‘Vampire’ is the first taste from ‘Guts,’ the feverishly anticipated sophomore album she’s set to drop in September, more than two years after her smash debut.
Where to start with Olivia Rodrigo’s smart bomb of a new single?
We could talk about her close-miked vocal tone — somehow cathartic and conspiratorial at once — as she rhymes “blood-sucker” and fame-f—er” in the chorus. We could talk about the juddering guitar noise that closes the track like somebody spilled hot water in the studio. We could talk about the ridiculously sick burn Rodrigo delivers in the second verse when she says the reason her ex went for her instead of an older woman is because “girls your age know better.
