{"id":16664,"date":"2021-07-27T08:52:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T13:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/?p=16664"},"modified":"2025-10-16T14:50:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:50:05","slug":"how-did-olivia-rodrigo-become-famous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/how-did-olivia-rodrigo-become-famous\/","title":{"rendered":"How Did Olivia Rodrigo Become Famous?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-disney-viral-hits-and-honest-songwriting-propelled-olivia-rodrigo-to-global-fame\">How Disney, Viral Hits, and Honest Songwriting Propelled Olivia Rodrigo to Global Fame<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-from-american-girl-to-new-girl-to-disney-channel-and-topping-the-global-music-charts\">From American Girl to <em>New Girl<\/em>, to Disney Channel and Topping the Global Music Charts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In July 2021, Olivia Rodrigo visited the White House to meet with President Biden to help get the message out about encouraging America\u2019s youth to get vaccinated. Of all the stars to take on this responsibility, the 18-year-old \u201cdrivers license\u201d singer\/songwriter is an obvious choice. Rodrigo\u2019s fame snuck up so quickly that it does not even predate the December 2020 release of the vaccines that she is promoting. In fact, at this time last year, Rodrigo was in between shooting seasons of the Disney+ reboot of <em>High School Musical<\/em>, a show with modest popularity, but not typically the preceding step to a No. 1 song and album for the greater part of the year.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not even the original cast of <em>High School Musical<\/em> experienced such mainstream notoriety. Nor Disney stars like Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus, and Selena Gomez, who had debut albums with mixed reviews. All three were so clearly molded and scrubbed by the Disney machine before hitting their stride and finding their own songwriting voices and public personas. However, Rodrigo has come right out of the gate and straight to the top of the global charts with her gut-punching lyrics that can drag people of all ages into the mindset of a painful teenage heartbreak.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This has left many people wondering, how did Olivia Rodrigo become famous? Meet-with-the-president-to-create-strategic-vaccine-messaging famous? It was the power of the Disney platform combined with revealing and honest songwriting, perhaps fueled by a year of social isolation. This is sprinkled with lifelong influence and inspiration from songwriters like Taylor Swift. Here are the projects that led up to Rodrigo\u2019s current status:&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-american-girl\"><strong><em>American Girl<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While Rodrigo\u2019s first break was technically in an Old Navy commercial, her first big role was in the 2015 direct-to-video film <em>An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success<\/em>, where she played Grace, an aspiring tween baker who enters a French baking challenge to raise money to save her grandparents\u2019 doomed patisserie. Though seemingly insignificant, other actors who have starred in an <em>American Girl<\/em> movie include Shailene Woodley (<em>Divergent<\/em> series), Abigail Breslin (<em>Zombieland<\/em>), and AnnaSophia Robb (<em>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/em>, <em>The<\/em> <em>Carrie Diaries<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grace Stirs Up Success | Official Movie Trailer | American Girl\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E32HjXNzdRg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The trailer of Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s first film <em>An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bizaardvark\"><strong><em>Bizaardvark<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2016, Disney plucked Rodrigo to star as Paige Olvera in the series <em>Bizaardvark <\/em>about two teenage vloggers (\u00e0 la Nickelodeon\u2019s <em>iCarly) <\/em>who go viral writing and performing comedic music sketches. Though in a comedic setting, this is where Rodrigo first got to have her singing voice heard. In 2019, the show was canceled after three seasons, but <em>Bizaardvark<\/em> led to her next Disney role.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"First! \ud83c\udfa5 | S1 E1 | Full Episode | Bizaardvark | Disney Channel\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OYX5HgcKvLA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The first episode of the Disney Channel show <em>Bizaardvark<\/em>, one of Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s first big roles in 2016.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-new-girl\"><strong><em>New Girl<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017, Rodrigo appeared in an episode of <em>New Girl<\/em> alongside Zooey Deschanel. Rodrigo is one of three students to meet with Deschanel\u2019s character Jess, the principal of their school, and her roommate Nick, to gush about the young adult series that he wrote. Many fans point out that one commonality between Rodrigo and her hero Taylor Swift is that they both appeared on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ISRmrR7QHJY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">New Girl<\/a><\/em> (on different episodes, but still).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All of Olivia Rodrigo&#039;s Scenes in New Girl | Netflix\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3EW17CSJX8c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Olivia Rodrigo makes an appearance in a 2017 episode of <em>New Girl<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-high-school-musical-the-musical-the-series\"><strong><em>High School Musical: The Musical: The Series<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Next Rodrigo moved from cable to the Disney+ streaming service in <em>High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.