Olivia Rodrigois over being heartbroken.
Then cameher next single, “Deja Vu,“a more upbeat song about a tough breakup.
Then came thepop-punk banger “Good 4 U,“about… well, a tough breakup.
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Below, EW rounds up all the main takeaways fromDriving Home 2 U(now streaming on Disney+).
She wants her next record to not be “so sad.”
But she’s still talking about this breakup…
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Speaking of that emotional devastation, Rodrigo has never mentioned her ex by name.
“This relationship was definitely the heartbreak that kept on giving,” she says.
It felt like my world was ending almost every day.
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“But I had this gut feeling to keep it up,” she says.
“And that feeling served me well because that song changed everything for me.”
It’s the reason she met music producer Dan Nigro; he found the song online and loved it.
They connected and ended up producing the entire album together.
Basically,Sournever would have happened without “Happier.”
She explains that her pessimistic way of thinking stems from her past as a child star.
Her label, however, wasn’t sure about her making an album.
“But I was dead set, determined,” she says.
But did you know one of her most pivotal songwriting habits actually comes from… country music?
It’s how she approaches writing all her songs now.
