Olivia taking inspiration from legends of multiple genres (Kendrick, Robert Smith, David Byrne, Stevie Nicks) puts her leagues ahead of the majority of gen Z pop artists in terms of album craft and versatility
I keep telling people, Olivia Rodrigo has a future as a Queen of Pop successor. She isn't stagnant in the music she takes inspiration from, and the raw emotion and vulnerability she injects in her songs resonates really fucking hard with a lot of people, not just young women.
I haven’t followed Olivia’s music much, but getting David Byrne’s stamp of approval as one of the best fucking songwriters today?? Holy shit I gotta tune in
I feel like it’s less about wanting to credit them and more so to gain street cred from all the music snobs.
While Kendrick is the exception here, she’s being trying to build herself a indie rockstar brand image so she regularly name drops old legends to try and associate herself to them.
Or... she's just a young artist who takes inspiration from prominent artists and isn't afraid to mention it. The podcast just decided to highlight this particular quote because it was interesting.
Please enlighten me. She had to pay taylor swift too for using similar music to her or smth and now she is trying to piggyback off of kendrick. I know most you guys wouldnt care buf i think its pretty reasonable to call her out for this
It's actually super clear from the quote in the post alone... she wanted to have a catchy and memorable one-liner (a mantra) a central message in the song. Nothing says it's supposed to sound like a rap song or emulate Humble in anyway beyond that lyrical theme.
What i think is she copied the cadence of the song which ahe has done in past with other singers too so to not get backlash she is saying this. Cause mo way is that song aimilar to any song of kendrick in any way
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u/Hefty_Comment_428 1d ago
I listened to this song the other day and thought it reminded me of DNA, I love expectations