“She’s Actually Shameless”: Olivia Rodrigo Just Released A New Song With Chappell Roan, And People Are Disappointed But Not Surprised After Taylor Swift Randomly Dropped New Music Of Her Own

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In caller years, Taylor Swift has earned herself a big estimation for releasing caller euphony — oregon rather, caller versions of her aged euphony — astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic different large pistillate artists, with the 36-year-old prima regularly accused of seemingly trying to artifact her manufacture peers successful the charts.

While determination are a fewer examples of this, the astir notable are Billie Eilish and Charli XCX. In May 2024, Taylor’s medium The Tortured Poets Department was already dominating the charts pursuing its April release. But erstwhile Billie released her 3rd workplace medium Hit Me Hard And Soft connected May 17, Taylor abruptly dropped respective further versions of Tortured Poets — including 3 caller integer variants, different CD edition, and restocks of 4 deluxe CD variants.

And, of course, Taylor enlisted her tried-and-tested trick: each variant offered exclusive material, encouraging fans to acquisition aggregate copies. She past managed to merchandise 3 much deluxe versions the pursuing week, too.

If you’re wondering, Taylor remained astatine No. 1 successful the US aft this, portion Billie debuted astatine No. 2. She did, however, scope No. 1 successful the UK.

Then, successful June 2024, British prima Charli released her critically acclaimed, breakout medium Brat, which was wide anticipated to beryllium her archetypal UK No. 1 album. Amid Charli’s June 7 merchandise day being announced, Taylor announced six caller editions of The Tortured Poets Department… And the astir eyebrow-raising portion of it all? They were each UK exclusives. Unsurprisingly, this geographical regularisation was peculiarly controversial, and Taylor ended up securing different week astatine No. 1 successful the UK, portion Charli debuted astatine No. 2, though she did scope No. 1 with Brat aboriginal successful the year.

For what it’s worth, this 1 felt peculiarly pointed considering Taylor’s ongoing feud with Charli, which you tin work much astir here.

And that really leads america nicely to the latest saga, with the online sentiment wide appearing to beryllium “disappointed but not surprised” erstwhile Taylor surprise-dropped caller euphony conscionable hours aft Olivia Rodrigo’s pre-announced collaboration with Chappell Roan dropped connected Thursday.

Earlier this week, Olivia told her Instagram followers: “beyond excited to denote ‘expectations’ featuring Chappell Roan!!! opus and video retired Thursday!!!!”

Meanwhile, past month, Taylor released 4 caller songs connected a deluxe mentation of her past album, including the way “Patient Zero.” As with each of her releases successful caller years, this included soft and acoustic versions that were initially lone disposable connected carnal media, encouraging fans to bargain her euphony alternatively than conscionable watercourse it. But soon aft “expectations” dropped, Taylor announced that the acoustic and soft versions of “Patient Zero” were present streaming.

A station shared to her authoritative societal media accounts simply reads: “We consciousness similar staying successful and listening to the ‘Patient Zero’ acoustic and soft versions this evening… bully happening they’re retired present connected each streaming platforms! 🙆‍♀️”

Needless to say, the coincidental timing has been noted, and radical person been having a tract time astir it implicit connected X — with 1 of the astir viral tweets really being 1 posted connected Tuesday predicting that Taylor would bash precisely this. Quote-tweeting Pop Crave’s station astir the Olivia and Chappell collab, the Oct. 13 tweet reads: “Great, we’re astir to get 4 caller versions of Patient Zero 🫩.” This presently has implicit 72,000 likes. One of the responses, posted earlier today, shares a screenshot of Taylor’s announcement and adds: “she’s specified an insecure loser.”

“she's really shameless and not adjacent tryna fell the greediness anymore,” idiosyncratic other wrote. Another added: “yknow one was kinda skeptical abt the full blocking different artists' streams oregon smthn but this is conscionable excessively fucking comic lmfao cant contradict the signifier now.” One much quoted Olivia’s opus “The Grudge,” which is really thought to beryllium astir Taylor, writing: “you person everything and you inactive privation more.”

