Why Olivia Rodrigo Starts Writing a Song with Lyrics

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Комментарии • 185

  • @shwetadnyate122
    @shwetadnyate122 10 месяцев назад +2392

    “Iknowwewerentperfectbutiveneverfeltthiswayfornooneandijustcantimaginehowyoucouldbesookaynowthatimgone”
    -Olivia rodrigo

    • @yasminshifts
      @yasminshifts 8 месяцев назад +85

      i was gonna comment this 😭

    • @Ashmaryarose
      @Ashmaryarose 6 месяцев назад +79

      She didn’t even stutter 😂

    • @Entertaining_Edits1
      @Entertaining_Edits1 3 месяца назад +29

      Eminem better watch out

    • @adc_name
      @adc_name 2 месяца назад +2

      😂

    • @highestpeeqs9532
      @highestpeeqs9532 Месяц назад +4

      Jesus loves yall, died for us, and rose again! Jesus calls for all of us to repent! He's coming back

  • @cloudskyecovers
    @cloudskyecovers Год назад +787

    I have always wrote my song lyrics before anything else, coming up with lyrics would help me pick a song title!

    • @vleaky3430
      @vleaky3430 6 месяцев назад +5

      How fo you write lyrics?? I got some good ideas for beats and melodies but can't writr lyrics. Any help?

    • @cloudskyecovers
      @cloudskyecovers 6 месяцев назад +9

      @@vleaky3430 sometimes if you just think of random lines during the day or write about something that has happened that’s important to you maybe 😊

    • @vleaky3430
      @vleaky3430 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@cloudskyecovers thanks for the quick response! Any idea on how to not write cringey lyrics?🤣 like sometimes I think I'm doing good but then the next day I read it and think it's cringe or not good.

    • @cloudskyecovers
      @cloudskyecovers 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@vleaky3430 no problem! Sometimes your mind changes but I would say keep it anyway or try to make it as Olivia says “something that yourself would listen to” 😊

    • @vleaky3430
      @vleaky3430 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@cloudskyecovers got it thank you

  • @eyesfullofstars13
    @eyesfullofstars13 2 года назад +638

    I also write my songs this way! I’m trying a new approach though, which is working on the beat and rhythm first.

    • @lunamars233
      @lunamars233 2 года назад +5

      same!!:)

    • @OA2605
      @OA2605 Год назад

      Me too :) can you check my first music video please? And give me your opinion? I am just a beginner and your review would help :)

    • @sonnyboynft2847
      @sonnyboynft2847 Год назад +4

      I usually start rhythm 1st but I love lyrics

    • @Jaston49
      @Jaston49 Год назад +20

      same! But im struggling that way😭😭 its difficult for me to start off with the beat first do some reason

    • @highestpeeqs9532
      @highestpeeqs9532 Месяц назад

      Jesus loves yall, died for us, and rose again! Jesus calls for all of us to repent! He's coming back

  • @LuciensMusic
    @LuciensMusic 8 месяцев назад +93

    Im terrible at writing songs that dont pertain to my life, but Im doing it more and more lately. Its great to observe other peoples lives and relationships and use that : )

    • @dalethedippa5822
      @dalethedippa5822 6 месяцев назад +9

      I ONLY write songs that don't pertain to my life. Each to their own!

    • @highestpeeqs9532
      @highestpeeqs9532 Месяц назад +1

      Jesus loves yall, died for us, and rose again! Jesus calls for all of us to repent! He's coming back

  • @Giovanni_Pesci
    @Giovanni_Pesci 9 месяцев назад +73

    Personally I use a hybrid approach, I typically start with rough lyrics, then I try to find a chord progression or melody that fits with the vibe of the song. After that, I take all of those ideas to my daw and produce the song, and add things that I originally hadn’t thought of, and finalize the lyrics and the composition of the song, and any extra things a

    • @imawakemymindisalive13
      @imawakemymindisalive13 7 месяцев назад +2

      i don’t really have an approach, the songs just come to me… melody and lyrics at once… but now the problem is i can’t fit chords to it. it takes forever to figure it out!

  • @animator77nic
    @animator77nic Год назад +386

    I always write lyric first. In fact i only have music for a few ones I've written, the rest are just lyrics on their own

    • @m3.ya13
      @m3.ya13 Год назад +17

      Oh wow I make the entire track first we’re like complete opposite’s lol

    • @animator77nic
      @animator77nic Год назад +6

      @@m3.ya13 hehe yea

    • @Tyrenexg
      @Tyrenexg Год назад +2

      Sameee here haha🫶

    • @farheenanikhath7422
      @farheenanikhath7422 Год назад +8

      @@m3.ya13 how do u make melody chorus and music

    • @m3.ya13
      @m3.ya13 Год назад +5

      @@farheenanikhath7422 I use garage band, I usually make orchestra songs lol

  • @LydiaSaunders-y12
    @LydiaSaunders-y12 11 месяцев назад +9

    Omg I do this too! A lot of people say starting with the notes is more important, but I find it easier to start with the lyrics, and figure out melodies from there.

