NEAR TRUTHS: REALIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION
Underscoring the year's biggest stories (11/19a)
NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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WHAT IT IS: Setting records and hitting major milestones with her debut single, “drivers license,” 17-year-old singer/songwriter/actress Olivia Rodrigo delivers a modern epic and exhibits a brilliant balance of unfiltered outpouring and graceful specificity. The piano-driven alt-pop track, riddled with radiant harmonies and kinetic percussion, earned the second-most debut-week streams in the streaming era, along with shattering various other records. Rodrigo’s emotionally potent debut is just the beginning for the rising star.
ALBUM: TBD
SINGLE: “drivers license”
TV: Fallon on 2/4
INTERNET: 27.3m+ monthly Spotify listeners, #75 worldwide, #1 on Spotify’s Global Top 50 and U.S. Top 50; Apple Music Global Top 100 & U.S. Top 100, iTunes All Genres; broke the all-time single day streaming record on the global Spotify chart (non-holiday); set the record for the most streams ever in a week for debut song globally on Amazon Music; broke the record for most-requested song ever in one day on Amazon Alexa globally; 60m+ YouTube video views on single, surpassed 1m subscribers
RADIO: Impacted Top 40 on 2/19, approaching Top 15; #1 Top 40 spin gainer, #1 Top 40 audience gainer, #1 Most Added two weeks in a row at presstime
PRESS: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Variety, more
BOOKING: Dave Tamaroff/WME
MANAGEMENT: Kristen Smith/Campfar