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

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Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, and Gary Oldman higher be careful (although Robert Pattinson can chill out.) 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 music doesn’t maintain again.

In the sultry video, the songstress lounged at nighttime on a mattress of grass, clutching a mic and carrying 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 truly on a stage, which finally bursts into flames as a horrified viewers watches. Olivia additionally hosted a livestream occasion forward of the music and music video’s midnight launch on June 30, taking images with followers whereas carrying a surprising 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 only artwork. Fans who additionally referred to as the Heartbreak Hotline at 323-622-SOUR heard a preview of the music, 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 music 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 informed Billboard in February 2022. We have such a great groove collectively. We are at all times sharing concepts forwards and backwards and have been carving out time to work collectively within the studio. The craziness of ‘Sour’ being out on the earth was one thing that actually 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 could 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 one in all 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,” stated the fan. After Olivia shared the art work for the only – a black-and-white photograph of her profile, with two purple bandages on her neck – her good friend, Conan Gray, posted a scene from Twilight to advertise the music. Taylor Lautner, one of many stars of the vampire-werewolf franchise, commented on Olivia’s photograph, asking, “K WHO TF BIT YOU.” The official Twilight IG account additionally commented, “Been waiting for this day! Dreams really do come true.”

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