Olivia Rodrigo opens up about letter of support from Taylor Swift

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Olivia Rodrigo has opened up about the advice Taylor Swift gave her during the early stages of her career. In a new interview with Variety, Rodrigo spoke about her own love of Swift’s music, calling herself a Taylor “fangirl for life”. Rodrigo explained: “It’s so nice to be welcomed into the music industry and so great to be supportive of other women.” “She wrote me a letter a while ago, and she wrote something about how you make your own luck in the world, and how you treat other people always comes back to you.” Olivia Rodrigo at the White House In a three-star review of Rodrigo’s debut album Sour, The Independent’s critic Helen Brown wrote: “At times, it feels as though the polite, considered Rodrigo could push ideas, emotions and melodies a little further than she does. Twenty years ago, dumped teenage girls could bawl along with Alanis Morissette as she howled: ‘Every time I scratch my nails down someone else’s back I hope you feel it.’ “Sour is more restrained.