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Sour
Studio album by
Olivia Rodrigo
ReleasedMay 21, 2021 (2021-05-21)
Recorded2020–2021[1]
Studio
Genre
Length34:41
LabelGeffen
ProducerDaniel Nigro
Singles from Sour
  1. "Drivers License"
    Released: January 8, 2021
  2. "Deja Vu"
    Released: April 1, 2021
  3. "Good 4 U"
    Released: May 14, 2021

Sour (stylized in all caps) is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo, released on May 21, 2021, via Geffen Records. Rodrigo stated that the album explores her perils and discoveries as a 17-year-old, with its title referring to the uncomfortable "sour" emotions young people experience but are often shamed for, such as anger, jealousy and heartache. The musical style of Sour was inspired by Rodrigo's favorite genres and singer-songwriters.

Written and produced by Rodrigo and Daniel Nigro alongside few other collaborators, Sour is primarily an alt pop record that juxtaposes upbeat alternative rock and pop-punk songs aside bedroom pop ballads, driven by guitars, piano and synths. Its subject matter deals with topics centered on adolescence, failed romance and heartache told from Rodrigo's various perspectives. Sour received universal acclaim from music critics, who regarded it a solid debut, and praised Rodrigo's musical versatility, honest lyricism, and Gen Z appeal.

Three singles preceded Sour's release: Rodrigo's debut single and the album's lead single, "Drivers License", achieved global success and acclaim, debuted atop the US Billboard Hot 100, and propelled Rodrigo to mainstream prominence. It was followed by "Deja Vu", which reached number 8 on the chart, making her the first artist in the Hot 100 history to debut their first two singles inside the top 10. "Good 4 U" was released a week before the album.

Background

Olivia Rodrigo is an American singer-songwriter and actress who was best known for her lead acting roles in Disney Channel's comedy series Bizaardvark (2016-2019) and the 2019 Disney+ mockumentary series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. She recorded songs for the latter's soundtrack, including "All I Want", which received a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America.[3][4] In 2020, Rodrigo signed to Geffen Records in intention of releasing her debut EP in 2021.[5] American songwriter and producer Dan Nigro was suggested by a friend to listen to Rodrigo's songs on the soundtrack. Nigro was "just completely blown away" and reached out to Rodrigo via Instagram, offering to work with her. The pair had a meeting to get to know one another, shortly after which the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the United States. They started collaborating after figuring ways to work safely in isolation.[6][7] She released her debut single "Drivers License", produced by Nigro, on January 8, 2021, to unprecedented commercial and critical success. Billboard declared the single one of the most dominant number-one songs in Hot 100 history.[8]

Rodrigo began teasing a follow-up single by archiving her past Instagram posts and posting cryptic teasers of it on her social media accounts in late March 2021;[9] on March 29, she announced that it would be titled "Deja Vu", and set a release date of three days later, reassuring fans that the announcement was not an April Fools' Day joke. Rodrigo unveiled the song's artwork in the same post.[10][11] Following her rise to prominence, Rodrigo stated that she will be releasing a studio album instead of an EP,[3] after she felt unsatisfied with the scope of a shorter project when only a full-length album can be "truly reflective of what [she] can do."[12]

Conception

I want [Sour] to be super versatile. My dream is to have it be an intersection between mainstream pop, folk music, and alternative rock. I love the songwriting and the lyricism and the melodies of folk music. I love the tonality of alt-rock. Obviously, I'm obsessed with pop and pop artists. So I'm going to try and take all of my sort of influences ... and make something that I like.

— Rodrigo on the sound of Sour, Nylon[1]

Rodrigo described her ambition for her debut project, Sour, was a "super versatile" body of work that mainly blends mainstream pop, folk, and alternative rock genres,[1] alongside elements of pop-punk, country and grunge.[13] She stated that it is inspired by the works of her favorite singer-songwriters, such as Alanis Morissette, Taylor Swift, Kacey Musgraves,[14] and the "pouty", "angsty" sound of rock acts like No Doubt and the White Stripes.[15] Rodrigo also cited her mother Jennifer's musical tastes as an influence, as it was her who introduced young Rodrigo to metal, punk and 1990s alternative rock.[12]

Rodrigo's vision for the album's lyrics was to explore a variety of "sour" emotions that young women "are often shamed for", such as anger, jealousy and sadness. The album title refers to the concept of "awesome things" in Rodrigo's life "progressively going sour" as she gets older, representing a specific "slice" of her life as a 17-year-old, "its unending growing pains and surprising discoveries."[15] According to Rodrigo, the word "sour" has so many different meanings and she tried to write a song titled "Sour" for a long time but was unsuccessful in doing so, making her realize that it is an "all-encompassing" trope that covered the sour portion of her life.[16] In a Billboard interview, Rodrigo told that she tried to balance out the "sour" songs of her debut album with some love songs, in order to avoid being pigeonholed as "the heartbreak girl"; however, she eventually dropped the idea, to preserve her authenticity as a songwriter. She asserted that love and happiness were not the emotions she felt while making the album.[12]

