poll Olivia Rodrigo: Pop's New Hope?

[RobynYoBank]

 

Is Olivia Rodrigo pop's savior?

 

YES or NO

 

[Riverbank]

That's Addison Rae I fear

[GentleEarthquake]

If not her then who? I can only think of Dua

[znake]

Yes, she is saving 2023 and 2024 with GUTS 

[byzantium]

Yes.  A lot is resting in her shoulders. 

[Sheep]

She's the only big debut since Billie and Dua last decade so kinda 

[enchanted0]

The new releases from the last week made me realize that Olivia is really doing her thing

[uusagii]

It's true, it's true

[Gorjesspazze9]

To be honest yes. She has little competition for her demographic. Other than legendary acts like Tay. Who is her competitior? Sabrina💀 I don’t think anyone is coming close to her since Billie in that aspect

[LCTV]

Not with these boring ass releases.

[Tropical]

"bad idea right?" is a cute, catchy, fun pop song. She isn't afraid to be "basic" and there's such a huge market for that, as we know from a certain tour sales right now (hint: not Bey). Obvi most people need to find their niche, but some people can be just perfectly angled to appeal to the masses and I think Olivia might be one of them.

 

She came across really well in the "75 questions with Vogue" (or however many questions it is), she's a delight.

[twink4harry]

Commercially? Sure. Sonically? No, imo. 🤷‍♂️ she's nowhere near being the worst mainstream Pop act around rn, but I wouldn't say her discography makes me "hopeful" for the state of Pop moving forward. Especially since a lot of her music isn't even really what I'd consider POP pop. She leans more into ballads or pop-rock songs.

[Bloo]

1 hour ago, Century said:

She's the only big debut since Billie and Dua last decade so kinda 

Are we really gonna act like Billie’s debut album didn’t come out just two years before Olivia’s.  

[lgaga1fan]

7 minutes ago, Bloo said:

Are we really gonna act like Billie’s debut album didn’t come out just two years before Olivia’s.  

Billie and Dua have almost been around a decade in music and pop culture moves on a lot faster rn than it used to so yeah its a fair comparison.

[Jaye]

we're doomed.

[Sheep]

26 minutes ago, Bloo said:

Are we really gonna act like Billie’s debut album didn’t come out just two years before Olivia’s.  

I definitely like Billie the most out of the 3 artists I named. 

Point was every attempt since Olivia has failed. Not that nobody stuck before her.

[Sabrina Carpenter]

that's unfortunate...

[Ron Ng]

I don't know yet, let me hear GUTS first. Right now I can only see Billie Eilish as the future of pop

[poki]

Yes she is 

[Bloo]

41 minutes ago, lgaga1fan said:

Billie and Dua have almost been around a decade in music and pop culture moves on a lot faster rn than it used to so yeah its a fair comparison.

Again, Billie’s debut album came out 2 years before Olivia’s. I don’t think comparing a song that blew up on Sound Cloud counts much for a debut. Sure, it was impressive, but is it really a proper debut? Not in my opinion. The debut album launch is a more fair and sound comparison, IMO since that’s when people actually started paying attention. 

 

Regardless, acting like that is a significant amount of time before another pop girl debuted with staying potential is a bit hyperbolic. 

[My Tears Ricochet]

If she's the hope for pop music, then it's future is doomed for sure

[blackoutbritney]

We’ll see 

[burninredhot]

Yes if the rest of the tracks on GUTS sound more like vampire and less like bad idea right

[Alldeezy]

Addison Rae gave me the best bubblegum pop EP of the year  

Olivia still will never give me that same feel im afraid. Vampire was so mid. And other song I liked but we all know that is probably gonna be the only bop. SOUR did not grab my attention at all.

[Marianah Adkins]

Hmmm if bad idea right is any indication of her next album then…what a bleak future for pop if she is the only hope.