Olivia Rodrigo Gracie Abrams Instagram inspiration

    by Ruud Sharon: Olivia Rodrigo

    Olivia Rodrigo revealed to Gracie Abrams that discovering her music on Instagram motivated her to begin writing songs in her bedroom.

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    I remember finding your Instagram. It's so funny that the songwriters have Instagram these days. That's how it happens. But I remember finding when I was 14 or 15, and truly I'm not blowing smoke, I remember being so inspired by you. And you and people like that, but especially watching you play piano or play guitar in your room and write all these beautiful songs was very inspiring to me as a young person, just being like, oh, I don't need to go into a studio or do all this crazy shit. I can just be in my room and write about my life in a way that was so inspiring to me and your music has always been so inspiring, truly. Well, that's how I feel about yours. And this record is no exception. I listened to it and I was like, I gotta go right now. I'm so inspired. There's just something. I think that that's the coolest thing that you can do as an artist. That's always the goalpost for me. If I can write something that inspires someone else to want to pick up a guitar or moves them in some way that they feel like they need to express themselves, I feel like that's a job well done and your music is totally 100% that for me. Thank you.