  • @salbellajr
    @salbellajr 4 месяца назад +1

    When she said the line it sounded sincere and genuine

  • @Thepixiebella
    @Thepixiebella Год назад +30

    I always write my lyrics first

  • @marmantole
    @marmantole 2 месяца назад +8

    So much talent in one person

  • @dochudson7284
    @dochudson7284 Год назад +14

    This is how I do it most times but another way that works well for me is to just go for it off the dome to get the sound and you can change parts or move them around easier

  • @arkjandaniellsanchez1555
    @arkjandaniellsanchez1555 2 года назад +336

    Interesting, I'm curious though, do you recommend this method of songwriting by olivia?

    • @getsmartquick
      @getsmartquick 2 года назад +47

      If you have something of value and meaningful then yes but If it's sophistry like most secular music then scat sing

    • @SongWritersChopShop
      @SongWritersChopShop  2 года назад +139

      I recommend any method of songwriting tbh. One advantage of starting with lyrics is that it can give you provide you with the overall song concept and that can help you make musical choices. but ideas can come from anywhere, lyrics, music, melody, you got to know how to write from all possibilities.👍

    • @rafaelsantosx
      @rafaelsantosx Год назад +26

      @@SongWritersChopShop there are two different approaches, I think. You can start writing lyrics but as you write you also define the melody of those sentences. Or you can write just a text, like a poem, then come up with melody later. I can't do the second one properly, because if I come up with a good melody, I tend to modify the lyrics to fit in. Although I do the first one in some occasions, most of the time I come up with melody/chords first, then lyrics later (can be right next or take days/weeks).

    • @Si_fly
      @Si_fly Год назад +6

      @@rafaelsantosx you can also start with drums/beat

    • @projectpat7449
      @projectpat7449 Год назад +12

      When I start with lyrics or what’s just in my head before I hear a beat, The song almost always sounds better every time.

  • @Livies4_eva
    @Livies4_eva 12 дней назад

    She has so much talent bro😊

  • @leahlee2918
    @leahlee2918 Год назад +190

    Eminem has been real quiet…

  • @novamakesfood
    @novamakesfood 5 месяцев назад +1

    Same!! Big on lyricism

  • @connorsweeney3858
    @connorsweeney3858 Год назад +75

    If she actually writes all her lyrics. Fair play cause they’re pretty good

  • @kr7.00
    @kr7.00 2 года назад +72

    She definitely took Drama and English for her GCSE or whatever it's called in America-

    • @jethroteece4750
      @jethroteece4750 2 года назад +1

      @@bobwilkinsonguitar6142 that's not true 🤣

    • @wannabedrewafualo
      @wannabedrewafualo Год назад

      I had to Google wtf a GCSE was but ours is called a General Educational Development test (most just call it a GED). 🥲

  • @thebatman7730
    @thebatman7730 Год назад +73

    She’s one of the few who I trust because she plays instruments. Unlike other “musicians” who act like they are really good at music even tho they have their producers and teams make the music for them.

    • @alonzomor112
      @alonzomor112 Год назад +42

      lmfao just because you don't produce your own shit does mean you're not a "musician" an artist figuring out how to structure their song in terms of (verse, chorus, bridge). and that is already hard enough to handle on your own not looking at actually playing the instruments
      idk why people hate so much on musicians that don't produce, even if they can't. they are still pretty much poets which you aren't but you want to judge.

    • @ArtisanAsteroid
      @ArtisanAsteroid Год назад +13

      Musicians don’t have to write music. You mean you only consider preformer-songwriters to be musicians.

    • @phi-losiphy2038
      @phi-losiphy2038 Год назад +14

      You don't have to play instruments to be a good musician. Ever heard of Biggie Smalls, Tupac Shakur. The voice is also a very powerful instrument which takes a lot of breath control to practice and master. Educate yourself before you make comments like these!

    • @phi-losiphy2038
      @phi-losiphy2038 Год назад +13

      You should educate yourself before you make these comments because Biggie, Tupac Shakur, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston etc don't know how to play instruments yet they're on of the best artists I'm history. The voice is also a powerful instrument which takes a lot of breath control and YEARS of practice to master.