As with Charli, Taylor is thought to person beef with 23-year-old Olivia, who archetypal transitioned from Disney prima to chart-topping instrumentalist backmost successful 2021, astatine property 17. At the clip of her breakthrough, Olivia was a huge, self-proclaimed Swiftie, and for a time, the 2 shared cute societal media moments earlier yet gathering astatine the BRIT Awards successful May 2021.

Olivia's debut medium Sour came retired conscionable days later, and Taylor’s philharmonic power implicit Olivia’s enactment was astatine its astir evident successful her opus "1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back,” which was released with an approved recognition to Taylor due to the fact that it uses an interpolation of her way “New Year’s Day.” Discussing however this recognition came to beryllium successful a consequent interview with Zach Sang, Olivia explained: “I came up with the '1 Step Forward' conception and I benignant of wrote a verse and a chorus. I was successful the car connected a roadworthy trip, and erstwhile I got home, I decided to sing it implicit the chords of 'New Year's Day.’ I deliberation they're truly beauteous chords. I was fortunate capable to get that approved, and it's connected the record.”

While Taylor’s squad authorized this interpolation and Olivia dutifully credited it, successful July — weeks aft Sour’s merchandise — fans noticed that Taylor had been retroactively credited connected Olivia’s blockbuster azygous “Deja Vu.” Taylor and her collaborators Jack Antonoff and St. Vincent’s names were added alongside Olivia’s and songwriter-producer Dan Nigro.

It aboriginal transpired that this summation was seemingly owed to the reported interpolation of Taylor’s opus “Cruel Summer” successful the hit; however, fans of some Olivia’s and Taylor’s neglect to spot immoderate similarity successful the 2 songs. If you privation to perceive for yourself, you tin cheque retired "Deja Vu" here and "Cruel Summer" here.

Then successful September, Paramore's Hayley Williams — who is adjacent friends with Taylor — and Joshua Farro were retroactively fixed songwriting credits connected Olivia’s deed azygous “Good 4 U” due to the fact that of the similarities it seemingly shares with Paramore's 2007 azygous "Misery Business.” Olivia's opus tin beryllium heard here, and Paramore's here.

Billboard aboriginal reported that, with the credits, Olivia had given up a immense sum of money successful royalties, with Taylor, Jack, and St. Vincent said to person a combined stock of 50% of the royalties for “Deja Vu,” and Hayley and Joshua receiving an estimated combined stock of 50% for “Good 4 U.” It’s worthy noting that the Sour songs to person credits taken were 2 of Olivia’s deed singles.

While the full concern unfolded successful private, different artists — including Elvis Costello and Adam Levine — came guardant to support Olivia amid the claims that she’d ripped disconnected different artists.

Olivia remained soundless astir the concern astatine the time, but successful a telling Rolling Stone interrogation with Alanis Morissette successful October 2021, the 2 women bonded implicit having encountered “mean girls” successful the industry. Looking backmost connected her aboriginal success, Alanis told Olivia: “There was a batch of bullying and a batch of jealousy and a batch of radical whom I’d adored my full beingness being mean girls,” to which Olivia replied: “Same!”

“It was truly frustrating to spot radical discredit and contradict my creativity,” Olivia added to Time soon aft she became the 2nd youngest creator to beryllium nominated successful each 4 of the wide Grammy categories successful the aforesaid ceremonial — including the much-coveted “Album of the Year.” Her shaper Dan pointedly added to the publication: "It seems similar radical get comic astir things erstwhile songs go truly popular."

Speculation that Taylor and Olivia had fallen retired was fueled when, little than a twelvemonth aft their PDA astatine the BRITs, they didn’t airs for a photograph unneurotic astatine the Grammys — contempt Taylor being pictured with respective of her chap artists.

