Olivia Rodrigo is having an identity crisis
Olivia started out with a vampy, pop punk thing going on.
on her recent album, a lot of her titles seem like they are titles of rock songs: the cure (like the band) … drop dead.. stupid song
but from what I’ve heard of drop dead and the cure, they're way more Phoebe bridgers, light singing head voice coquette style then rock at all.
however, then Olivia is going with these babydoll dresses which she insists is kinder whore and Courtney love inspired apparently , but it simply isnt kinder whore bevayse she isn’t wearing the dresses ironically or in a rebellious way at all, she’s just seemingly going with the coquette style.
so, to me it makes sense if Olivia is actually intentionally making a more traditionally feminine pivot to more gentler style and music, however then she needs to let go of the idea that she is bringing back kinder whore and is a rock artist bevause all she’s doing is following the coquette trend and making indie pop, which by the way us also completely fine but can we just be honest about it. As for her recent track titles, it feels like sour/ vampire Olivia wrote all the titles and 2025 Olivia wrote the actual lyrics and content of the songs 😂 so there is a bit of a mismatch in my opinion.
what are everyone’s thoughts? Maybe you can help me understand her recent aesthetic, sound and style pivot a bit better. please challenge this post if you want! I could be all wrong, just want to start a discussion