Tiny Desk

Olivia Rodrigo, a literal teenager, wrote the album that I wish I would have had during one of my breakup moments. I've had several of those moments (mostly while being a grown ass man) and I think this album would have fit right in with my foul humor, willingness to cry and self-pity. There were always Tori and Alanis, but this is fresh.  I also think it's one of the coolest albums of the year, which I know will rub some of the ‘purists’ the wrong way, but I do think it's a very good album. And I can decree it 'good' because I, along with the tweens, some gays and the ladies who lunch are the ones who still buy music in many formats and also stream it and we are literally the ones keeping the music industry alive today. So there.

I've posted Olivia here before, of course. Because I'm sneaky and because I have been listening to her songs all this year. Kind of obsessed with the album, to tell you the truth. I find it that I like really old songs (I’m with you and Herb Alpert, Maddie!) or really new songs that sometimes nobody has heard before (or at least it seems to me that way). I have a weird way to relate to music. It has to touch me, it has to tell me something, and I need to like the artist. Funny that this year it's been Olivia (along with Dua Lipa and Doja Cat) and last year it was Billie Eillish. I seem to have the same sensibility of an eighteen year old girl, but you already knew that. 

As I said, I may not know music as many of you do, but I do know what I like. And I like Sour, Rodrigo's first album. So here's her Tiny (HOME) Desk concert. Because of course MTV doesn’t do Unplugged anymore…

So what did the pandemic get you to listen to? 

XOXO

P.S. I also like these versions of her songs: