Olivia Rodrigois taking center stage.Just one day after the 18-year-old singerreleased her third single"good 4 u," Rodrigo celebrated another big moment: performing onSaturday Night Livefor the first time. For her first song, theHigh School Musical: The Musical the Seriesstarsang her hit"Drivers License," which was released in January.And for her final song, Rodrigo performed “good 4 u” for the first time on a broadcast.Olivia Rodrigo/InstagramAlthough this may be Rodrigo’s first time onSNL,earlier this year her hit song “Drivers License” ended upinspiring a sketchstarringBridgertonstarRegé-Jean Page.Even more meaningful, the sketch aired back in February, as the singer was celebrating her birthday.“DRIVERS LICENSE SNL SKETCH IS THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER IM SHAKING,” shewroteon Twitter, going on to tell fans that she was “losing her mind” over it.Want to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday.“Good 4 u” is Rodrigo’s latest single off of her debut albumSour, which drops later this month.In a recentinterview withBillboardthe singer – who has already enjoyed massive success from her moodier releases “Drivers License” and “déjà vu” — made it clear that she doesn’t want to be categorized as the “heartbreak girl.““At first I was like, ‘I don’t want to do this. I don’t want to be pigeonholed,’ " Rodrigo said of her breakup songs.“I’m a songwriter who writes from a place of authenticity and truth,” she added. “And truthfully, love and happiness and everything weren’t feelings that I was feeling at the time. And what’s the point of putting out a record if it isn’t something that you feel is important to say to people?”
Olivia Rodrigois taking center stage.
Just one day after the 18-year-old singerreleased her third single"good 4 u,” Rodrigo celebrated another big moment: performing onSaturday Night Livefor the first time. For her first song, theHigh School Musical: The Musical the Seriesstarsang her hit"Drivers License,” which was released in January.
And for her final song, Rodrigo performed “good 4 u” for the first time on a broadcast.
Olivia Rodrigo/Instagram
Although this may be Rodrigo’s first time onSNL,earlier this year her hit song “Drivers License” ended upinspiring a sketchstarringBridgertonstarRegé-Jean Page.
Even more meaningful, the sketch aired back in February, as the singer was celebrating her birthday.
“DRIVERS LICENSE SNL SKETCH IS THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER IM SHAKING,” shewroteon Twitter, going on to tell fans that she was “losing her mind” over it.
Want to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday.
“Good 4 u” is Rodrigo’s latest single off of her debut albumSour, which drops later this month.
In a recentinterview withBillboardthe singer – who has already enjoyed massive success from her moodier releases “Drivers License” and “déjà vu” — made it clear that she doesn’t want to be categorized as the “heartbreak girl.”
“At first I was like, ‘I don’t want to do this. I don’t want to be pigeonholed,’ " Rodrigo said of her breakup songs.
“I’m a songwriter who writes from a place of authenticity and truth,” she added. “And truthfully, love and happiness and everything weren’t feelings that I was feeling at the time. And what’s the point of putting out a record if it isn’t something that you feel is important to say to people?”
source: people.com
