Olivia Rodrigo has quietly added Taylor Swift’s name to the credits of a second song from her ‚Sour‘ album, ‚Deja Vu.‘
Olivia Rodrigo and her main collaborator, songwriter-producer Daniel Nigro, have given Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff and St. Vincent a songwriting credit on “Deja Vu” — the second song from Rodrigo’s blockbuster debut album “Sour” to receive such a non-collaborative credit, after “1 Step Forward,3 Steps Back.” The addition to the album’s credits was first noted by Rolling Stone. While the two have met but apparently have never collaborated in person, Rodrigo has spoken at length about Swift’s huge influence on her own writing and artistry, and the connection between Swift’s “New Year’s Day” and “1 Step Forward” is fairly clear. The influence of “Cruel Summer” on “Deja Vu” is less tangible, however — amounting basically to yelling on the bridge, which is more of an arrangement touch than a songwriting one — even though Rodrigo has acknowledged the influence in interviews.
