During her GUTS world tour, an adorable video of a young girl Olivia Rodrigo acting with his stuffed animals plays in the background. “I am very excited. “My mom can’t watch that part without crying,” the singer admits.

It is one of the many moments that appear in netflix‘s Olivia Rodrigo: GUTS World Tourhis concert film which premiered on Tuesday.

“It’s a very sweet moment,” Rodrigo continues. The Hollywood Reporter. “It makes me very happy to see those videos again. This has always been my dream, as evidenced by those home movies where I put on shows for my stuffed animals. And I’m really grateful that it happened this way and that I get to live my dream every night. It’s really special. “I am a very lucky girl.”

VISCERARodrigo’s second album, released last September, was a huge success and helped her double the number of shows she performed in 2022. SOUR Route. It also moved from theaters to arenas like New York City’s Madison Square Garden and the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, where the Netflix special was filmed.

She hopes that her fans who couldn’t attend her live shows will feel satisfied through her new concert film. “That’s what was really exciting for me about putting this on Netflix: People who maybe couldn’t get a ticket will be able to watch it,” he says. “Also, I think this movie shows different perspectives and angles and feels fresh and exciting even if you’ve seen it before.”

In an interview, the 21-year-old talks about playing live, her advice for the tour opener and rising star. Chappell Roana possible return to performing and voting for the first time.

Your last tour visited theaters, but on your recent tour you went to stadiums and performed twice as many shows. How was that?

It was tremendously different. My two tours, I feel like they’re not even comparable. They both felt very different. He SOUR The tour was super intimate and it was great. I’m really happy that I got into touring with that kind of route, but this tour was really big and I got to go to so many places I’d never been before and I was playing bigger venues. And it definitely stretched me as a performer, and I feel like I learned a lot and became a lot more confident as the shows went on.

Your band includes female, trans or non-binary musicians. Was that also the case on your first tour?

It was, yes. I love girl bands. I grew up loving rock music and more specifically female rock bands like Sleater-Kinney and Hole and Babes in Toyland and all these female rockers. And when I went on tour, I always aimed to recreate that environment for myself.

On the tour you perform “Pretty Isn’t Pretty” by VISCERAwhich has a wonderful rhythm but lyrically deep. What was it like writing that song? Have you had fans talk to you specifically about that song?

It’s very interesting that you say that. That’s one of my favorite songs to perform. I had been thinking about the lyrics of that song for a long time. I had several test rounds where I tried to write “Pretty Isn’t Pretty” and it just didn’t make the cut. And finally, when I wrote this version, I thought, “Yeah, I finally articulated what I wanted to say.” It’s one of my favorite songs to play live because it’s not a hit or anything like that. It doesn’t have the most streams of any of my songs and my discography, but I always watch when I sing that song and there are some people in the audience that really feel every lyric and I can tell it really resonates with them. I always try to make eye contact with them and sing to them, and that makes it a really meaningful experience for me.

Many of your fans are your age or younger, but you also have older fans. How does it feel to see some of the young people in their 30s and 40s singing at your shows?

That’s a really fun part (of the shows). It’s been great to see all the different age groups sing, and there’s a diverse group of people that come to the shows, and it’s a lot of fun to be able to watch and see them every night. Music is so universal. It reminds me how similar we all are. We are much more similar than different and a concert is a perfect example of this in real life.

I hope that if you write from a place of honesty and vulnerability (something most people have felt that in their lives before) hopefully (everyone) resonates with that. That’s my theory.

You mention in the film that “Enough for You” is your favorite of SOUR. Why is that?

I wrote that song by myself on the floor of my bedroom, and I’m so proud of it and it really captures this insecurity that I was feeling at the time. That’s an insecurity that fortunately I don’t feel now, but it’s a really beautiful time capsule of my 17-year-old heart, and that’s why I’m always fond of it.

Chappell Roan appears in the concert film – what was it like performing with her?

It was amazing. I mean, I love Chappell and she’s been a big part of the VISCERA world tour. She opened it; She did the first seven shows with me and really helped me get back on my feet and helped me figure out what the program was. It felt remiss not to include her; she is a big part of this. I love that song (“Hot to Go!”) and it was so fun to perform with her. The public went crazy.

Both work with producer Dan Nigro. Is that how you met?

Yes, we met through Dan. We used to exchange sessions in his studio and we would see each other from time to time and hang out. She has some background vocals on some of my songs. SOUR and VISCERAso she’s always been a part of my life, and I’m very, very happy that she’s blowing up and killing and getting all the recognition she rightly deserves.

She, along with several artists, are marking their progress this year. They are experiencing new things: more fans, fame, upcoming Grammy nominations, etc. What advice would you give them since you had the same experience in 2021?

My God. It’s very difficult. I’m 21, I feel like I’m still flying by the seat of my pants in a lot of ways, but I think looking back at that time when my music was starting to take off and I was starting to gain some traction, it was all super exciting, but I think it’s really important to remember at the end of the day that the things that really give you purpose in life probably aren’t lists or awards or anything like that. And I think if you keep that mindset, you’ll be a happier, more grounded person.

Has there been any time to record new music or write? Do you write when you have an idea or do you prefer to write in a scheduled session?

A little of both. I love writing songs. It helps me feel sane and human. For me it’s like a self-care issue. It’s like writing a journal or something, or calling your therapist. That’s what songwriting means to me, so I’m always writing songs. But I’m trying not to push too hard to make something that’s going to be heard by a lot of people right now. I’m having a little fun with that.

Earlier this year you were nominated for best rock song at the Grammys alongside The Rolling Stones, Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age (boygenius won the award). I wondered if getting that nomination felt very special in some way.

Yes, he did. It felt really great. I mean, I felt like I was being accepted into a community that is historically very masculine. There are a lot of kids making rock music, so being included in that category as a younger woman was really exciting for me. It meant a lot.

What artist would you like to collaborate with or write a song with?

Oh my god, I always wanted to write a song with Gwen Stefani. I love her so much and I got to perform with her this year at Coachella. She is a very kind, sensible and sweet woman, and I think her songs are a guide for me when writing songs. And it would be great to do something with her today. That would be fantastic. She is so versatile. She is the quintessential cool girl. Nobody likes her. She is amazing.

The elections are approaching. How do you feel about it? Is this the first time you will be able to vote for a presidential candidate?

It’s my first presidential election. I missed the last one. It’s very exciting. I cast my vote yesterday (Sunday). I made a ballot by mail, went and dropped it off at the polling station. It was very exciting. And I wore my sticker with great pride all day. It’s a super, super important election, so I hope everyone, especially people my age, get out and vote. It couldn’t be more important.

Many of us first saw you in an acting role before “Driver’s License” came out; If you were to act again, what kind of role would you like it to be?

Ah, very interesting. I would love to do an acting role that has nothing to do with music. As much as I love music, I think it would be cool to be able to stretch a new muscle and do something completely different than what I’ve been doing for the past few years. I’d love to do something like that, but who knows? The future is bright.