    • @synthiachristina6384
      @synthiachristina6384 Год назад +4

      Oof guess Michael Jackson wasn’t a real musician then 🙄

  • @pingpong7286
    @pingpong7286 Год назад +9

    Starting intro because of the vibes is wrong lmao I learned the hard way 😭

  • @sonnyboynft2847
    @sonnyboynft2847 Год назад +12

    This is a legit tip

  • @tessamitchell1305
    @tessamitchell1305 Год назад +35

    I got a couple of lyrics they, sound like something Olivia Rodrigo would sing
    "You know you talk about her, like she walks on water
    and that's not the problem in full
    but, while you're undermining me, and up lifting her
    is there any part of you that can feel how I hurt
    My love was forgotten..........."

    • @ab6457
      @ab6457 Год назад +7

      is there any part in you that feels how hurt I am
      when you talk praises about her, like she is a miracle walking on water
      undermining me and uplifting me,or she is the light and am it's shadow
      or is it my love was long forgotten
      I would write it this way anyone tell is it right or am I being poetic

  • @madelynsparks9528
    @madelynsparks9528 Год назад +3

    I personally always start with a tune or chorus that I have in my head and then start from there. Once I have the groundwork for the song, only then do I start to write real lyrics. I feel like doing that method just allows the lyrics to naturally come into play without thinking too much about how to make it sound good in a song because you already have the song. I mostly just use filler words and sing nonsense when I get a tune in my head and that’s how it ends up working well for me

  • @Thebookwormsguide
    @Thebookwormsguide Год назад +4

    I do this as well. And it works perfectly

  • @maxpayne0006
    @maxpayne0006 Год назад +2

    She is gorgeous

  • @RobertoSarracco-fc7kk
    @RobertoSarracco-fc7kk Год назад +5

    Your the Olivia Rodrigo wow I love déjà vu your song

  • @youngdumbandbaroque1543
    @youngdumbandbaroque1543 5 месяцев назад

    Great insight from Olivia. I’ve started journaling my day-to-day experiences, free-writing my thoughts, etc. and I already feel like a better wordsmith.

  • @evastood4539
    @evastood4539 6 месяцев назад

    32:22 thisssss>>>

  • @duckonboard
    @duckonboard Год назад +1

    This is exactly what I do!!

  • @gaye_alisir
    @gaye_alisir 3 месяца назад +1

    "Good for you. Im happy as hell". Damn those are some deep ass lyrics. Shakespearean. Joking aside i like her music and its nice to see a Filipina making it in music.

  • @memphisfitz8294
    @memphisfitz8294 2 месяца назад

    I love her

  • @siliovice2277
    @siliovice2277 Год назад +5

    If you feel something write it

  • @pIaxondry
    @pIaxondry Год назад +13

    is that why she is one of the most with copyrighted songs? awesome

  • @Nowhatsgoingon11222
    @Nowhatsgoingon11222 Год назад +4

    I write songs like that too

  • @gabesantos4588
    @gabesantos4588 2 месяца назад

    Excellent video

  • @ctinathegemini
    @ctinathegemini 10 месяцев назад +1

    Same! ❤❤

  • @AUGUSTIN-MUSIC
    @AUGUSTIN-MUSIC 5 месяцев назад

    She’s speaking facts

  • @jayleon89
    @jayleon89 10 месяцев назад +1

    Chunk writing has to be one of the best ways to write.

  • @lilliekateminor7606
    @lilliekateminor7606 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thats really cool

  • @ryanjenkinsmusic8339
    @ryanjenkinsmusic8339 2 месяца назад

    For some reason I always end up writing the chorus first and then fill in the blanks from there. I guess it helps me figure out the layout of the song

  • @illicitveniceb
    @illicitveniceb 6 месяцев назад +1

    i used to do this and now i typically start with a melody or even a rough track to add lyrics to

  • @user-dc6zj4ju2k
    @user-dc6zj4ju2k 5 месяцев назад

    I got inspo from your song traitor and ended actually writing my own song and one of the lines from it is “yooouuuurrrrree just a traaaaaiiitoooor” and it slaps

  • @LOADEDPISTOL
    @LOADEDPISTOL 10 месяцев назад +1

    I do this. I tend to come up with songs out of the blue and I can sing them for ages and then I just don’t end up remembering anything I sung which sucks, but I do this aswell, I think of things especially about my ex and they can be turned into songs I just don’t know what to start and how to properly write songs but I’m hoping I’ll get there