<\/em> The show premiered on Disney Channel before the launch of Disney+ in November 2019. Rodrigo plays one of the lead characters Nini Salazar-Roberts, who plays Vanessa Hudgens\u2019 character Gabriella Montez in the show. Rodrigo\u2019s original song \u201cAll I Want\u201d got some airtime on the show and even charted No. 90 in the US. The second season of the series premiered in May 2021, shortly before she released her first album, <em>Sour<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Olivia Rodrigo - All I Want (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OOgvDiXl6hA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s music video for her original song \u201cAll I Want\u201d which appeared in the first season of <em>High School Musical: The Musical: The Series<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-taylor-swift\"><strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>People share covers of Taylor Swift\u2019s songs every day, but something about Rodrigo\u2019s cover of \u201cCruel Summer\u201d compelled Swift to leave a comment and share on her page. Not too long after that, Swift\u2019s songs from her album <em>Evermore <\/em>were charting alongside Rodrigo\u2019s. Rodrigo has said that she is the \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/9511463\/olivia-rodrigo-taylor-swift-drivers-license-comment-reaction\" target=\"_blank\">biggest Swiftie in the whole world<\/a>.\u201d According to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/olivia-rodrigo-adds-taylor-swift-st-vincent-jack-antonoff-co-writes-to-deja-vu-1193659\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em>, Rodrigo\u2019s song \u201cDeja Vu\u201d is inspired by \u201cCruel Summer\u201d and even has Swift and Jack Antonoff\u2019s writing credits on the song.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h3QXdS7wZro\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rodrigo covering Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cCruel Summer\u201d on her social media. Swift reposted it on her page and left a comment on the original post.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-drivers-license-nbsp\"><strong>\u2018drivers license\u2019&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, Rodrigo signed with Interscope and Geffen Records and released her single \u201cdrivers license\u201d in January 2021. It went to No. 1 in a week, with <em>Billboard<\/em> calling it the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/business\/chart-beat\/9510236\/olivia-rodrigo-drivers-license-hit-song-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Runaway Hit of 2021<\/a>.\u201d In a <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/19\/arts\/music\/olivia-rodrigo-drivers-license.html\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times article<\/a><\/em>, Jeremy Erlich, the co-head of music at Spotify, said that it was \u201ca ton of X-factor that made this the perfect storm.\u201d This includes the gossip surrounding <em>High School Musical<\/em> costars, Joshua Bassett and Sabrina Carpenter, who may be the subject of the song. Plus support from Swift and TikToker Charli D\u2019Amelio, along with a robust marketing plan from Interscope and Geffin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Olivia Rodrigo Wrote \u2018Drivers License,\u2019 the Biggest Song of the Year So Far | Diary of a Song\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hWq_ma9ZDxk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-saturday-night-live\"><strong><em>Saturday Night Live<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In February 2021, <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> poked fun at the irresistibility of \u201cdrivers license\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@jaded.wonderland\/video\/7224937992367017262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">in a sketch<\/a> about men at a dive bar pool table talking about the song\u2019s lyrics, <em>High School Musical <\/em>gossip, and Swift\u2019s inspirations. The scene ends with them all singing what Kate McKinnon calls \u201cthe bridge of our lives.\u201d A few weeks later Rodrigo appeared on the show as a musical guest. The sketch is making a joke at the fact that the song is about getting your driver\u2019s license, and yet it\u2019s making people in a much older demographic emotional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license (Live From Saturday Night Live\/2021)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jB6zVBiVJe0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sour-nbsp\"><strong><em>Sour&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In May 2021, Rodrigo released her full-length album <em>Sour<\/em>. At this point, \u201cdrivers license\u201d along with her other singles \u201cdeja vu\u201d and \u201cgood 4 u\u201d were already at the top of the charts, and the entire album took the spot as No. 1 globally as well. Olivia Horn who reviewed <em>Sour<\/em> on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/olivia-rodrigo-sour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Pitchfork<\/a><\/em> said, \u201cIn a way, the flattening effect of the internet has worked in her favor, allowing her\u2014someone who has been on TV for roughly a third of her life and is signed with the biggest record company in the world\u2014to slip into the role of the underdog.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People want to root for the underdog and feel like they\u2019re along for the ride on their ascent to fame. Rodrigo had a lot of factors working in her favor, but Disney and Nickelodeon stars aren\u2019t guaranteed No. 1 albums and songs when they transition into their music careers. Rodrigo was able to skip her squeaky-clean Disney debut and cut right to the grit and turmoil of being a teenager, while still managing to find the universal for folks without Disney+ subscriptions.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/songwriting?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-link-from-article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">STUDY SONGWRITING AT BERKLEE ONLINE<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From American Girl to &#8220;New Girl,&#8221; to Disney Channel and topping the global music charts, learn how Olivia Rodrigo became famous. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":16673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8514,8522,8517,6759,8519,8518,8516,8523,8512,8515,8511,8520,8521,8513,1403],"class_list":["post-16664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-american-girl","tag-cruel-summer","tag-deja-vu","tag-disney-channel","tag-drivers-license","tag-good-4-u","tag-high-school-musical","tag-high-school-musical-the-musical-the-series","tag-joe-biden","tag-new-girl","tag-olivia-rodrigo","tag-saturday-night-live","tag-snl","tag-sour","tag-taylor-swift"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.8 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Did Olivia Rodrigo Become Famous? 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