Better Than GUTS? | Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR Album REACTION

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[@Idk14287]

brutal - 2:45 traitor - 6:41 drivers license - 12:41 1 step forward, 3 steps back - 18:53 deja vu - 22:58 good 4 u - 24:37 enough for you - 29:44 happier - 34:36 jealousy, jealousy - 40:00 favorite crime - 44:35 hope ur ok - 48:27

[@kopper7509]

She started on Disney but opted not to sign with them. Instead she posted videos online and Dan Nigro found her and they’ve been making great music. Not going with Disney has given her a lot of creative freedom in her music and her life.

[@canaldyetok]

TIME STAMPS

[@alexisbas10]

Olivia has been taking voice lessons since she was 4 or 5 and then doing singing competitions. Her vocal coach I think recommended her for acting so she got into commercials and then starred in an American girl doll movie, had her own Disney show Bizzardvark and then moved on to HSMTMTS where her singing started to blow up. After season 1 she released drivers license and the rest was history. I’ve been following her since HSMTMTS

[@cobeyss]

Her music just scratches my brain in the best way possible

[@olivia.rodrigo_roger.federer]

Olivia’s fans are called ‘Livies’.

[@nessgabe1050]

Her LYRICS RAISES ARM HAIRS😮

[@BlaCk-we7cy]

Favorite crime drives me crazy😭i see ppl on tiktok sing it with so much anger and emotion and i feel that's the only way u should sing it to give it justice.

[@JosieMarie-vg9ei]

I love what you said about her voice being so beautiful and so good at conveying emotion. That's probably my favourite thing about her, how soulful and emotional her voice is. As well as her songwriting and rock sound. Glad you delved into her music!

[@simyawallace970]

Taylor isn’t her only inspiration or favorite artist 😂 like it’s so annoying to hear people discredit her saying this is a Taylor song 🎧 like are we listening to the same thing like you GUYS KNOW SHE CAN WRITE A SONG WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT ANOTHER ARTIST RIGHT RIGHTTT BUT YES TAYLOR CALLS HER DAUGHTER SO 🎉🎉🎉

[@iris-xo]

you should react to her live performance at the ace theater recently she performed some songs from GUTS with her producer, Dan, and they talk about their creation process and share stories throughout too her live performance of the grudge and lacy were superrrr good the entire performance was she's becoming better and betterrr

[@WesLinkz]

I definitely have to watch this

[@ivymaas7421]

1 step forward 3 steps back is actually a Taylor swift instrumental! She sampled it from New Year’s Day off reputation album

[@monteamiles_]

She actually is going on tour! She’s doing a world tour for guts!

[@snsl28500]

I can't choose which album I like better because there are songs on both albums I love just the same.

[@MissSummer05]

You should react to Olivia's live performances! She always has a live band with her (female band!) which I think is what makes her even more special nowadays. Live music plus great vocals sets her apart from other pop singers.

[@nadinemedina6944]

Noah Kahan's Stick Season album is also really good. Songs are mostly mellow or sad though.

[@WesLinkz]

Big fan of what I’ve heard from him so far

[@heauxsue2204]

I recommend LANA DEL REY. Starting with her first BORN TO DIE 🩵

[@KNLShine]

Reacting 2 years later is wildd

[@cobeyss]

I wish I could react for the first time again 😢

[@alariccale6283]

I would suggest reacting to Conan Gray before jumping into Taylor Swift

[@hsbeisvesvhsheve2707]

Listen to billie eilish she is amazing

[@tonyschillinger2204]

Love Both the same. SOUR has 8 Great singles and GUTS has 12 Great songs that work best together. 🎶💜🎶 You will also love her song "All I Want" has music video, that she wrote for the Disney series 'High School Musical, the musical, the Series'. 🎶🤗

[@miared]

Thoroughly enjoyed this! Thank you!!

[@K_KLong1214]

Great vid!!! I love Olivia so much she is such a talented singer💜💜💜 you should react to some of her music videos there very good and make the songs that much better!

[@michellesantana5930]

You’re so real for saying that she’s better than Taylor and you haven’t heard anything from Taylor that you’re interested in 😅 majority of the people who review her albums compare her to Taylor song by song so I’m glad to see someone saying something different!

[@meleh_m]

Uhm love them both but that is delusion if we being honest.

[@michellesantana5930]

@@meleh_m I personally choose vocals over lyrics and we all know who is the better singer

[@Medicsus]

also love both but can agree that i like olivia bc of her voice and taylor bc of her story telling. both have their strength and both are great.

[@finn_bee_]

@@michellesantana5930love how you’re saying you don’t like when people compare her to taylor!! and here you are!! doing the exact same thing! wooo comparing and degrading women!!

[@michellesantana5930]

@@finn_bee_ Im directly responding to what he said in the video. I wouldn’t of mentioned Taylor is she wasn’t mentioned. Somehow me not liking Taylor’s voice or music is “degrading” lmao. You just don’t like my opinion… get over it.

