Olivia Rodrigo Releases ‘Vampire,’ Her First Song Of Her New Album

Olivia Rodrigo
MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, New York, USA - 12 Sep 2021 — Image Credit: Courtesy of Geffen Records

Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, and Gary Oldman higher be careful (although Robert Pattinson can loosen up.) Olivia Rodrigo returned to music with “vampire,” the primary single off her upcoming Guts, the follow-up to her commercially profitable, award-winning debut. The track doesn’t maintain again.

In the sultry video, the songstress lounged at nighttime on a mattress of grass, clutching a mic and sporting an ethereal white mini costume. “Blood sucker, soul f***** / bleeding me dry like a goddamn vampire” she croons as she realizes with dismay that she’s really on a stage, which ultimately bursts into flames as a horrified viewers watches. Olivia additionally hosted a livestream occasion forward of the track and music video’s midnight launch on June 30, taking pictures with followers whereas sporting a shocking black slipdress with off the shoulder straps.

Olivia introduced her new music on Jun. 13. “My new song ‘vampire’ is out June 30th!” she wrote, whereas sharing the one artwork. Fans who additionally referred to as the Heartbreak Hotline at 323-622-SOUR heard a preview of the track, with Teen Vogue calling it a “slower, piano-centric ballad” like her breakthrough hit, “Drivers License.”

“Marking the first new music from the record-breaking young artist since the May 2021 release of Sour, ‘vampire’ is the sound of an artist firmly in control, imbued with a sense of maturity and a bold confidence,” Geffen Records stated in a press launch. The track was written with producer Daniel Nigro, the previous guitarist for indie rock band As Tall As Lions who additionally labored on Olivia’s Sour. Nigro additionally labored on Olivia’s upcoming sophomore album, Guts.

“I absolutely love working with Dan,” she instructed Billboard in February 2022. We have such a very good groove collectively. We are all the time sharing concepts forwards and backwards and have been carving out time to work collectively within the studio. The craziness of ‘Sour’ being out on this planet was one thing that basically solely Dan and I might relate to, and I believe that has introduced us nearer collectively. I belief him a lot and actually benefit from the music we’ve been making.”

“For me, this album is about growing pains and trying to figure out who I am at this point in my life,” Olivia stated in a press launch for Guts. “I feel like I grew 10 years between the ages of 18 and 20—it was such an intense period of awkwardness and change. I think that’s all just a natural part of growth, and hopefully, the album reflects that.”

The new single might present that regardless of the expansion, she’s nonetheless a Twilight fan. “My favorite album is the Twilight soundtrack and nobody can change my mind,” she tweeted in March 2020. Two years, later, a fan reposted certainly one of Olivia’s Instagram Stories, apparently taken whereas the singer was on tour. “Obsessed with the fact that Olivia Rodrigo wears Edward Cullen in-ear monitors on tour,” said the fan. After Olivia shared the art work for the one – a black-and-white picture of her profile, with two purple bandages on her neck – her buddy, Conan Gray, posted a scene from Twilight to advertise the track. Taylor Lautner, one of many stars of the vampire-werewolf franchise, commented on Olivia’s picture, asking, “K WHO TF BIT YOU.” The official Twilight IG account additionally commented, “Been waiting for this day! Dreams really do come true.”