Shout along with “Bad Idea Right” from the comfort of your own living room as Netflix presents Olivia Rodrigo: Guts World Tour.
Olivia Rodrigo: Guts World Tour comes to Netflix as the platinum-selling singer, songwriter, and actress is still out on the road in support of her second album. For Sour, her 2021 debut, Rodrigo was playing rooms and theaters, and it was only for a duration of four months. For Guts, she’s playing shows in arenas across five continents, including a sold-out August 2024 stand at Intuit Dome Arena in Los Angeles, where Guts World Tour was filmed. The singing and shouting along begins with the opening notes of “Bad Idea Right?” and doesn’t really quit until the encore 22 songs later – but the LA crowd also reaches for a raucous new gear once Rodrigo brings out special guest Chappell Roan for a kicky rendition of the latter’s “Hot to Go!”
The Gist: “Our last two shows for awhile!” Olivia Rodrigo tells her band and support team in the pre-concert huddle captured in Guts World Tour. “Let’s make LA and Netflix our fucking best!” As it turns out, her songwriting is not an outlier. Rodrigo also loves a curse word in immediate conversation, and during her lively stage banter. That’s just one of the fast facts revealed in Guts, which from top to bottom finds the singer in a lively performance of the set she and her band have been playing all over the world. The arena setting is just right for the chunky, 90s alternative-style guitars that frame Guts highlight “Bad Idea Right,” and as Rodrigo bolts up and down the stage’s two catwalks, her band always stays prominent in the center, situated below a large video screen. Their setup includes two electric guitars, bass and drums, keys, and backup singers. But in keeping with the evening’s purple color scheme, Rodrigo accompanies herself on an appropriately-hued acoustic guitar for “So American,” and grabs a custom lavender version of St. Vincent’s signature electric rig for the raging “All-American Bitch.”
Live, Rodrigo balances her handful of huge, big chorus songs with quieter material that explores insecurity, jealousy, and body image. But either way, the crowd came to Guts World Tour to sing along. Like during the back-to-back moment of “Vampire” and “Traitor,” where the chorus of voices in support of Rodrigo’s vocal is like a torrential indoor rainfall. She’s loving it, of course – “Da–uhm, LA, you guys are making me blush up here! Shit!” – and while she celebrates her tour experiences of drinking wine in Italy and eating escargot in France, Rodrigo reserves her ultimate shout-out for getting an In-N-Out Double-Double in her hometown of Los Angeles. From the stage, and throughout this entertaining set, Rodrigo’s attitude is very much that of someone who’s still a little new to playing such a big room.
