Driver’s License by Olivia Rodrigo

If you don’t know Olivia Rodrigo, she is a 17 year old American actress and singer. She was first noticed on the Disney series Bizaardvark, and most people know her from her role as Nini on the Disney+ original show, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. Olivia wrote an original song for the series called “All I Want” and co-wrote a song with Joshua Bassett called “Just for a Moment.” Olivia still continues to write and produce amazing music that many people love. 

An article by Billboard says, “Olivia Rodrigo unveiled her debut single, ‘Drivers License,’ on Friday (Jan. 8), announcing herself as a pop star in the making and kicking her career into a new gear.” She wrote this song after she got her driver's license in the summer of 2020. “When I came up with ‘Driver’s License,’” she says, “I was going through a heartbreak that was so confusing to me, so multifaceted. Putting all those feelings into a song made everything seem so much simpler and clearer — and at the end of the day, I think that’s really the whole purpose of songwriting. There’s nothing like sitting at the piano in my bedroom and writing a really sad song. It’s truly my favorite thing in the world.” 

The same article from Billboard says, “The emotive track, an ode to the end of a relationship that Rodrigo penned in quarantine, finds the teen singer roving through the streets of suburbia with her newly christened driver's license, heartbroken that her ex has quickly moved on…” Once people heard the line, "And you're probably with that blonde girl / Who always made me doubt / She's so much older than me / She's everything I'm insecure about," they immediately speculated it was about Olivia’s ex, Joshua Bassett’s new love interest, Sabrina Carpenter. An article from ET says that, “Carpenter fits the description, as she's four years Rodrigo's senior and has blonde hair. Additionally, Carpenter and Bassett are rumored to be romantically linked, even posting their Halloween couples costume on TikTok.” 

Currently, “Driver’s License’ is the number one song in the world on Apple Music. In one of her interviews, she says how it is “absolutely insane” that her song has gotten so much recognition so fast! If you have not already, go stream ‘Driver’s License’ anywhere!