You know Taylor, you know Justin, you know Cardi, and you know Ariana, but do you know the girl who single-handedly trumped them all? Olivia Rodrigo. She is one of the lucky ones. Not many people in the world get to where she is right now at seventeen years old. That is right. She is only seventeen years old.
Olivia found a love and passion for the arts, music, and film when she was only six years old. She started taking vocal and acting lessons around that age as well. She began auditioning for television early on but did not have much luck until she landed Disney’s Bizaardvark as a 12-year-old girl. She played Paige, one of the main roles. She worked on three seasons of Bizaardvark until the show was canceled in early 2019.
A new chapter of her life came from that loss, however. She got the role of Nina in High School Musical The Musical The Series, also a Disney show but definitely a step up from Bizaardvark. While Bizaardvark is a Disney channel original, High School Musical The Musical The Series is a Disney Plus original. This is why the show reached a much larger audience and age group. It gave her more of a name in show business. And though this show was a hit, a great deal went on behind the scenes as well.
Olivia was a co-star to Joshua Basset in the TV show. They, like most young actors playing significant others, fell in love. Joshua then broke her heart. This really is the root of all her fame.
A little while after their breakup, Olivia got her driver's license. As she explains on her Tik Tok account, immediately after being able to drive alone, she got into her car and drove through the suburbs while crying. She was pretty moved by the experience, so she decided to make a song out of it.
She played her song for her followers on Instagram and for her producer. Everyone who heard it absolutely fell in love, so she recorded and released the song, “Driver’s License”. And I guess the world liked what they heard considering her song has just been rated #1 on all billboard charts.
She truly worked hard and success came almost overnight. She never gave up on her dreams and now the entire world gets to experience them with her.
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