Olivia Rodrigo: Tiny Desk Concert
Hazel Cills | December 11, 2023
The last time Olivia Rodrigo performed a Tiny Desk concert, it was two years ago, in a deserted DMV office, back when pandemic precautions meant artists sadly couldn’t play the real Desk. But this year, the singer-songwriter returned, bringing a handful of songs from her wildly fun sophomore album to the NPR Music office. “It’s much cooler to be here,” Rodrigo says. “I was saying earlier, I’ve never been starstruck by a room before.”
Many of the songs on GUTS, which earned a special recommendation on NPR Music’s Best Albums of 2023 list, blow out Rodrigo’s sound into colorful, grungy pop-rock fit for a stadium, like “love is embarrassing,” performed here with Rodrigo on jangly acoustic guitar. But the artist builds her set out with GUTS cuts that fit the intimate setup, like the searing “vampire,” her backup vocalists cooing eerily around each of her lines, or the potent ode to female jealousy, “lacy,” which Rodrigo explains started out as a poetry exercise in a college class. By the end of her set, she’s completely alone at the piano for the sobering “making the bed,” and it’s not difficult to see why she’s one of pop’s most promising rising performers.
SET LIST
“love is embarrassing”
“vampire”
“lacy”
“making the bed”
MUSICIANS
Olivia Rodrigo: piano, guitar
Hayley Brownell: drums
Moa Munoz: bass
Daisy Spencer: guitar
Ashley Morgan: vocals
Elizabeth Gaba: vocals
Julia Gartha: vocals
TINY DESK TEAM
Producers: Suraya Mohamed, Bob Boilen
Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Elizabeth Gillis, Maia Stern
Audio Assistant: Valentina Rodríguez Sánchez
Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer
Photographer: Zayrha Rodriguez
Tiny Desk Team: Hazel Cills
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
#nprmusic #tinydesk #oliviarodrigo
making the bed is so underrated it’s my fav
Same relatable af
Seriously. It honestly was number 7 in my 100 top songs from 2023 (spotify).
It has this vibe of lorde s melodrama
it was my 2nd song on wrapped so i totally agree
ikr! but i love it sm
Her voice is so consistent with her album recordings that alone is so impressive.
You mean as worse as the album?
@@petrichor259 hating in incorrect English? embarrassing…
she sounds bad on & off her records
I am a huge fan of her, but sometimes I think she records songs in a way that she can’t really vocally reproduce live. I don’t know if she’s working with a singing coach, but I think she definitely should. With that said, I love her artistry and performances.
wow. olivia is the youngest of my favorite songwriters and performers. i love that she is able to release the things inside her so freely. her music, her art, is going to survive long after most of us. honestly, its been a VERY long time since i’ve been this excited by a new artist.
Right there with you! She’s really captured something timeless.
couldn’t agree more. looking forward to the evolution
Olivia and the band+background singers are such amazing performers! They all did a really good job! 👏👏
As an elder gen z, I love Olivia! Her music is so vulnerable and refreshing. Super excited to see what she does 🙂
One thing for sure is that she will never make another album anywhere near as big as sour. Her career is already dead and guts flopping proves my point
23?
@@poonopenandes1926you replying to every positive comment here and then saying her career is dead is so funny, stay pressed
As a 32 year old millennial guy, her music really clicks with me and somehow still makes me feel like a 16 year old girl with a broken heart and strong emotions. I love powerful music like that.
Loving the sound production… Captures the true essence of Olivia’s voice and music… loving the backups and her group.👍👍
Well i mean that’s josh rogosin doing his crazy audio magic
Those Sennheiser shotgun mics are part of the signature sound at Tiny Desk. Always spot on.
Man, it made Lacy sound so amazing
@@RavenclawNimbus The Sennheiser MKH 416 has a beautiful sound for a shotgun mic and the distance from the source you can achieve not only make the sound more natural but improves the look of the video.
Tiny Desk and SNL in the same weekend! She is CRUSHING IT
Almost exactly what I said haha 🤣
and a fortnite collab‼️
Also the jingle bell ball
Not to mention Olivia will be a guest on CBS’s The Late Show Monday, December 11
this is all promotion for the big 2024 tour that starts in about four weeks.
im not a big listener of olivia rodrigo but this was incredibly beautiful, loved every single song and in all of them i felt deeply like she was singing from the heart, it was like she traveled to another dimension when singing and at the end of all of the songs comes back to reality. it’s almost like you can see her soul when she’s singing i loved that👏😢❤️
Too bad literally no one listens to her in December 2023. One album wonder
@@poonopenandes1926oh it’s this hater again HAHAHAHAH!!
@@tdidddlmao ikr
This is so true!
@@tdidddIKR I’VE SEEN HIM IN LIKE 1000 COMMENTS
I dont get why so many say she doesn’t sing well. Her voice carries so much emotion. Young girls are so lucky to have someone like her to look up too.
Ehhh, I can sorta see what they are talking about… listen to the first song, it’s not the strongest.. she’s still young and has work to do on her vocals but she is getting there… a lot of young singers have iffy voices starting out.. I’m sure when she’s 23ish she’ll be solid 👌
If young girls have this person to look up to than I fear for them because what talent does she have?
@@poonopenandes1926 the performance was solid! What’s the point of leaving such a negative comment??
She is an ELITE talent. Can’t wait for an entire career of hers
Nicely said
right !!! this is just the beginning !! so excited.
Her career is already dead. She peaked with sour then guts flopped horribly
This is what happens when you grow up on Taylor swift
@@poonopenandes1926 comment again hahha