It rejoices the arrival of sunnier weather and a newer state of mind as self-growth is encapsulated in the overall ambience. Sharing a subtle resemblance to its predecessor ‘drivers license’, the corresponding music video to the track marks the return of the White Mercedes, though now driving around sunny Malibu roads instead of dusky streets, in this colourful watch. With parallels to the first verse, the repetition in the bridge enhances the titular feeling and is reminiscent of Taylor Swift’s ‘Cruel Summer’ in its melody. When Rodrigo stated in the premiere the bridge is her favourite part, it is now clear that she is a master at creating these powerful crescendos to end her songs. Though like her debut single, it’s the concluding bridge that perfectly ties the track together.
Rodrigo begins the second verse stating: “I bet that she knows Billy Joel / ‘Cause you played her ‘Uptown Girl'” and “She thinks it’s special / it’s all re-used”, singing about past memories that have now been shared with someone else.Ĭountering the bitterness of the lyrics, the chorus progresses the song with the addition of grunge-inspired over-driven guitar and drumbeats (think the production on Lorde’s ‘Hard Feelings’) as Rodrigo quips “Do you get deja vu?”. The piercing lyrics shade an ex for moving on with a new girlfriend and immersing themselves in a relationship so similar that it creates these feelings of ‘deja vu’. Yet while ‘drivers license’ basks in the melancholy of a break-up, ‘deja vu’ is powerful in its dedication to the anger residing after the initial hurt. Starting gracefully with twinkling music-box piano and innocent details of strawberry ice cream and car rides to Malibu, ‘deja vu’ highlights Rodrigo’s incredible vocals as she sings about teenage infatuation. Only three months after she broke the streaming charts with her debut single, comes the release of indie-pop song ‘deja vu’ the track precedes an eleven-track album set for release on 21 May (though the title and track list have yet to be disclosed). Olivia Rodrigo has taken her ‘drivers license’ and is now going places in the music industry.
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