Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ Breakthrough

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The New York Times

Music Interviews, Music Commentary, Music

3.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Few artists making pop music have risen to the top in the past several years. What made this Disney star click with listeners? Guests: Olivia Horn and Lindsay Zoladz.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the New York Times Popcast, your new trophy of music news and criticism, probably
0:08.3	the old trophy too.
0:09.3	I'm your host John Caramonica.
0:11.3	So when you're gonna tell her, we did that too, she thinks it's special, but it's
0:21.2	so reused, that was our place, our fountain.
0:26.0	The AC is not functioning or is that just the heat emanating from the discourse around
0:31.6	the Olivia Rodrigo album, it is tough to know.
0:34.8	I had mentioned on the Facebook group that I wasn't sure if I was going to come in for
0:38.4	a second Olivia cast of 2021, but you know what, the demand is there, the urge is there,
0:45.9	the intrigue is there, and the discourse has arrived.
0:49.9	Here we are.
0:50.9	Sour is out.
0:52.6	We are back, Lindsay Zoldad's is here, Lindsay, hello, Lindsay reviewed Sour for NPR.
1:00.7	First time on Popcast, Olivia Horn is here, hello, Olivia, welcome.
1:04.3	Hey, thank you.
1:06.3	Olivia reviewed the album for pitchfork.
1:09.0	We have a lot of takes, a lot of inspired takes between mine and Lindsay's and Olivia's.
1:15.4	So we are going to, we're going to get active on this week's episode, going deep on the
1:20.9	arc of Olivia Rodrigo.
1:22.8	We opened up with Dave Javu, which is a later Olivia Rodrigo single after, of course,
1:28.9	driver's license, which I'm sure everyone has committed to memory and tattooed like
1:32.4	on their inner arm.
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