  • @deineoma2494
    @deineoma2494 4 месяца назад

    The way she just rapped that line down like it was easy

  • @jazaniya9378
    @jazaniya9378 Год назад +6

    I did wrote many songs but I really don't know anything about music. All I know is I'm passionate about it. I hum to tunes made by my head and write my lyrics. So I did completed a lot of songs but I don't know if that's the right way to make music. 😞

    • @StrongScholar
      @StrongScholar Год назад +4

      The "right" way is what works for you :) everyone is unique

  • @evastood4539
    @evastood4539 6 месяцев назад

    34:32 wait whattt I’ve never known this 😮

  • @Kisha05
    @Kisha05 5 месяцев назад

    I also write songs like this.. it's just soo much fun, when I first started, i thought it would be horrible, but somehow it turns out good, since then I have been writing them , and now my friends think I wrote like either Taylor or Olivia , ❤❤❤ my dream is to become just like them .

  • @Zlist1994
    @Zlist1994 Год назад +14

    I usually start with the chorus melody but then that’s as far as I get sadly. I wish I could write a full song one day. I still have hope tho atleast lol

    • @thatbetchlol2968
      @thatbetchlol2968 Год назад +6

      Ur so lucky cuz whenever i try to get a good melody for my choruses i just end up getting nothing good to it

    • @Zlist1994
      @Zlist1994 Год назад +5

      @@thatbetchlol2968 usually just humming to the beat instead of trying to think of words helps me a lot. I would try to write lyrics that fit after. Look up “top lining” for songs and it might help you out as well. Good luck to you. Please don’t give up 😁

    • @SongWritersChopShop
      @SongWritersChopShop  Год назад +5

      There's a video on top lining in the melody playlist, it has sia on the thumbnail 👌

  • @insteadnotschoolthaninvain9957
    @insteadnotschoolthaninvain9957 Год назад +2

    Gorgeous

  • @-jamesslays.periodt-
    @-jamesslays.periodt- Год назад +9

    She's like a little Taylor Swift, it's so cute 🥹

  • @jazzman2516
    @jazzman2516 Год назад +17

    Songwriting would be a piece of piss if my standards for lyrics were this low. 😂

  • @Shacha304
    @Shacha304 17 дней назад

    Same

  • @Whitepandagirl3
    @Whitepandagirl3 6 месяцев назад +1

    I didn't notice the scary part because i was reading the comments pushup bro 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💀6:46

  • @insteadnotschoolthaninvain9957
    @insteadnotschoolthaninvain9957 Год назад +3

    Dayum

  • @hunterjc3231
    @hunterjc3231 2 месяца назад

    I often start with a title

  • @alexandertye3244
    @alexandertye3244 6 месяцев назад

    Artists 🎨 🎨 🎨 🎨

  • @itsmelissaseals
    @itsmelissaseals 11 месяцев назад +1

    respect

  • @gello583
    @gello583 9 месяцев назад

    I always put lyrics first too most of my songs are just lyrics
    Put your favorite lyrics that you have written here

  • @JuliaPeck
    @JuliaPeck 11 месяцев назад

    I need help with writing lyrics!!!

  • @Neve144
    @Neve144 Год назад +7

    I looked at her and thought she was milly bobby brown 😂

  • @evastood4539
    @evastood4539 6 месяцев назад

    29:25 get em b😠👊

  • @SNAPEYISHOT
    @SNAPEYISHOT Год назад +4

    Well yeah Ofc she writes songs with lyrics

  • @miurie.
    @miurie. 11 месяцев назад

    She just raps all the way through her music history

  • @rutikajadhav21
    @rutikajadhav21 2 месяца назад +1

    I'm a lyrics writer and I need a producer I'm just a student getting started if you'd like to help...

  • @jas_bataille
    @jas_bataille 8 месяцев назад +1

    If Olivia drops a rap album the world will explode basically

  • @hailieB527
    @hailieB527 Год назад +1

    ❤❤

  • @gatacelta
    @gatacelta 11 месяцев назад

    "I've never felt this way for no one." I'm curious about her tendency in her lyric writing to use double negatives. She does it in several other tunes. "Just don't find no one better" etc. I think I've heard maybe Adele and Taylor do it, too. Occasionally I see it, but I've picked up on it the most with Olivia. I've always wondered if that's just taking some creative license, or if it serves another purpose I haven't thought of. I have to admit, my English teacher sensibilities struggle a bit with it! the urge to correct it is overpowering, but otoh I'm also all for creative writing, so I've got myself tied up in my own knot with this particular frame of lyric device. 🙃