[@gutsalbum]

thx for the reaction 😚💜

[@DeAnnaMcCrimmon]

Olivia's fans are called Livies ;)

[@conordragunas3696]

Guts Deluxe is out today! It's called Guts (Spilled)

[@shayasims]

also sour was about ONE breakup so ofc it sounds the same shes talking about the same situation lol people just dont use their brains 😅

[@shayasims]

also at the end of the album she was telling dan they should start the album over again 😂

[@craigmoon2121]

Fun fact about SOUR: Ed Sheeran's Divide album was easily looking like it was about to become the first ever album to reach 200M streams on every single track, but then this album came out and EVERY SINGLE SONG skyrocketed to 200M+ before any other album could reach it. And any day now, Hope Ur Ok will be the final song to pass the 300M streams mark, which will also make it the first album to reach 300M with each track.

[@lanasdailylife3210]

Hope your ok always make me cry for sum reasson

[@Laila-pd3hz]

If u do Taylor swift albums do “fokelore” It's one of her best written albums in my opinion

[@chloeraeg654]

Loved this reaction. You should do Taylor's Evermore or Folklore albums.

[@delaneykeller1389]

The 10 minute version of All Too Well by Taylor Swift would be a good place to start to showcase her song writing and story telling. Its such a good song.

[@timzgraggen98]

Came here to say exactly this. I think what you respond to most in Rodrigo - the lyricism and story telling - will make you like Swift quite a bit. I say this as a recent convert to her myself. I had zero use for and little knowledge of her prior to 2020. I’d suggest you do the All Too Well 10 Min lyric video version first. The music video/short film is spectacular but I think it will be too distracting on a first listen. But definitely watch it. From there I’d recommend you go straight into Midnights and work backward. Great reaction by the way. Agree this album is fire.

[@francisedward8713]

@@timzgraggen98 Same! Yes she is labelled as a singer who appeals to teenagers - but her (Swift) lyricism and witty wordplay, as someone who loves literature, to me, I think she could pull a Bob Dylan and win a Nobel for her songwriting.

[@lm2cb322]

Love Love SOUR but GUTS is also something else, more mature, lyrics wise and better production. Absolutely love both and all her other unreleased songs + Disney songs + 4 bonus songs in GUTS

[@melindalee7112]

There’s a live performance of track 7 “Enough for You.” It’s on You Tube.

[@WesLinkz]

Just watched it 🔥

[@TisTheDamnStickSeason]

I think Deja Vu is her best song

[@georgibogdanov]

Sour is the most streamed female album on Spotify and 5th overall, soon to overtake Post Malone for the 4th place - so she is in fact better than Taylor Swift, you are correct!

[@zohatyube]

Her fans are called livies :)

[@simyawallace970]

Unreleased songs to react too the ones I love ,strange,prison for life,niave girl,pay grade,21centiry love,exception,creature of habit,I’m yours and etc

[@AsielFlores]

Give Lana Del Rey a try sometime. Start with Born To Die she is an iconic artist of her time with a long career ahead to explore in the future.

[@nastya28LT]

taylor almost every time chooses the wrong songs to be singles tbh, her songs are great, i would really recommend listening to her, maybe reputation, midnights or 1989 albums

[@alexisbas10]

I prefer GUTS bc it’s more my style with the pop punk. I’m not a big fan of ballads or sad music but I do appreciate them.

[@imgroot8513]

the only album of taylor that i like a lot of tracks is 1989. So i guess that's my suggestion. Although i have not listened yet to the re-release version.

[@princess_styles]

We’re livvies!

[@Mdg20_]

I can guarantee you Taylor swift radio songs are not Taylor swifts best music. And that is purposeful. Don’t judge an artist only by the radio!!!!

[@ivymaas7421]

The number one thing you’ll hear from pretty much any swiftie is to not judge based off of the singles bc for some reason she and her team suck at picking them

[@simyawallace970]

Welp clearly they work cause they always go viral so I don’t know about switfie the livies says other wise

[@faraoramses-fx8bm]

I SEE NECTAR ALBUM FROM JOJI AT YOUR LIBRARY, THIS GOOOOOOD ALBUM, MY FAVVVVV

[@heyxndei]

pls pls pls react to billie eilish!! i feel like you'd lover her music

[@WesLinkz]

Which album of hers would you recommend?

[@heyxndei]

omg hi! she only has two albums out rn but i really recommend her debut ablum When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go? hope to see a reaction soon !

[@WesLinkz]

@@heyxndeiI’ll check it out! Thanks

[@sydsuarez7785]

Taylor Swift Reputation album or 1989 are so good

[@madchatter102]

They r called livies

[@brucevillaceran]

If you ever want to dive into Taylor Swift I recommend you starting with the Reputation Album

[@jeffcorpuz9015]

TS voice is just mediocre, nothing special, but she's a good writer though.

[@craftingranger7552]

​@@jeffcorpuz9015girl has been hitting A5s since 2014 and can hit some insanely deep notes

[@NicVandEmZ]

@@jeffcorpuz9015 i’m beginning to think all the songs are either about guy is Joshua Bassett and Sabrina Carpenter I think they’re both dated him

[@ntsakoprincemkhari2204]

Ew

[@jeffcorpuz9015]

@@NicVandEmZ I think you should route your question to Olivia directly. I can't speak on her behalf.

