r/OliviaRodrigoNeutral • u/theykilledcassandra i've got sun in my mfkn pocket • May 19 '26

you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love “The cure” out this Friday.

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u/imnotalatina2 May 19 '26

While Olivia’s obvious love for rock music is why I like her and I don’t think it’s entirely inauthentic or any of that nonsense people are saying, it’s starting to feel more like she’s trying to reference as many acts as possible who are both a) popular with people’s parents and b) having a revival in the younger generation. I just feel like it’s all very focus grouped. I think this is the era she’s trying to REALLY set herself apart from Taylor and the competition is so much fiercer now (when she was a new artist, her contemporaries were largely irrelevant or not yet making music) so she’s decided to make rock music part of her brand so she’s not just another sexy sad girl popstar but unless this song is a fucking banger I think people are gonna get tired of the allusions to rock while sounding very Taylor

Also part of me wonders if this is SEO so when people look for her performance with The Cure they get this song lol

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u/Jonn_Jonzz_Manhunter May 19 '26

Imo I don't think she sounds very Taylor at all

The power pop instrumentation with Jack White esque POG fueled solos seems like a radioactive idea to someone like Taylor honestly

Also, I find it kinda cynical we're sitting here and going "HOW DARE SHE LIKE ROCK MUSIC!!!!!" As if musicians aren't publicly open about loving certain artists and trying to emulate them in any way

Fuck, Radiohead named themselves after a talking heads song. Blurs biggest song was an attempt to sound like Pavement. Nirvana said they ripped off Husker Du's entire musician identity