I was in the car with one of my nieces (who’s under 20 years old, not that it matters, but it kinda does) and asked her to pick out a song to play on Spotify. Sidebar: I love Spotify premium. I can’t imagine a time in my future life where I will have reverted to the free version. OK, anywhos, she picked out an Olivia Rodrigo song and I thought to myself, “This is what sacrifice looks like.” I much rather be playing John Mayer or Retrofile or NF or Labrinth or Vince Gill, but Olivia? I’m earning a bigger mansion in Heaven for this one, right? Here’s the song she picked out…
That song is not ever going to make it on any playlist I put together, but of course, that shouldn’t surprise anyone. I’m a 44-year-old man. While it’s not a “feel good” song, I can at least appreciate the rhymes. She has a clever way of stringing lyrics together, I’ll give her that. The next song my niece picked was…
She lost me immediately with “skin like puff pastry.” Gross. She sort of brought me back in with some of the later rhymes, but just… no. OK, the last song my niece picked was…
If I didn’t know this was Olivia Rodrigo, I’d bet a Bitcoin it was Travis Kelce’s girlfriend. See what I did there? Kind of confirming without any shred of evidence that he’s dating Taylor Swift. They go together like oil and ice. But this isn’t a post about Travis and Taylor, or Trifty as some are calling them.
At the end of the day, I’m not the target market for Olivia Rodrigo’s music. In fact, I’d want Travis Kelce to make a song and I’d give that a shot before ever choosing to listen to another O-Rod song. No offense. I’m just too old to care about teeny bopper heartbreak songs.
[Immediately plays “All or Nothing” by O-Town]
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