By Deepa Lakshmin
By the point Olivia Rodrigo hit the stage on the sixty fourth Grammy Awards on Sunday night time (April 3) on the MGM Grand Backyard Area in Las Vegas, she was already a winner. With a whopping seven nominations in all the most important classes, the Bitter singer-songwriter took residence her first-ever Gramophone for “Greatest Pop Solo Efficiency” for the unforgettable “Drivers License” forward of the present. It was becoming that not lengthy after, she sang the identical music as the primary efficiency of the large night time — a career-defining second, little doubt.
“I’ve grown up watching the Grammys religiously,” she instructed E! News on the crimson carpet. “I watched everybody’s performances on YouTube so many instances. So, to be right here tonight with all these unbelievable individuals is such an honor.”
In a surprising layered gown that appeared straight out of her Bitter promenade live performance movie, Rodrigo crooned the telltale first notes of her life-changing hit music from the entrance seat of a automotive. However though, because the lyrics clarify, she has her driver’s license, she selected singing within the streets over hitting the highway.
The Grammys stage remodeled into your typical suburban road for Olivia, a cinematic set straight out of any coming-of-age film. It’s after darkish, in all probability effectively previous curfew, and he or she wandering the block singing her coronary heart out to assist herself heal. Underneath the glow of headlights, she twirls round a lamppost, constructing anticipation for the bridge that helped “Drivers License” high the charts final 12 months.
When she sings “crimson lights, cease indicators,” crimson lights bathe the stage, upping the depth though arguably essentially the most cathartic line — “I nonetheless fucking love you” — needed to be censored for nationwide tv. Nonetheless, Olivia’s voice rises and falls on the good moments to convey the ache and anguish behind the music. Like every gifted performer, she is aware of methods to make you’re feeling she sings, and it’s no shock so many individuals have been moved by her artwork.
Keep tuned for extra protection of the ceremony, and discover the winners proper right here.
