Olivia Rodrigo hits back at accusations of \u2018copying\u2019 other artists\u2019 work Instagram: oliviarodrigoPop singer Olivia Rodrigo has responded to the backlash she\u2019s received over the similarity of some of her songs with tracks by Taylor Swift and Paramore, saying she thinks it\u2019s \u201cdisappointing\u201d and that critics are \u2018discrediting\u2019 her work. Olivia Rodrigo first became a big deal when she released her single \u2018Drivers License\u2019 back in January 2021, which was met with a hugely positive reception, especially on TikTok, thanks to the powerful lyrics and heart-wrenching instrumental. The hit quickly climbed the charts and smashed streaming records. Rodrigo has enjoyed continued success since. In May 2021, she released her debut album \u2018Sour\u2019 which features other smash hits like \u2018good 4 u\u2019 and \u2018brutal.\u2019 However, despite its popularity, the album has come under fire after some fans claimed that various tracks had strong similarities to hits by Paramore and Taylor Swift. This ultimately led to Olivia giving them songwriting credits. In an interview with Teen Vogue, the 18-year-old responded to the immense amount of backlash she\u2019s received over the situation. \u201cIt\u2019s tricky,\u201d she said. \u201cWriting songs about how I feel has always been easy and fun for me, and I think the business side of music has been something I\u2019ve had a harder time learning. \u201cI\u2019ve been sort of growing through that this year, but I\u2019ve just been trying to remember that I write songs because I love them. I feel lucky I get to do that and be a songwriter and a performer for a living. \u2026. At the end of the day, I feel it doesn\u2019t have too much to do with me.\u201d She went on to add: \u201cI think it\u2019s disappointing to see people take things out of context and discredit any young woman\u2019s work. But at the end of the day I\u2019m just really proud and happy to say that my job is being a songwriter \u2026 All music is inspired by each other.\u201d Rodrigo argued that the beauty of music is that it can be inspired by music that has come before, saying \u201cnothing in music is ever new,\u201d and the \u201cfun part\u201d is trying to make it her own. Despite the controversy, Rodrigo\u2019s popularity is showing no signs of slowing down, gaining more fans by the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Olivia Rodrigo hits back at accusations of \u2018copying\u2019 other artists\u2019 work Instagram: oliviarodrigoPop singer Olivia Rodrigo has responded to the backlash she\u2019s received over the similarity of some of her songs with tracks by Taylor Swift and Paramore, saying she thinks it\u2019s \u201cdisappointing\u201d and that critics are \u2018discrediting\u2019 her work. Olivia Rodrigo first became a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}