January 19, 2021
17-year-old Disney Channel alum Olivia Rodrigo turned the world upside down, and all she needed was a driver’s license and an evocative tune. Her first single debuted at number one on Billboard’s Hot 100 and now, Spotify has announced that it’s broken the record for most streams in a single week. On January 11, the song set a record for most single-day streams for a non-holiday song, and then promptly beat its own record the following day. On Friday, it clocked an astonishing 13,714,177 streams.
And why shouldn’t it? Rodrigo’s melody sensibilities are clearly schooled in Lorde, melancholy vibes about the ecstasy and agony of growing up, getting your heart broken and having nowhere to take your sorrow besides a lonesome night drive around the suburban streets. It’s a good song, which probably explains why it got a bump from no-less a songwriter than Taylor Swift.
Utah is at the center of purported musical battle between âHigh School Musicalâ stars
Olivia Rodrigoâs âDrivers Licenseâ is a huge hit â but is the song about her âHSMâ co-star Joshua Basset?
(Photo courtesy of Disney Channel/Image Group LA) Joshua Bassett and Olivia Rodrigo star in the made-in-Utah series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. | Updated: 9:19 p.m.
The hottest song in pop music right now, Olivia Rodrigoâs âDrivers License,â is directly tied to Utah â and not just because the accompanying music video was filmed here.
Rodrigo, 17, is one of the stars of the made-in-Utah series âHigh School Musical: The Musical: The Series.â And her plaintive song about lost love might be about one of the other stars of the Disney+ series, Joshua Bassett. They play the seriesâ main couple, Nini and Ricky, and they dated in real life while they were filming at East High School and other locations
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Global Hits lead Becky Bass discusses Spotify's reaction to the runaway success of "Drivers License," and what previous songs they can compare it to if any.