“Drivers License” breakout singer and Billboard‘s cover star Olivia Rodrigo shared with us what songs she listens to during her road trips.
When the 18-year-old pop superstar is with her girls, they’re bumping Alabama rapper Flo Milli. But Rodrigo’s first pick on her road trip playlist is Carole King‘s 1971 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “I Feel the Earth Move.” “Tapestry is one of my first favorite albums. It’s just an incredible record, and she’s an incredible songwriter. And ‘I Feel the Earth Move’ is really fun,” she tells Billboard.
Cued up next is “Surfin’ U.S.A” by The Beach Boys, which the California native likes to cruise to while she’s in her home state, which complements her other choice, “California” by Joni Mitchell, quite well. “It has that California vibe theme, too,” she said of the latter song. “The Californian in me likes to go on a road trip and, ‘California, I’m coming home!'”
“Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash is her next choice because “it’s just so interesting, it’s a live recording of him literally playing it at a prison,” she explained. “I like how it has a story, and I like listening to stories when I’m on some sort of monotonous journey like a road trip.” Rodrigo later called The Chicks‘ “Not Ready to Make Nice” “one of my favorite songs of all time” because of its energy and lyricism.
In her cover story, Rodrigo broke down her runaway hit “Drivers License,” which accelerated straight to No. 1 on the Hot 100, where it remained for eight weeks, and her eclectic music taste that speaks to how she can listen to Flo Milli and Joni Mitchell during the same ride. “I am just obsessed with all types of music,” she said. “You know how somebody’s like, ‘Oh, what kind of music do you listen to?’ And they’re like, ‘I like all music!’ And you’re like, ‘OK, that gives me nothing.’ But I truly am!”
See Rodrigo pick out her favorite road trip songs above.
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