Hot Take Reactions to Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’ – Exclaim!

Disney Channel kids tend to make their pop star debuts with a kind of pre-established sheen, but perhaps none so much as Olivia Rodrigo. At only 23 going into her third studio record, the High School Musical: The Musical: The Series star has yet to really go through any messy growing pains in the public eye like forebears Miley Cyrus or Demi Lovato. Her debut hit single, 2021’s “drivers license,” saw the arrival of a composed, radically vulnerable artist who, somehow, already felt fully formed. Rodrigo’s first post-teenhood album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love , is here in the wake of what can only be described as a powerfully chic display of coming-of-age cool: being photographed on a date with Geese’s Cameron Winter. Getting Killed? Nah, Rodrigo’s just getting started. While giving the record a release-day spin, some Exclaim! staffers exchanged their thoughts in a group chat, discussing the evolution of limerence, the Gen Z Jack Antonoff, what makes a good role model for young girls, and more. R.I.P. 2014 Tumblr, You Would’ve Loved Olivia Rodrigo Megan: What are our general vibes on Olivia Rodrigo? Allie: I have never really listened to her but I
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