The positive feel of the track continues even as Rodrigo accuses her ex-love of “reus” all that they did together with his new girlfriend. Rodrigo’s pop culture references to “watching reruns of Glee” and playing Billy Joel’s ‘Uptown Girl’ add to the genuine nature of her relationship with her ex and reinforces the idea that all these things they did together are no longer authentic as he’s doing them with his new girlfriend. From “car rides to Malibu” to sharing “strawberry ice cream” and “trading jackets laughing “bout how small it looks” on him, Rodrigo creates a nostalgic, reminiscent tone of how happy they were together, and how much fun they had together. Rodrigo sings about all the “unique” things that she and her ex-boyfriend used to do, and how he must get “deja vu” now that he’s doing them with his new girlfriend. Rodrigo’s flowing vocals instantly contribute to the soft opening of the song, backed by the light synths used in this part of the song. The first four words of the song, “car rides to Malibu”, seem to directly continue Olivia Rodrigo’s first single, ‘drivers license’ – showing that this song is a continuation of the breakup songs Rodrigo has written so far. Her first single ‘drivers license’ went viral on TikTok, and 12 days after its release, it had amassed over 46 million views on YouTube and been used in over a million TikToks.
Olivia Rodrigo has gained huge support from both Disney and Taylor Swift, though it’s evident that she is a very talented, up-and-coming young artist. Just 18 years old, her career as both an actress and a singer was massively boosted by her role in Disney’s revamp of the ‘High School Musical’ franchise. Released on 1st April 2021, the ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ actress takes the well-known concept of a breakup song and adapts it so that her song accuses her ex-love of reusing all the things they did together. “she is a very talented, up-and-coming young artist.”
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Whilst this is arguably a stylistic arrangement decision, Swift has received full co-writing credit.Olivia Rodrigo’s new release ‘deja vu’ shows she’s so much more than just a one-hit-wonder after her chart-topping song ‘drivers license’. It's this yelling which Rodrigo borrowed for 'deja vu''s bridge. I love like the yell-y vocals in it, like the harmonised yells that Swift does, I think they’re like super electric and moving, so I wanted to do something like that,” she says. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Rodrigo said that she was inspired by the 'Cruel Summer' bridge while writing the same section for 'deja vu'. Vincent have also been added to the song's credit list as they co-wrote 'Cruel Summer' with Swift.
This connection has now been formalised, as Taylor Swift has been added to the song's credits on Spotify and Tidal.
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The High School Musical: The Series actress has also mentioned in several interviews that her song 'Deja Vu' was heavily influenced by Swift's 2019 song 'Cruel Summer'. As well as being a huge Taylor Swift fan, Rodrigo has cited on numerous occasions Swift's influence on her songwriting. Taylor Swift's influence on Olivia Rodrigo has been unabashed. 1 debut album Sour to receive such a non-collaborative credit, after '1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back.' The hit track marks the second song from Rodrigo’s global No. Vincent a songwriting credit on 'deja vu'.
Olivia Rodrigo and her main collaborator, songwriter-producer Daniel Nigro, have offered Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff and St.
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