song.
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Post by RoseColoredGirl on Jan 16, 2023 15:04:07 GMT -5
I absolutely love this, one of my faves of 2021.
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