Olivia Rodrigo has carried out a young rendition of ‘Guts’ spotlight, ‘Vampire’, on The Late Present With Stephen Colbert.
The pop heavyweight appeared on Colbert on Monday evening (December 18), performing the observe surrounded by microphone props, and lowering her vocal supply from her signature belt to a extra weak, whispery tone. Backed solely by a piano and a string quartet, the newest rendition of the observe sees Rodrigo’s vocals taking centrestage.
Watch Olivia Rodrigo carry out ‘Vampire’ on ‘Colbert’ beneath:
Rodrigo’s performance on Colbert is the newest in a string of appearances she has made on American tv to advertise her sophomore album, ‘Guts’. Earlier this month, she appeared on Saturday Night time Dwell to carry out a stage-wrecking, cake-smearing rendition of ‘All-American Bitch’. She additionally appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! in October, performing ‘Ballad Of A Homeschooled Woman’ each in entrance of a band and behind the dashboard of Jimmy Kimmel’s automotive, as she carpooled with the host and his children on their solution to faculty.
‘Guts’ earned an enthusiastic, five-star evaluation from NME, with Sophie Williams praising the 20-year-old’s maturity since her 2021 debut. “Right here, she gives blunt self-analysis whereas reflecting on wider cultural concepts of performance and swallowing anger in an effort to adjust to the needs and desires of others,” she wrote. “It really works as a show of actual energy, vary and flexibility – all of which Rodrigo possesses in abundance.”
It will definitely landed on the quantity two spot of NME’s finest albums of 2023 record, alongside fellow acts together with Caroline Polachek, Younger Fathers, Troye Sivan, Paramore and Boygenius.
Williams as soon as once more wrote in regards to the album, praising its sincere coming-of-age portrayal, writing: “This outlook was wrought via adrenaline-pumping guitar passes and the occasional screamed vocal; she righteously selected to bask in her personal depth, and celebrated herself for doing so.”
The ‘Get Him Again’ singer was additionally not too long ago the recipient of Selection’s Storyteller of the 12 months award. In her acceptance speech, she opened up in regards to the immense strain she confronted following the success of her debut album, ‘Bitter’. “I had so many voices in my head and I felt a lot strain to please everybody with the music I used to be making,” she said.
“I discovered that simply merely exhibiting as much as create one thing on a regular basis, even when I didn’t really feel extraordinarily impressed, was what pulled me out of that dread and made me begin to get actually excited in regards to the music I used to be making.”
In a current interview with the Los Angeles Instances, Rodrigo admitted that some songs from ‘Bitter’ not resonated along with her as strongly. “A few of them I don’t actually love a lot anymore,” she mentioned. “Folks get so unhappy as a result of it’ll be their favorite track. However I simply really feel like I’ve grown out of a few of them.”