Music and lyrics

Being angry, jealous, overly emotional or sad can often be framed as being bitchy or moany. I decided to shine a light on those feelings, even though that was uncomfortable to talk about. I've done all I can do. Everything else is out of my hands

— Rodrigo on the album's subject matter, The Face[15]

Sour has been described as a genre-hopping pop,[17] pop-punk,[18] alt-pop,[19] and bedroom pop[20] record with synth-pop, dream pop and alternative rock inflections.[21][22] Stylistically, the album spans from energetic 1990s-inspired guitar rock to tender acoustic balladry driven by piano and fingerpicked guitars.[23] Its songs represent different perspectives to a single storyline of failed romance. The songwriting is characterized by self-aware[23] themes of anger and revenge, alongside Rodrigo's insecurities and vulnerability, using detail-specific lyrics.[24][25]

Songs

The opening track, "Brutal", was described as "angsty" and "uptempo" by Rodrigo. It was dubbed as enjoyable "playful and easy pop-punk" by Jules Levefre of Junkee.[26] Rodrigo also revealed that "Brutal" was the last track written for the album, describing it as a "last-minute" addition.[27] The song has "thrashy [sic]" guitars, and was reported to be a "teen-angst tirade" and "[a] desire to defy any pop expectations that have been placed upon [Rodrigo] by fans, friends, executives, or exes".[21] "Traitor", the second track, is a ballad. Its lyrics have been described to consist of "post-grief anger and bargaining".[21]

The fourth track, "1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back", interpolates the piano line in Taylor Swift's "New Year's Day" (2017).[28] The song "regret-wracked" tune.[21] The ninth track, "Jealousy, Jealousy", has been described as "serpentine" and an "alt-rock squall à la the Kills".[21][24] The stripped-down tenth track, "Favorite Crime", incorporates a set of layers harmonies with a folky style.[21][29] "Hope Ur Ok", the closing track, has been reported to be a "shimmering blessing to down-on-their-luck people Rodrigo has known", and the sound of the chorus has been described as a benediction.[21]

Promotion and release

On April 1, Rodrigo announced across her social media accounts that her debut album, with placeholder title *O*R, is scheduled for release on May 21, 2021.[30] Preorders for the album began the following day. On April 13, Rodrigo teased the album's title, and subsequently, revealed the album's title as Sour, posted its track listing and cover artwork on the same day.[31] Sour was one of the most anticipated music releases of the year.[32] It was released on May 21, 2021, via retail stores, digital music and streaming platforms, as well as on Rodrigo's website.[33]

Cover artwork

The standard cover artwork of Sour finds Rodrigo standing against a purple backdrop, wearing a fuzzy pale pink tank top and checkered bottoms. She has her tongue stuck out, with her face covered in a variety of colorful stickers. The stickers on her tongue spell the album title. Popsugar observed that Rodrigo is also wearing a ring in the cover artwork, identical to a ring that Taylor Swift had gifted her earlier. The backside cover also has a purple background, featuring scattered stickers as well as the tracklist on a pearly-colored balloon that Rodrigo's hand is about to pop with a safety pin. In the alternative cover available for the Target-exclusive and vinyl editions of Sour, purple is again the dominant color, but stickers are not present.[34]

Singles

Sour was supported by three singles, two of which charted inside the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.[35]

"Drivers License", released on January 8, 2021, serves as the lead single of Sour and Rodrigo's debut single.[36] An accompanying music video for the song, directed by Matthew Dillon Cohen, was uploaded to Rodrigo's YouTube channel simultaneously with the single's release.[37] The song broke a string of records, including the Spotify record for the most single-day streams for a non-holiday song and the biggest first week for a song on Spotify and on Amazon Music.[38] The song debuted atop the US Billboard Hot 100 and made Rodrigo the youngest artist ever to debut atop the chart.[39] It was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The single also topped charts in the UK,[40] Canada,[41] Australia,[42] and many more countries.