[@musiclover-rm1zn]

if you like slower more lyrical song then I recommend Taylor Swift- folklore

[@nessgabe1050]

Sour👈Debut Album.....1 of the best Album EVER..BAR NONE🫡🇵🇭

[@mallory.allison]

If you ever do Taylor Swift, i think you would enjoy Reputation the most but my favorites are Folklore and 1989 :)

[@KatieCat11]

I think you should totally do Taylor Swift. If you want something closer to how Olivia Rodrigo sounds, I would do 'folklore' or 'evermore', which showcase Taylor's songwriting the most. If you want something really pop driven there's 1989, or something that goes harder, I would do Reputation. Taylor's catalog is really diverse, it's just that most of her biggest commercial hits are very pop-py and get overplayed, giving them a bad rap. Even a few of Olivia's songs interpolate some of Taylor's.

[@AnthonyKreuk]

Making it about TS on another artist reaction, just sounds... so desperate.

[@KatieCat11]

@@AnthonyKreuk Babe. He literally asked people to comment whether he should react to Taylor or not. Maybe hone your listening skills.

[@AnthonyKreuk]

@@KatieCat11 Sounds more desperate.

[@U.dontknow_Amirah]

@@AnthonyKreuk but he ASKED them to do it lol

[@shweck1892]

You should totally listen to portals by melanie martinez

[@dakotagooch5448]

to be fair taylor has an amazing discography and some of her best songs never play on the radio

[@leahhernandez6722]

didn’t start liking taylor until like a month ago when i saw the eras tour movie, i would recommend reacting to evermore or folklore, not really on the radio or in the pop genre and appeals to me more personally

[@craigmoon2121]

Btw at the end of Hope Ur Ok, it's hard to hear the conversation, but it goes like this (stole this from Reddit): Olivia: I just feel like it’s the piano all the time. Dan: Isn’t that cool? Olivia: No. Dan: Do you feel like it would be a little bit better, like the song- Olivia: I don't know. (Laughing) There's something wrong with the record. Dan: There is something wrong with the record. Olivia: There's something- everything’s wrong with the record. Dan: Everything’s- let's start over again. Olivia: Let's start over.

[@Laila-pd3hz]

Olivia fans are called “livies”

[@Engeneversethe3th]

The fan base is called RIP olivi 😭😭😭😭

[@davidm2345]

a taylor swift series would be everything

[@timlandry8934]

I love Olivia and seeing her in March, but Taylor is an elevated version of Olivia in terms of lyrics and musicality. Olivia actually borrowed the piano melody from Taylor for 1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back. If all you’ve ever heard is her radio friendly stuff, you’re really missing out.

[@alexisbas10]

She interpolated the track so Scooter wouldn’t get any money from it, with permission from Taylor’s team. And no Taylor is not an elevated version of Olivia. They are their own people and Taylor has so much more experience. Too unfair to compare.

[@turkikiki]

please reaction blackpink bornpink

[@eca2998]

no taylor please

[@finn_bee_]

the way you’re so against an artist for no reason 💀 just cuz u don’t like her doesn’t mean you get to expect someone else not to listen

[@eca2998]

@@finn_bee_ be frr, all her music is boring and cringe

[@simyawallace970]

Anyways it’s giving Olivia not paramour

[@kristangrande8338]

Taylor's radio hits don't define her entire discography. I bet the ones you've heard "on the radio" are Shake it off, We are never getting back together, and the likes. Taylor is a lyrical genius. And like olivia who may not be a vocal powerhouse, they both can emote with their voices. And FYI, Taylor Swift is Olivia's biggest musical inspiration. She's said it multiple times on instagram and interviews. Lastly, Olivia is nowhere near Taylor's success SO FAR. Taylor is the biggest musician right now and one of the most successful ever.

[@WesLinkz]

Yes, I wouldn’t define her just by those songs in that aspect I’m just messing around. I want to give artists I wouldn’t usually listen to a chance that’s why I said if you all wanted to recommend an album of hers I would listen. Any album in particular you’d recommend to start at?

[@kristangrande8338]

@@WesLinkz If you listen mostly to heavy beats or hiphop slash trap tracks, Reputation is a good album to start with. But disclaimer, each songs has a lot of hidden meaning to them. I mean all her song does, but yeah. If you wanna tap onto different sound, I recommend her Folklore and Evermore album. She released folklore in 2020 and 6 months later, released Evermore. I think it's her best written album. But if you wanna start with 1 track, I recommend the All Too Well 10 minute version which also has a short film which she directed herself. The song is rumored to be about Jake Gyllenhaul the actor.

[@rociogalarza8270]

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[@alexisbas10]

Olivia is a vocal powerhouse, she just doesn’t utilize it bc it’s not in her style rn. Watch old performances of her from when she was a kid and you’ll see