  • @THEREALDPVRK
    @THEREALDPVRK 10 месяцев назад +1

    She says like so many times

  • @wilsonyang4152
    @wilsonyang4152 7 месяцев назад

    Where is this interview from

  • @FatherjosephEspita
    @FatherjosephEspita 7 месяцев назад

    👍👍👌

  • @cosmic_comedy
    @cosmic_comedy Год назад +5

    I dont even like her music that much but we need more lyricists in today's music, not just made up stuff with autotune and a pre-recorded beat

    • @elencobiavideoscantando8305
      @elencobiavideoscantando8305 Год назад

      Actually to write a song you can start from a pre-recorded beat
      Autotune is not that bad if you can use it… it’s just a plug in that can help you to correct the notes you missed even though some people use it as an effect in genres like trap or r&b… all singers use autotune in studio to make it sound good and on pitch. Or else some others use it to create ideas and demos for writing down melodies… because if you think it’s used because people can’t sing, then actually they can sound awful with it no matter how much autotune you used

  • @ES92-
    @ES92- Месяц назад

    She Busta Rhymed it 💀

  • @jitzwa
    @jitzwa Год назад +4

    step 1: copy paramore

  • @selliantuttimusi6735
    @selliantuttimusi6735 4 месяца назад

    Funny because I ALWAYS write the melody before the lyrics as melody is truly the main character of a song. I'm surprised that the vast majority of people here take Olivia's approach (which is great BTW, I just don't/can't do it that way).

  • @alakirte1399
    @alakirte1399 2 дня назад

    GURANTEED industry plant right here 😂

  • @dimelo2melo961
    @dimelo2melo961 Год назад +2

    It depends on a genre, try that on trap and it's over

    • @elencobiavideoscantando8305
      @elencobiavideoscantando8305 Год назад

      In Argentina for example they do freestyle in trap mostly of the time (Duki, Lit Killah, Ysy, Khea and others)

  • @1user_2009
    @1user_2009 Год назад +2

    Is she a rapper

  • @davidmoss2576
    @davidmoss2576 Год назад +11

    I think her favorite method of songwriting is plagiarism.

  • @tradingbasics01
    @tradingbasics01 Год назад +1

    Thats one line?

  • @Entertaining_Edits1
    @Entertaining_Edits1 3 месяца назад +1

    Eminem better watch out for Olivia Rodrigo

  • @jeannieprice1180
    @jeannieprice1180 7 месяцев назад

    HI

  • @xlysabj
    @xlysabj 10 месяцев назад +1

    Who is this?

  • @walshelliot1
    @walshelliot1 11 месяцев назад

    Jaws swinging

  • @citrusmoth1103
    @citrusmoth1103 7 месяцев назад

    "Im a big lyricist, like i write down poems"
    Also her: "well screw that, screw you!!!"
    No hate y'all im just kidding, so dont kill me olivia stans

  • @evastood4539
    @evastood4539 6 месяцев назад

    32:34 omg there’s this instagram girl who lost a lot of her breasts and people commented on how she looked better before 😮

  • @shawnmorgan7839
    @shawnmorgan7839 23 часа назад

    she writes down little ideas and the teams of song writers finish them for her

  • @AUGUSTIN-MUSIC
    @AUGUSTIN-MUSIC 2 месяца назад

    Uhhh can I marry her? 🥺

  • @mantrafox
    @mantrafox Год назад

    I think I would work great with her, as I am a big music/melody guy, so that comes first.

  • @damianlee6957
    @damianlee6957 2 месяца назад

    What that mouf do

  • @evastood4539
    @evastood4539 6 месяцев назад

    33:07 every top inside urban outfitters suffocates my breast and they’re bulging

  • @isaiahminott
    @isaiahminott Год назад +1

    She just listens to Taylor swift and copies that it's not hard

  • @qiamdof
    @qiamdof 8 месяцев назад

    no hate but she should just stayed an actor

  • @bamabat8435
    @bamabat8435 2 месяца назад

    Because the music for all her songs has already been written by other artists. The lyrics are all that's left to do.

  • @user-pn6by7fh2t
    @user-pn6by7fh2t 6 месяцев назад

    Horrible lyrics😂

  • @QueenDeon
    @QueenDeon Месяц назад

    Lyrasiss💀

  • @Stoneabba9999
    @Stoneabba9999 Год назад +1

    It can work but most hits songs are music first😮

  • @thepillgrim5286
    @thepillgrim5286 9 месяцев назад +1

    How did that even make it in the song without rhyming 😅😅😅😅😅

  • @Hwycjsuttalkingpodcast
    @Hwycjsuttalkingpodcast 11 месяцев назад

    Same