Los Angeles (USA) (EFE).- The American singer Olivia Rodrigo announced that her second studio album, entitled “GUTS”, will be presented on September 8, after the success of her album “SOUR”, released in 2021.
“This album is about the pain of growing up and trying to figure out who I am at this point in my life,” said the 2022 Best New Artist Grammy winner, in a statement distributed by the Universal Music record company.
The young woman assured that the project is the result of an accumulation of experiences derived from the overwhelming fame that she experienced in the last two years, which felt like “ten years.”
The intensity that “discomfort and change” brings in the natural process of growing up are themes that haunt the twenty-something album. Whose first single is called “Vampire” and will be revealed on June 30.
“GUTS”, which in Spanish means viscera, will be released under the Geffen Records label. He recorded together with the American composer and producer Daniel Nigro, with whom he had already worked on “SOUR”, his debut album.
The successful path of Olivia Rodrigo
Rodrigo’s rise to fame has followed a dizzying pace that has put her on the level of phenomena like Billie Eilish and Rosalía since she released her first song in early 2021, “Drivers License”.
That same year, Rodrigo presented “SOUR”, considered the best album of the year by media such as Rolling Stone.
After songs like “Good 4 U” and “Déja Vu” went viral on social networks, she positioned herself at that time as the most listened to artist in the Anglo-Saxon world.
In 2022, the young woman earned seven Grammy Award nominations. Including the four main categories, with which she established herself as one of the new promises of American pop.
Named by the Billboard Women’s Awards as the woman of the year. She and at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards she won songwriter of the year.
In addition, in 2022 he began an international tour in which he visited more than 40 cities in North America and Europe.