‘American Generation Z icon’ Olivia Rodrigo to hold her first performance in Korea in September

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2024-05-09 10:17:15

Tour commemorating the release of the 2nd full-length album ‘Guts’
V and ‘Grammy Awards’ whisper connection

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Olivia Rodrigo, a representative American Generation Z pop star who won the ‘Grammy Awards’, will perform in Korea for the first time in three years since her debut as a singer.

According to Bonbu Entertainment Co., Ltd., the concert organizer and organizer on the 9th, Rodrigo will hold ‘Olivia Rodrigo: GUTS World Tour’ at Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul at 8 p.m. on September 20.

Rodrigo, who began his acting career in his early teens, made his name known through the Disney Channel ‘Bizaardvark’ series. His self-composed song ‘All I Want’, released through ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’, achieved encouraging success, solidifying his position as not only an actor but also a singer.

The debut single ‘Drivers License’ released in 2021 topped the US Billboard main single chart ‘Hot 100’ in the first week of release and topped the single chart for 8 consecutive weeks, announcing the birth of a new pop star.

The debut album ‘SOUR’ (2021), which includes ‘deja vu’ and the second single chart-topping song ‘good 4 u’, topped the Billboard album chart in the first week of release. It stayed in the top 10 for more than a year, including first place for 5 weeks, and is still maintaining a long-term reign at the top of the charts. It set a record of selling approximately 18 million album units worldwide, including 42 billion streams.
In particular, this album won three categories at the ‘Grammy Awards’ including ‘Best Newcomer’, ‘Best Pop Vocal Album’, and ‘Best Pop Solo Performance’, as well as 7 wins at the Billboard Music Awards, 3 wins at the Apple Music Awards, and 2nd place at the American Music Awards this year. They swept major awards ceremonies such as ‘Best New Artist Award’ and ‘Best International Song’ at the Brit Awards.

With lyrics that are especially relatable to teenagers, she has been praised as ‘Generation Z’s best artist’ and ‘the most versatile Generation Z new artist’, and has been named ‘Woman of the Year’ by ‘Billboard Women in Music’, Time ‘Entertainer of the Year’, and Forbes ’30 Selected as one of the ‘30 musicians under the age of 30’.

The single ‘Vampire’ released last year also ranked #1 on Billboard’s ‘Hot 100’ in the first week of release, setting a record for the first artist in Billboard history to have the lead singles from both their first and second albums top the charts.

The second full-length album ‘GUTS’, which includes this song, ‘Bad idea right?’, ‘Get him back!’, etc., also ranked #1 on the Billboard album chart.
Following the success of the album, the ‘Guts’ world tour began in February and is currently performing in the United States, Canada, and Europe, including iconic venues around the world such as New York’s Madison Square Garden, LA’s Kia Forum, London’s O2 Arena, and Belgium’s Sports Palais. .

For K-pop fans, the relationship formed with V (Kim Tae-hyung) of the global super group ‘BTS’ at the ’64th Grammy Awards’ (2022) became a hot topic. While V was singing ‘Butter’ with BTS members at the awards ceremony, he approached Rodrigo, who was in the audience, and performed a whisper. The British BBC selected this scene as one of the ‘Grammy Awards 2022: Five stand-out moments’.

Last month, they made a surprise appearance on stage and collaborated with the American rock band ‘No Doubt’ at the ‘Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival’ in the US, which is considered the world’s largest popular music festival.

Tickets for this concert will be sold exclusively at Interpark Ticket, the official reservation site, starting at 12 PM on the 17th. Related details can be found on the reservation details page.

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