Olivia Rodrigo has spoken in regards to the “strain to please everybody” with ‘Guts’.

The musician not too long ago appeared at Selection‘s Hitmakers occasion, the place she was honoured with the Storyteller of the 12 months Award. In her acceptance speech, Rodrigo spoke about writing her new tune ‘Can’t Catch Me Now’, which she wrote for the brand new Starvation Video games: A The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes soundtrack.

“Telling tales via songwriting has been my favourite factor to do for so long as I can keep in mind,” she started. “I write to determine how I really feel, to maneuver via my feelings, and to commemorate and honor seasons of my life.

“I additionally acquired the possibility to put in writing a tune for the brand new ‘Starvation Video games’ film not too long ago and it taught me how a lot I additionally liked writing songs from one other particular person’s standpoint and the way enjoyable and collaborative it may be.”

She then stated it hasn’t “all the time been easy by any means” to put in writing songs, explaining this was “particularly” the case making ‘Guts‘, her second studio album.

“I had so many voices in my head and I felt a lot strain to please everybody with the music I used to be making,” she continued. She then “jokingly” known as these doubts “‘the dread,’ like a horror film.”

“I discovered that simply merely displaying as much as create one thing on a regular basis, even when I didn’t really feel extraordinarily impressed, was what pulled me out of that dread and made me begin to get actually excited in regards to the music I used to be making,” she stated.

Rodrigo additionally gave ‘Can’t Catch Me Now’ its reside debut on the Jingle Bell Ball – watch the second beneath:

In our five-star evaluation of ‘Guts’, NME praised the report as “as a show of actual energy, vary and flexibility – all of which Rodrigo possesses in abundance.”

“On ‘Guts’, Olivia Rodrigo goes to conflict for each younger girl who has been unable to articulate why it’s so belittling to not be taken critically. Within the orbit of her pressing and riotous second album, the 20-year-old turns her personal vulnerabilities right into a rallying cry: right here, she’s a songwriter of management, diving headfirst into the collective feminine expertise whereas additionally pursuing journey, want and reduction.”

Talking in a earlier interview with Selection, Rodrigo additionally stated writing ‘Guts’ “examined her confidence”. “It taught me some necessary classes about songwriting when it comes to focusing in your craft quite than simply ready for inspiration to strike,” she stated.

“It taught me in regards to the mindset that’s most conducive to writing: You possibly can by no means sit down on the piano and attempt to write one thing that everybody will like; that all the time leads to a extremely dangerous tune. It taught me that I write songs that I wish to hear.”

In different information, Rodrigo has been introduced alongside Billie Eilish as the ultimate musical company of 2023 for Saturday Evening Reside.