For those who spent their elementary and middle school days reading teen magazine covers detailing the high-profile breakups of Taylor Swift and Joe Jonas or Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron, the career arc of Olivia Rodrigo the last couple years of stardom feels all too familiar. After her breakthrough on Disney+ show “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,” she had a real-life relationship with costar Joshua Bassett that inspired debut single “drivers license.” Drama ensued. After months of headlines, her debut album, Sour, about the less-than-ideal feelings of late teenhood, has finally arrived.

“Drivers license,” easily one of the year’s most successful singles, was streamed 76 million times in the U.S. in its first week and claimed the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for eight consecutive weeks. Its cathartic, piano-driven style and emotive bridge propelled the song to worldwide popularity, to numerous awards shows and late-night appearances. It also got praise from musicians like Swift. As with Swift, Rodrigo’s emotional and songwriting maturity on the album works for generations far before her time. If you’re unconvinced, watch the “SNL” skit parodying the song and how its bridge will bring something out in you—even if you’re an older, straight man just enjoying a game of pool.

The impact Swift’s songwriting style and career has had on the 18-year-old is no secret. Olivia Rodrigo heaps praise at Swift’s songwriting chops and sprinkles in nods to Swift throughout Sour. She even goes as far as sampling Swift’s and Jack Antonoff’s soft piano opening from “New Year’s Day” on “1 step forward, 3 steps back,” incorporating Swift’s favorite number (13) into the title. If you claim to be a Swiftie and you’re not eating this up, you’re not a Swiftie.

Sour opens with “brutal.” “I’m so insecure I think/ That I’ll die before I drink/ And I’m so caught up in the news/ Of who likes me and who hates you,” she sings over a short, guitar-heavy track full of teenage angst. The poetic lyrics are sung harshly. A tempo change in the final 20 seconds indicates the mature direction upon which the album is bound to embark.

“Traitor” follows. The ballad details her man who went off and found someone new quicker than she’s comfortable with. “Guess you didn’t cheat/ But you’re still a traitor,” she sings in the chorus, after revealing intimate and visceral details of their relationship like “brown guilty eyes” and “little white lies.” And she’s just 18?

Numerous Disney stars maintained generally pure images on their first albums (see Selena Gomez’s Kiss & Tell or Demi Lovato’s La La Land) but Rodrigo has been able to display a simultaneously youthful, yet mature style. Though sometimes explicit in her songwriting, her high-pitched vocals and doelike face play the girl-next-door type more than contemporaries like Billie Eilish and Dua Lipa.

There’s clever, fully formed storytelling present throughout the album. “Stupid, obsessive little me/ I knew from the start this is exactly how’d you leave,” she sings on “enough for you” over light guitar strumming. “Oh, I hope you’re happy/ But not like how you were with me/ I’m selfish I know/ I can’t let you go,” she sings on “happier,” over a subtle piano and clapping beat. She wrote both of the songs without any help, yet they pack an emotional and personal punch that’s unique to Disney stars.

The album’s other singles are stacked midway through. “Deja vu,” a twinkling, warm pop track that reminisces on “reruns of Glee” and Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl” with a bridge that recalls Swift’s “Cruel Summer.” And “good for you,” a punk-pop track full of electric guitar and passionate choruses, is meant to be screamed. Oh, and it’s vying for a No. 1 debut this week.

Before we beg for Rodrigo’s inevitable future relationships, “eras” and more “High School Musical,” let’s all take a minute to appreciate how genuine and fresh her debut really is. Her late teens may feel sour, but the music she’s making is nothing but sweet and tasty.

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