Live Performance: Olivia Rodrigo Collaborates with Sheryl Crow, Unveils New Songs ‘Lacy’ and ‘Making the Bed’

01.10.2023

Olivia Rodrigo, Sheryl Crow, Billboard Women In Music — Sheryl Crow as well as Olivia Rodrigo onstage at Billboard Women In Music held at YouTube Theater on March 2, 2022 in Inglewood, California.

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Six years prior to Olivia Rodrigo was birthed, Sheryl Crow‘s “If It Makes You Happy” was charting in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. Decades later, the hit singer-songwriters got together at Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe for a duet of Crow’s ’90s hit.

“pinch me! sang one of my favorite songs of all time with the greatest of all time @sherylcrow !!!! what an honor!!!!” Rodrigo composed on Instagram, where she shared a picture with Crow as well as a video clip of their “If It Makes You Happy” efficiency, on Friday evening (Sept. 29).

“Funnest day ever with the amazingly brilliant @oliviarodrigo! What a talent!! And the loveliest young woman!” Crow stated, sharing Rodrigo’s article on her Instagram page.

A video clip reveals both balancing on the carolers: “If it makes you happy/ It can’t be that bad/ If it makes you happy/ Then why the hell are you so sad?”

Rodrigo, guitar in hand, likewise did the Guts ballad “Lacy” live for the very first time throughout her look at the Bluebird Cafe, in addition to the cd’s lead solitary “Vampire” on piano. She likewise debuted “Making the Bed” (likewise from Guts) survive on piano.

Crow as well as Rodrigo linked in 2014 at Billboard‘s 2022 Women in Music event, where Rodrigo existed Woman of the Year by Crow, that commended the instance Rodrigo is establishing for her generation of musicians. “When I came up, women were struggling to be the architects of their own careers,” she stated. “So when I see someone like our Woman of the Year Olivia Rodrigo having such incredible success at such an early age, I am blown away.”

“I am such a massive fan of you and your songwriting,” Rodrigo spurted at the time. She kept in mind, “It’s not always easy being a young woman in the music industry, but I’ve found so much strength from the female songwriters who have come before me and paved the way and opened doors for so many young women like me.”

See clips from Rodrigo’s Bluebird Cafe established listed below.

🎥 | Olivia vocal singing “If It Makes You Happy” cope with Sherly Crow at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville!

Via Olivia’s Instagram.pic.twitter.com/JSJpkxEAvJ

— Olivia Rodrigo Daily (@DailyRodrigo) September 29, 2023