It has been lower than a 12 months since Olivia Rodrigo launched her debut album, “Sour,” however she’s already engaged on her followup. The 19-year-old singer and “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” star spoke with Billboard as their 2022 girl of the 12 months and revealed that she’s at the moment engaged on her sophomore album, which apparently already has a reputation.
“I’ve a title for my subsequent album and some songs,” Rodrigo teased in her interview. “It is actually thrilling to consider the following world that is arising for me. I simply love writing songs. I am attempting to not put an excessive amount of stress on myself. [I want to] simply kind of discover and have enjoyable proper now.”
Rodrigo has additionally reunited along with her “Bitter” collaborator Dan Nigro, who performed an enormous inventive position in creating the debut. The 2 are engaged on the singer’s new music collectively, laying the groundwork for her forthcoming album. “I completely love working with Dan. We now have such a superb groove collectively,” Rodrigo mentioned of her and Nigro’s working relationship. “We’re all the time sharing concepts back-and-forth and have been carving out time to work collectively within the studio. The craziness of ‘Bitter’ being out on this planet was one thing that actually solely Dan and I might relate to, and I believe that has introduced us nearer collectively. I belief him a lot and actually benefit from the music we have been making.”
Final 12 months was an enormous 12 months for Rodrigo because the singer raked up numerous accolades for “Bitter,” together with seven Grammy nominations and new artist of the 12 months on the American Music Awards. Rodrigo additionally introduced her extremely anticipated “Sour” tour that is set to kick off on April 2. As if that is not sufficient “Bitter” content material for her followers, the singer can also be releasing a documentary for the debut album, which is able to premiere on Disney+ on March 25. Clearly Rodrigo has her palms full with a lot of thrilling strikes, and if the “Bitter” period is any indication, we’re in for one more groundbreaking album from her.