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Olivia Rodrigo explains how her career has evolved

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Olivia Rodrigo is still trying to establish "what type of artist" she wants to be.

The 23-year-old pop star has enjoyed a meteoric rise in recent years, but Olivia admits that she's still learning about herself on a personal and professional level.

The brunette beauty - who released You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, her latest album, earlier this month - told Pitchfork: "I've had to reckon with exactly what type of artist I want to be, and I think as I get older and my brain gets more developed, it becomes a little clearer, but I just think I'm maybe not that type of artist.

"There's certain times where I really envy that ability to just be so present in the zeitgeist and make the thing that people want, that is, like, so consumable. There's such an art to that, and I appreciate that, but I don't think that I've ever been really good at it."

Olivia insists she doesn't chase chart success. Instead, the pop star wants to make music that she feels "proud" of.

She said: "I try to keep that at the forefront of things -- I'd so much rather make a record that told a story that I was really, really proud of that said something that I was dying to get off my chest.

"But the ultimate goal is to make something you're proud of -- everything else sort of feels hollow if you don't have that."

 

Meanwhile, Olivia recently explained that she feels like she's the "best version" of herself in London.

The pop star wrote a huge chunk of her new album in London, and Olivia admitted to feeling inspired by the city.

The singer - who previously dated London-born actor Louis Partridge - told Dazed: "I'm the best version of myself when I'm there. I wrote lots of the album in London; lots [of it] was inspired by my time there. Maybe it's because it rains so much that all you want to do is be inside with the guitar and write."

Olivia also admitted to feeling inspired by Manchester, the home of bands such as Oasis, The Smiths, Joy Division, and The Stone Roses.

The singer said: "I spent some time in Manchester a few years ago and it was so rainy I was like, 'No wonder so many great bands come out of Manchester!'"


 

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