Olivia Rodrigo Releases 'Vampire,' The First Song From Her New Album

Olivia Rodrigo MTV Video Music Awards, Arrivals, New York, USA - September 12, 2021 — Image Credit: Courtesy of Geffen Records

Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, and old gary better care (although Robert Pattinson You can relax.) olivia rodriguez returned to music with “vampire”, the first single from his next Viscera, the follow-up to his award-winning commercially successful debut. The song doesn’t stop.

In the sultry video, the singer lay back on a bed of grass at night, clutching a microphone and wearing an ethereal white mini dress. “Blood sucker, soul f ***** / bleeding me out like a fucking vampire,” she sings as she realizes with dismay that she is actually on a stage, which eventually bursts into flames as a horrified audience watches. . Olivia also hosted a live stream event ahead of the midnight release of the song and music video on June 30, taking photos with fans while wearing a stunning strapless black dress.

Olivia announced her new music on June 13. “My new song ‘vampire’ is out June 30!” she wrote, while sharing the art of the single. Fans who also called the Heartbreak hotline at 323-622-SOUR heard a preview of the song, with teen fashion calling it a “slower, piano-focused ballad” like their smash hit, “Drivers License”.

“Marking the unprecedented first new music from the young artist since the May 2021 release of Sour, ‘vampire’ is the sound of an artist firmly in control, imbued with a sense of maturity and fearless confidence,” Geffen Records said in a press release. The song was written with the producer. Daniel Blackformer guitarist for indie rock band as tall as lions who also worked at Olivia’s Sour. Nigro also worked on Olivia’s upcoming second album, Viscera.

“I love working with Dan,” he said. Billboard in February 2022. We have a good rhythm together. We always share ideas back and forth and have made time to work together in the studio. The craziness of ‘Sour’ being out in the world was something only Dan and I could really relate to, and I think that’s brought us closer together. I trust him a lot and I really enjoy the music we’ve been making.”

“For me, this album is about growing pains and trying to figure out who I am at this point in my life,” Olivia said in a press release for Viscera. “I feel like I grew up 10 years between 18 and 20, it was a very intense period of discomfort and change. I think all of that is just a natural part of growing up and hopefully the album reflects that.”

The new single can show that despite the growth, it is still a Twilight fan. “My favorite album is Twilight soundtrack and no one can change my mind.” tweeted in March 2020. Two years later, a fan reposted one of Olivia’s Instagram Stories, apparently taken while the singer was on tour. “Obsessed with the fact that Olivia Rodrigo uses Edward Cullen in-ear monitors on tour,” said the fan. After Olivia shared the artwork for the single, a black and white profile photo of her, with two purple bandages around her neck, her friend, conan grayposted a scene from Twilight to promote the song. Taylor Lautner, one of the stars of the vampire and werewolf franchise, commented on Olivia’s photo and asked, “WHO KILLED YOU.” The official Twilight IG account also commented, “She was waiting for this day! Dreams really do come true.”