After spending most of 2024 on the road,Olivia Rodrigois back home.
Im sick as a dog, she says between coughs.
Gen Zs preeminent rock star is beginning a much-deserved break.
Olivia Rodrigo performs at the Olivia Rodrigo “GUTS” World Tour at the Kia Forum on August 14, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Christopher Polk/ Polk Imaging
Its been so nice.
The road can get kind of lonely, and Ive missed everyone so much.
Its been so good to my family and my friends and just chill out and drive my car.
This has been your biggest tour in every sense and you finally got to do a truly global trek.
So that was so much fun.
I feel like Im so much stronger an individual because of this experience.
Im just grateful for the whole thing.
Im not even being hyperbolic.
That was my comfort show.
I read a lot on the road to really venture to be a good reader and learn some stuff.
I was big on exercising just for mental and for physical [reasons].
A show is physically very draining, but I found that exercise really helps me stay kind of centered.
Are stadium shows on your mind for your next tour?Im undecided.
Thats something I cant really wrap my mind around quite yet.
Its a little smaller than a stadium.
And it felt so different.
So Im not quite sure yet, but I really enjoyed playing arenas this time.
But Im not opposed to anything!
Im excited for it all.
But it was really special to film that in my hometown.
I think I wouldnt have it any other way.
Its such a fun thing to do as a creative exercise.
I feel really proud of how the show was so interactive.
They were really fun to watch back in the movie.
I loved Hole, Sleater-Kinney, L7, Babes in Toyland.
It feels very feminine on stage, but were all playing power chords and screaming.
Theres something fun about that.
I remember when someone was like, Well, why dont you ask them to open for you?
Ill never forget it.
And theyre so kind and wonderful and such brilliant musicians.
She is such an inspiration to me, just as a songwriter and as a creative person.
She is the fittest girl Ive ever seen.
At Coachella, she was climbing the lighting on stage and running all around.
She does push ups during her show.
I was just looking at her like, Wow, I need to go to the gym more.
She is epic and so powerful.
Any great memories from running around the world with them?Theyre so awesome and so talented musically.
It was so fun to get to watch them be stars in their own right in the movie.
I just am so proud of them and love them all so much.
On tour, we took a surfing lesson in Australia.
We got to go on a boat swimming in Switzerland and eat tapas in Spain.
Sometimes its hard to write when youre constantly moving around, and you dont feel very grounded.
But I did find a chance to make a few songs on the road.
Songwriting for me is a form of self-care.
Its like journaling or going to therapy.
It makes everything seem so much less overwhelming.
I definitely wrote some songs, but mostly just for myself.
But I think thats how all good songs start out as anyway.
Does the film officially mark the end of theGutsera?Yeah, I think its the end of theGutsera!
I love this era so much.
It was so much fun to get to create and share with the fans.
Im so grateful that fans have embracedGutsin the way that they have.
