Olivia Rodrigo Responds to Billie Eilish's 'Happier Than Ever' Track About Her

Billie Eilish has recalled going through a “dark episode” before writing ‘What Was I Made For?’, her song for the Barbie soundtrack.The song was released back in July as part of the highly anticipated film’s official soundtrack, and has been nominated for Best Original Song at the 2024 Oscars alongside Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo and more.Last night (January 4), the song won the Chairman’s Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival, and Eilish spoke of the difficulties she had before writing the song during her acceptance speech.“I would really like to say that this award and any recognition that this song gets, I just want to dedicate to anyone who experiences hopelessness, the feeling of existential dread and feeling like, what’s the point, why am I here and why am I doing this?” Eilish said.“I think we all feel like that occasionally, but I think if somebody like me, with the amount of privilege that I have and the incredible things that I get to do and be and how I have really not wanted to be here … sorry to be dark, damn, but I’ve spent a lot of time feeling that way.”She added: “I just want to say to anyone that feels that way, be patient with yourself and know that it is, I think, worth it all.Eilish went on to discuss how she “was in a dark episode and things didn’t make sense in life” when she was asked to write a song for Barbie. “I just didn’t understand what the point was and why you would keep going.

Olivia Rodrigo is opening up about Lorde‘s enormous impact on her!

Olivia Rodrigo has revealed that listening to Lorde‘s ‘Royals’ changed “the trajectory” of her life.Speaking to Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Jon Batiste, Cynthia Erivo and Julia Michaels’ Songwriter Roundtable interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Rodrigo spoke of the first time she had heard the Lorde song on the radio and went on to explain how it had impacted her so deeply.“I remember hearing that song on the radio at the time… It was one of those ‘pinch me’ moments where you always remember, a snapshot memory, like, ‘Oh my God, what is this?!’ Changes the trajectory of your life,” Rodrigo called to her fellow musicians.“I remember listening to it as I first started writing songs and just being blown away by her lyrics that are just about being a teenager living in the suburbs,” Rodrigo went on to explain. “I just remember never hearing my life be put into a song like that where it just made being young and doing these seemingly unimportant things feel so sacred.”Most recently, the singer-songwriter discussed the inspiration behind some of the “emo” lyrics in her recent songs ‘Lacy’ and ‘All-American Bitch’.Speaking on the Kelly Clarkson Show, Rodrigo gave insight into how she conceived the lyrics for the outro of ‘Lacy’ – “And I despise my jealous eyes and how hard they fell for you / Yeah, I despise my rotten mind and how much it worships you.”“Very emo of me, writing that,” Rodrigo told Clarkson, laughing.

Olivia Rodrigo has discussed the inspiration behind some of the “emo” lyrics in her recent songs ‘Lacy’ and ‘All-American Bitch’.Both tracks appear on the singer’s recent second album ‘Guts‘, which was released in September.Speaking on the Kelly Clarkson Show, Rodrigo gave insight into how she conceived the lyrics for the outro of ‘Lacy’ – “And I despise my jealous eyes and how hard they fell for you / Yeah, I despise my rotten mind and how much it worships you.”“Very emo of me, writing that,” Rodrigo told Clarkson, laughing. “I took a poetry class at USC,” she continued.

Chloe Madeley looked happier than ever as she spent her Christmas getting dressed up and dining at the Ritz with her ex James Haskell and their one year old daughter Bohdi. Despite calling time on their relationship in September, the personal trainer, 36, decided to put on a brave face and chose to still spend Christmas with James as a family.

The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominees for the 2024 SCL Awards, including songwriters Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Lenny Kravitz, Diane Warren, and Jon Batiste, all who earned spots on the Academy Awards shortlist for Best Original Song.

Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo and more have received mentions on the shortlist for the 2024 Academy Awards. Yesterday (December 21), the Academy announced its shortlists in 10 categories, including Best Original Song and Best Original Score.

While the Oscar original song shortlist is typically good about spreading the wealth around, three movies dominated close to half the spaces with Barbie cleared to be nominated for three songs, The Color Purple two and Apple Original Film’s Flora and Son two. Of the 15 spots, Warner Bros owns five of ’em between Barbie and Color Purple.

You can’t escape her. You can only hope to contain her.

Madison Beer has said her song ‘King Of Everything’ is about her relationship with men who have “abused their power”.The pop singer spoke to NME about her album ‘Silence Between Songs‘, which was released in September this year. In particular, she gave the backstory to ‘King Of Everything’, which includes lyrics such as “Look what you’ve done / Taken advantage of people so young / Ridin’ the high road on everyone’s lows”.“There’s a few topics, honestly, within that song,” she said.

Ryan Gosling is working on something in the recording studio.

Olivia Rodrigo has a new boyfriend. The singer was spotted kissing actor Louis Partridge, with the two first linked together in October. The two were photographed in an outing in New York, which showed them fueling their car and taking some adorable photos.

It’s official, Perezcious readers. Olivia Rodrigo has a new man in her life!

Olivia Rodrigo and Louis Partridge are making it very clear that they are an item.

Olivia Rodrigo has spoken about “outgrowing” some of her earlier songs as well as being the inspiration behind Billie Eilish‘s ‘Goldwing’.The ‘Get Him Back’ singer spoke about how some of the songs from her Grammy award-winning debut LP ‘Sour’ no longer resonate with her in a new interview with the Los Angeles Times.“Some of them I don’t really love so much anymore,” she said, speaking about her older tracks. Rodrigo didn’t name which songs, saying: “Oh, I don’t want to tell you that. People get so sad because it’ll be their favourite song.

Olivia Rodrigo is the latest artist to find herself in the Tiny Desk Concert studio, bringing songs from her Grammy-nominated Guts to the NPR audience. "I was saying earlier, I've never been starstruck by a room before," she says at one point as she references the many artists who have gone before her.

There’s nothing more embarassing than getting caught “stalking” your ex on social media. Just ask Olivia Rodrigo! She knows from experience!

Olivia Rodrigo when checking her ex-boyfriend’s Instagram. During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the three-time Grammy-winning singer and songwriter revealed her experience and what she did after.

Olivia Rodrigo when she made an appearance on New Girl.The ‘Vampire’ singer-songwriter appeared in season six of the hit Fox sitcom in 2017, in an episode titled ‘Young Adult’. She played a student at Jessica Day’s (Zooey Deschanel) school called Terrinea, who’s a fan of roommate Nick Miller’s YA book The Pepperwood Chronicles.Johnson recalled the now-pop megastar’s appearance on the show in an interview with Rolling Stone.

In a recent Variety cover feature, Billie Eilish spoke about her complicated feelings about women, saying she often felt that women didn't like her. "I have deep connections with women in my life, the friends in my life, the family in my life," she said in the magazine's "Hitmakers" issue.