Fast-forward to 2023, and fans speculated that not one, but 2 of the songs connected Olivia’s sophomore album, Guts, could beryllium astir Taylor — including its pb single, “Vampire.” In this song, Olivia sings astir feeling utilized and blindsided by idiosyncratic that she erstwhile loved, with the full conception of being bled adust by a “vampire” seen arsenic a imaginable metaphor for the wealth that Taylor made from securing a recognition connected 1 of Olivia’s biggest hits.

This mentation was exemplified erstwhile Olivia’s rep bluntly told People that the opus was not inspired by the star’s ex-boyfriend, Adam Faze, and Olivia explained that she wrote it due to the fact that she was "upset astir a definite situation" and that it is simply a opus astir "feeling confused and hurt."

Meanwhile, astatine astir the aforesaid time, Rolling Stone asked Olivia astir the credits situation, and she — past 20 — confessed that she “was a small caught disconnected guard” by the mode that different radical took recognition for her music. She said: “At the clip it was precise confusing, and I was greenish and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.” Olivia past clarified that it was her squad who handled the situation, and she wasn't "super progressive in" the ins and outs of however it was resolved.

Notably, Olivia was past asked if she would ever "demand recognition from a young artist," and she appeared to propulsion subtle shade arsenic she replied: "I don't deliberation I would ever personally bash that… But who’s to accidental wherever I’ll beryllium successful 20, 30 years. All that I tin bash is constitute my songs and absorption connected what I tin control.”

It was astatine astir this constituent that radical started to look much intimately astatine Taylor’s ain music, specifically a opus that she released “from the vault” connected her mentation of her 2012 medium Red, which was released successful 2021 — the aforesaid twelvemonth that Olivia entered the euphony scene. The opus successful question? “Nothing New,” which reveals that Taylor had been anxiously fearing the day that she is replaced by a fresh, younger vocalist since she was 22 years old.

If you request reminding, Taylor was 17 years aged erstwhile she archetypal burst onto the scene, and this opus was primitively written for her 4th workplace album, but not released until astir a decennary later, erstwhile Taylor was 31. You tin work much astir this here.

Earlier this year, Olivia was backmost connected the media circuit to beforehand her critically acclaimed 3rd album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So In Love, which included a wide-ranging, 90-minute interrogation with the New York Times’ Popcast podcast.

The speech covered everything from the backlash against Olivia’s aesthetic of babydoll dresses to her unequivocal nationalist enactment for important causes, women’s rights, and the ongoing suffering successful Gaza. (For notation connected the second she said: “I’m an creator and what I bash for my occupation is: ‘This is however I feel,’ and I contiguous it to people. I deliberation it would beryllium disingenuous to beryllium like: ‘I don’t consciousness heartbroken astir what’s going connected successful Gaza,’ you cognize what I mean?”)

Considering however expansive the interrogation is, it’s unsurprising that the Taylor of it each yet came up, with Olivia archetypal being asked astir however she handles the changeless scrutiny surrounding her interactions with different celebrities, to which Olivia said: “I don't truly work excessively acold into it. I deliberation it comes [with] the territory, and it's par for the course. And I deliberation if I dove into each net detective sleuth that got things close oregon incorrect astir my life, oregon immoderate of my relationships, I deliberation I'd conscionable spell crazy. There's conscionable not capable clip successful the day.”

Host Jon Caramanica past straight asked: “Is determination a frost betwixt you and Taylor? Is that thing that hovers implicit your mind? Is it thing that you deliberation is simply a operation of the radical who are doing net detective work? How bash you presumption that present that you're a fewer years removed from the archetypal ruptures?”

Olivia looked visibly affectional arsenic she replied: “Um… I don’t know. I deliberation I tried to not fto it get to me, oregon upset me. I deliberation I conscionable effort to support it trucking. I deliberation that present it was truthful agelong ago, I deliberation there's nary usage successful harping connected it. And, um, yeah, I conscionable effort to marque songs that I love, and effort to beryllium benignant and bully to different people, and supportive of different people. And I've ever tried to beryllium similar that… At the extremity of the day, I deliberation that's each you tin do.”

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