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02.12.2023 / 23:19
Olivia Rodrigo Shares Her Advice On How She Fought ‘The Dread’ Of Pleasing Everyone While Writing Her Music
Olivia Rodrigo was honored with Variety‘s Storyteller of the Year Award at this year’s Hitmakers brunch by her friend and Grammy winner, St. Vincent, who described Rodrigo as a “precious baby angel muffin, but if a precious baby angel muffin were also tough as nails and cool as hell.” Upon taking the stage, Rodrigo spoke about her approach to songwriting and the challenges she faced making her sophomore album “Guts.” She also brought up her song, “Can’t Catch Me Now,” which she wrote for the box office blockbuster “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” “Telling stories through songwriting has been my favorite thing to do for as long as I can remember.