“I couldn’t be further from the truth”

Olivia Rodrigo says that despite fans’ concerns about her sanity, she is not depressed and “certainly doesn’t cry all the time on my bedroom floor.” Fans were concerned because many songs from her debut album, Sour, deal with grief and anguish.

“I’ve always been obsessed with heartbreaking songs. Honestly, I wrote heartbreaking songs before I had a boyfriend, ”Rodrigo admitted in a new interview on CBS Sunday morning. “I have always been obsessed with this feeling. There is nothing more painful than being in this sense of loss.

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Rodrigo also spoke of the lyrics to her song, “Driver’s License” in particular, explaining that she wrote the song after going through her first “real heartache”.

“I just remember writing it and feeling like it was a page ripped from my journal, because it was so intimate and vulnerable,” she said. “I just think there was no other option for me: I had to write it down, I had to write it for myself, to get it out. I would feel sick if I kept it all, but really at the heart of it all, I had to do it for myself. “

She continued, “I was really sad, I was a 17 year old girl going through my first real heartbreak, but I think a lot of people also think that by listening to my music, I am a sad person and. depressed; that couldn’t be further from the truth. I certainly don’t cry on my bedroom floor all the time.

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