The latest addition to this record comes from Olivia Rodrigo’s second album, “Guts,” which got here out in September 2023. Many consider the tune is concerning the rumored drama that occurred with Rodrigo’s first album, “Sour.”
In Jult 2021, Rodrigo retroactively added Swift to the credit of her tune “Deja Vu” retroactively after some identified similarities to Swift’s monitor, “Cruel Summer.” Until then, Rodrigo and Swift had appeared to take to each other, with the previous posting photographs they took collectively, calling herself the “biggest Swiftie,” and sharing a handwritten observe Swift had despatched her. This is why the credit battle could have hit Rodrigo exhausting, and resulted within the damage emotions which might be captured in “The Grudge” (whether it is, the truth is, about Swift).
The tune opens with “I have nightmares each week ’bout that Friday in May,” and “SOUR” was launched on Friday the twenty first of May. Additionally, Rodrigo sings of “flowers filled with vitriol” and about how somebody “built me up to watch me fall,” which can reference Swift’s obvious assist for Rodrigo that was later retracted. In the bridge, Rodrigo sings, “You have everything, and you still want more,” which might definitely apply to Swift.
Neither celebration has referenced a feud, with Rodrigo telling The Guardian that she was “surprised” that her followers had linked her different tune “vampire” to Swift. She additionally advised Rolling Stone in a September interview, “I don’t have beef with anyone. I’m very chill. I keep to myself. I have my four friends and my mom, and that’s really the only people I talk to, ever. There’s nothing to say. There’s so many Twitter conspiracy theories. I only look at alien-conspiracy theories.” Additionally, on the VMAs, Swift was filmed applauding Rodrigo’s “Vampire” efficiency.
But whereas it is clear Rodrigo and Swift aren’t beefing, there’s nonetheless an opportunity “The Grudge” is about Swift. Rodrigo admitted to Rolling Stone that the tune credit controversy involving Swift was difficult for her. “At the time, it was very confusing, and I was green and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed,” she stated. “It’s not something that I was super involved in. It was more team-on-team. So, I wouldn’t be the best person to ask.”
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