Olivia Rodrigo is clearing up some perceived unhealthy blood between herself and Taylor Swift — however solely kinda placing out a fireplace right here … not almost as a lot as one would hope.
The younger singer did a wide-ranging interview with The Guardian — the place she addressed a number of stuff, however maybe most significantly … the would-be beef some have speculated exists with TS. In a considerably wishy-washy reply — she seems to say, that is not the case.
When requested if her single, “vampire,” was aimed toward Taylor, she says … “I mean, I never want to say who any of my songs are about. I’ve never done that before in my career and probably won’t. I think it’s better to not pigeonhole a song to being about this one thing.”
Olivia provides, “I was very surprised when people thought that.” So … sorta a denial?
The explanation some jumped to that conclusion is ‘trigger the monitor’s lyrics go after any individual Olivia labels as a “blood sucker” — however during which approach, precisely, was up for interpretation.
The refrain goes … “‘Cause I’ve made some real big mistakes / But you make the worst one look fine / I should’ve known it was strange / You only come out at night / I used to think I was smart / But you made me look so naive / The way you sold me for parts / As you sunk your teeth into me, oh / Bloodsucker, famef***er/ Bleedin’ me dry, like a goddamn vampire.”
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Many took these traces to be referencing the plagiarism scandal Olivia discovered herself in after her first album, ‘Bitter,’ received launched. As you recognize, she ended up having to pay each Taylor and Paramore royalties after they flagged similarities in a few her songs to her workforce.
Because it seems … the quantity she needed to shell out for these two songs amounted to 50%, based on The Guardian. Many felt Olivia was finished soiled in that entire saga, and those self same folks believed she was expressing her frustration to TayTay in that new single.
Like we stated, it actually looks like Olivia is distancing herself from that characterization — however the reality she would not firmly stamp it out in clear phrases is … attention-grabbing, to say the least.
Olivia mirrored on that chapter, saying … “I was so green as to how the music industry worked, the litigious side … I feel like now I know so much more about the industry and I just feel … better equipped in that regard. It wasn’t something I thought about too much.”
Even right here, there is a tone of resentment over the very fact she was gouged by well-established artists, approach greater than her on the time. If she is mad at them, she’s masking it nicely.
