Today it’s the Olivia Rodrigo’s 20th birthdayan artist predetermined to be the next big thing pop star. Actress, singer-songwriter, the young woman burst into music in a sensational way with her song Driver License, a story of heartbreak that has its origins in High School Musical: The Musical, The series in which she plays Nini Salazar-Roberts, a project in which she meets Joshua Bassett with whom she had a relationship until her forties. The song is about how devastated she was after turning the page in such a short time. Before this single, Olivia was already a promise thanks to her role as an actress in High School Musical: The Series. From Los 40 we wish this great artist the best possible birthday, then we leave you with her artistic journey.
Origins and beginnings as an actress
Nation in Temecula, California, although he grew up in Murrieta, a town near Riverside County. Later he decided to move to Angels continue his acting career. Her roots come from all over the world as she is of Filipino descent by her father and German and Irish by her mother. His passion for theater began at an early age and he was already participating in school shows. Her first project in show business was at the age of 12 in 2015 for an advertisement for Old Navy.
Her first starring role came with the Disney series ‘Bizaardvark‘, in 2019, when she played Paige Olvera for three seasons. However, her big step as an actress was thanks to ‘High School Musical: El musical: The series’. With this first role, he established himself as a young promise at just 17 years old.
first song
Besides being an actor, his other passion has always been music. It’s true that he already had a lot of support for his roles in the Disney series, no one thought of the support he would receive with his first single Driver’s license. It’s probably one of the best premieres in music history. For eight consecutive weeks, Driving license topped the music charts, becoming the first track of 2021 to surpass one billion global streams. Going quadruple platinum, Olivia was crowned the youngest solo artist to debut at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
sour scrapbook
With this single, which tours around the world, the artist publishes his first album Sour. This has established itself as one of Best Albums of 2021 by The New York Times. Also, the review TIME recognized her as “Artist of the Year”. Thus, he closed his glory with three rewards MTVVMAAnd WADA. She was also named Billboard’s 2022 Woman of the Year for “being one of the most authentic and exciting new artists”. Finally, he realized 7 nominations to rewards Grammy which includes Best New Artist and Song, Record and Album of the Year.
Musically, Sour is an album that offers a renewed pop punk sound. The album is a journey through the emotions of a teenager who discovers herself. The main theme is the love, heartbreak, jealousy, insecurities and disappointments that Olivia talks about which leads us to relive our own stories.
The influences of this album are very marked in the groups that played in the 90s and 2000s. Nirvana, Green Day or Blink 182 they are very present in the guitars and the drums of the project. It somewhat follows the musical line of Halsey, Yungblud or Machine Gun Kellywho try to renew this sound so characteristic of our childhood.
He grief is the main theme and the songs go through a process of denial, anger and acceptance. The simple but direct lyrics make us feel completely identified with them. The lyrics as well as the instrumentals and her wonderful voice make it hard not to get stuck listening to Sour. With this album, she stands out as one of the most projected women and is already one of the most important pop artists.
Coming
Currently, there is not much information about the artist’s future or his upcoming birthdays. Appeared in the past Grammysbut did not comment on the question of his music.
Instead, for her birthday, the young woman posted a photo on instagram recording songs in the studio, which means that very soon we will have more concrete news about new music.