Olivia Rodrigo's Response to Critics

By Samuel Moser

Olivia Rodrigo responded to critics that questioned her originality Tuesday while being interviewed by Teen Vogue, according to Billboard and Vox.

Controversy broke loose when Rodrigo retroactively credited artists such as Paramore, Taylor Swift, and Jack Antonoff after her debut album was released last May. Rodrigo said, “All music is inspired by each other,” according to Billboard.


Rodrigo has a great point, and she likely wouldn’t have had to credit her influences if her music hadn’t become so popular and over-analyzed because everybody draws influence from somewhere at the end of the day. Nonetheless, the 18-year-old has had to fend off an overflow of hate-filled tweets, according to Vox.


To put Rodrigo’s popularity into perspective, all 11 songs from her debut album landed on Billboard’s 200 list. With so many streams, artists have a large monetary incentive to call someone like Rodrigo out for plagiarism, according to Billboard. 


Despite being “ripped off” by Rodrigo in the eyes of many, Taylor Swift doesn’t seem to be too concerned about Rodrigo’s music because she has openly taken the young artist under her wing, according to Vox.

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