"Deja Vu" was announced as the second single on her social media accounts on March 29, 2021, and was released three days later along with its music video, directed by Allie Avital in Malibu.[43][44] The song debuted at number 8 on the Hot 100, making Rodrigo the first artist in history to debut her first two singles inside the top 10 of the chart.[35]

The third single, "Good 4 U", was announced on May 10, 2021, and was released on May 14.[45] Its music video, directed by Petra Collins,[46] features Rodrigo as a revengeful cheerleader, making references to the 2000s' cult classic films Princess Diaries and Jennifer's Body.[46][47] The energetic song provided listeners the taste of a different side of Sour, departing from the slower and melancholic emotion of the preceding singles "Drivers License" and "Deja Vu".[48]

Marketing

Rodrigo gave the debut performance of "Drivers License" on February 4, 2021, at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.[49] She has expressed excitement for a potential upcoming tour in support of the album post the COVID-19 pandemic.[50] A sneak-peek of the creation process of the album was featured in IMAX screenings of In the Heights (2021) on Mother's Day.[51] On May 12, 2021, a trailer to Sour was posted to Rodrigo's YouTube channel, which showed studio clips of herself and Nigro, and featured a snippet of "Good 4 U" which was set to release two days later.[52] She performed "Drivers License" and debuted "Good 4 U" live at Saturday Night Live on May 15, 2021, hosted by American actor Keegan-Michael Key.[45] On May 16, 2021, a hotline phone number "323-622-SOUR" was made available, which teased an unreleased track from Sour.[53] In the evening of May 20, 2021, Rodrigo appeared on YouTube's livestream of the official premiere party of Sour, as an episode for the platform's Released series. She played voice memos from her phone, discussed songs, interacted with fans, and exclusively performed the track "Enough for You".[27] Rodrigo gave interviews and appeared on the magazine covers of Interview,[54] Elle,[55] The Face,[15] NME,[13] Billboard,[12] and Nylon.[56]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.7/10[57]
Metacritic84/100[58]
Review scores
SourceRating
The A. V. ClubA-[59]
Clash8/10[60]
The Daily Telegraph[17]
Entertainment WeeklyA-[21]
The Guardian[29]
The Independent[61]
The Line of Best Fit8/10[62]
NME[22]
Pitchfork7.0/10[24]
Rolling Stone[25]

Sour was met with universal critical acclaim upon release; general consensus was that the album is a strong debut record that mounts Rodrigo as the new face of "Gen Z pop".[63] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score out of 100 to ratings from publications, the album received an average score of 84 based on 15 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[58]

Robin Murray of Clash hailed Sour as a "bravura" pop statement "marked by excellence from front to back". He described its 11 tracks as "potential smash hit singles", and complimented Rodrigo's bold lyricism, punchy execution, deeming her as "pop's newest icon, and one of its bravest voices".[60] The A.V. Club's Tatiana Tenreyro designated it a contender for best pop album of 2021, and highlighted that Sour has no filler tracks. She stated that each song depicts a different side to Rodrigo's artistry, embracing influences while still creating "something fresh".[59] Kate Solomon, writing for I, called Sour a "surprisingly accomplished package" and a "stunning portrait of adolescence".[64] NME critic Rhian Daly called Rodrigo a "multidimensional" artist who writes detailed songs that "go full-circle from being precisely personal to universally relatable".[22]

Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph opined that Sour excels in modern production, which strikes an acoustic-electronic balance, combining Taylor Swift's traditional songcraft, Lorde's harmonies and Billie Eilish's whispery vocals with the brashness of Alanis Morissette and Avril Lavigne.[17] Mikael Wood of Los Angeles Times dubbed the album "flawless Gen Z pop" that ranges from crisp 1990s rock to acoustic balladry, and "the most self-aware pop record in recent memory".[23] Entertainment Weekly's Maura Johnston felt that Sour's heaviness is bettered by Rodrigo's grace and self-awareness, and that she is not trying to be "the next" anyone, but instead, distills her life and musical tastes into promising, "powerful, hooky pop".[21] Rolling Stone critic Angie Martoccio wrote that, beyond her idols and inspirations, Rodrigo forged "a path into an entirely new realm of pop" in Sour, where she is "unapologetically and enthusiastically her own guide".[25]

Variety's Chris Williman called Sour "ridiculously good", and "unabashedly teenage" atypical of most teen singers who often try to mimick adult music.[65] Praising Rodrigo's musical vision and Nigro's production, Rachel Saywitz, reviewing for The Line of Best Fit, stated that Sour swerves the boundaries of conventional genres to work Rodrigo's wide taste.[62] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times called it a "nuanced and often exceptional debut album", which traverses through Rodrigo's evolving perspectives real-time.[66] The Independent critic Helen Brown thought Sour converts 21st-century adolescence into universally resonating "story-songs", and admired Rodrigo's "disarming honesty", using F-bombs unlike former teen stars who "don't usually do that until they're onto the post-breakdown record". She added that its organic musicality breaks the "shiny surfaces we've come to expect from such glossy girls."[61]

