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тАШDriverтАЩs LicenseтАЩ Singer Olivia Rodrigo Compares Her тАШAngstyтАЩ Debut Album To Alanis MorissetteтАЩs тАШJagged Little PillтАЩ

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By Brent Furdyk.

Olivia Rodrigo made a virtual appearance on Zane LoweтАЩs Apple Music radio show on Tuesday.

The тАЬDriverтАЩs LicenseтАЭ singer had a lot to say about her upcoming debut album,┬аSOUR, comparing her first album to an iconic album from the тАЩ90s.

тАЬIt feels really angsty to me, which I really like. ItтАЩs reminiscent of sort of the albums like [Alanis MorissetteтАЩs] Jagged Little Pill that I love,тАЭ she told Lowe.

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тАЬI talked about this with you before, but IтАЩm super, super critical of everything, but IтАЩm really happy with this album. And that doesnтАЩt happen very often where I feel completely sure,тАЭ she added.

тАЬI mean, obviously you donтАЩt feel completely sure of anything, but I really feel like itтАЩs the best that I can do right now and IтАЩm real proud of that,тАЭ she explained. тАЬYeah. And in a year, the best that I can do is going to be something totally different, and thatтАЩs just the cool thing about putting out music when youтАЩre a teenager.тАЭ

She also explained how artists such as Taylor Swift and Fiona Apple, who play their own instruments in the studio, inspired her to do the same.

тАЬI actually just started writing songs on guitar this year. I was very piano based. I was obsessed with Fiona Apple for a while and I was like, тАШI want to be like Fiona Apple and write all my songs on jazz piano.тАЩ But actually listening to TaylorтАж IтАЩve been so into Taylor this year especially. IтАЩve been listening to all of her old stuffтАж because I feel like Taylor is the same as me,тАЭ Rodrigo stated.

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тАЬTaylor doesnтАЩt have this wide breadth of music knowledge. She doesnтАЩt use crazy insane chords or weird progressions,тАЭ she explained. тАЬShe uses the pop country chords that we all know and love, but she does her own thing with them and makes them her own. So that was really inspiring to me, to be like, тАШOh, but I can write these amazing, incredible songs and I donтАЩt have to know what the relative minor seven of this chord is.тАЩтАЭ

Olivia RodrigoтАЩs┬аSOUR is slated to drop on May 21.

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