Olivia Horn of Pitchfork called it a "nimble and lightly chaotic collection of breakup tunes filled with melancholy and mischief", with profanity breaking the moral rules that limit Disney singers. However, she stated that Rodrigo is "more invested in content than in craft" at moments, settling for simple rhymes, self-evident phrasing, and a do-it-yourself recording quality that exposes imperfections in Rodrigo's voice.[24] Rachel Aroesti of The Guardian said Sour is polished "pop euphoria" that processes anger, jealousy and bewilderment, and "doubles as one of the most gratifyingly undignified breakup albums ever made", but nevertheless, majority of it follows the style of "Drivers License", resulting in a lovely and thoughtful but unadventurous record.[29] In the words of Stereogum's Chris DeVille, Rodrigo's lyrics "can come off desperate and immature" while the album's pace can be a "wearisome slog" at times, but Sour works by weaponizing its drawbacks.[67] Regarding the album "a youthful tour through heartbreak angst" that weakens only when it "plays too safe", DIY's Jenessa Williams thought that Rodrigo's "truly soars" when she heads strong, rather than victimizing herself in "bitterness".[68]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the physical album liner notes of Sour.[2]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Brutal"
Nigro2:23
2."Traitor"
  • Rodrigo
  • Nigro
Nigro3:49
3."Drivers License"
  • Rodrigo
  • Nigro
Nigro4:02
4."1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back"
  • Nigro
  • Rodrigo[a]
2:43
5."Deja Vu"
  • Rodrigo
  • Nigro
Nigro3:35
6."Good 4 U"
  • Rodrigo
  • Nigro
2:58
7."Enough for You"Rodrigo
  • Nigro
  • Rodrigo[a]
3:22
8."Happier"Rodrigo
  • Nigro
2:55
9."Jealousy, Jealousy"
  • Rodrigo
  • Nigro
  • Casey Smith
2:53
10."Favorite Crime"
  • Rodrigo
  • Nigro
Nigro2:32
11."Hope Ur Ok"
  • Rodrigo
  • Nigro
Nigro3:29
Total length:34:41

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b] signifies an additional producer
  • All track titles are stylized in all lowercase.
  • "1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back" interpolates "New Year's Day" (2017), written by Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff.[28]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Sour.[2]

  • Olivia Rodrigo – songwriting (all tracks), vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (all tracks), co-production (4, 7), piano (4), vocal arrangement (10)
  • Daniel Nigro – songwriting (1–3, 5–6, 9–11), production (all tracks), recording (all tracks), electric guitar (1–2, 5–6), acoustic guitar (1–2, 5–7, 10), drum programming (1–3, 5–6, 8–9, 11), synthesizer (1, 3, 6, 8–9), backing vocals (1–3, 5–6, 8–9, 11), piano (2–3, 8–9), Juno 60 (2, 5, 7, 10), B3 organ (2), bass (3–10), percussion (3, 5), organ (4, 11), Wurlitzer (5), guitar (8–9), vocal arrangement (10), mixing (11)
  • Erick Serna – bass (1), electric guitar (1)
  • Ryan Linvill – Wurlitzer (1), additional drum programming (1), drum programming (2), synthesizer (2), bass guitar (2, 11), flute (5), saxophone (5, 10), assistant engineering (6, 10), engineering (7), additional programming (8), acoustic guitar (11)
  • Paul Cartwright – violin (1, 8), viola (1, 8)
  • Dan Viafore – assistant engineering (3–5, 8–9, 11)
  • Taylor Swift – songwriting (4)
  • Jack Antonoff – songwriting (4)
  • Jam City – organ (5), guitar (5), additional production (9), drum programming (9), synthesizer (9)
  • Sterling Laws – drum recording (5, 9)
  • Chis Kaych – drum engineering (5, 9)
  • Jasmine Chen – drum engineering (5, 9)
  • Alexander 23 – co-production (6), electric guitar (6), bass (6), drum programming (6), backing vocals (6)
  • Kathleen – backing vocals (8), vocal arrangement (10)
  • Casey Smith – songwriting (9)
  • Sam Stewart – guitars (11)
  • Mitch McCarthy – mixing (1–10)
  • Randy Merrill – mastering (all tracks)

Release history

Release dates and formats for Sour
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various May 21, 2021
Geffen [69][70]
Japan June 2, 2021 CD Universal Music Japan [71][72]
Various August 20, 2021 Vinyl Geffen [73]

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