I love when someone sings like they're about to cry, and Olivia Rodrigo has this down to a science. She starts most of her torch songs almost whimpering before they crescendo into the vocal equivalent of someone heaving and sighing.
This version is special. My body physically reacted when I first heard it—the way the atmosphere echoes and amplifies each tearful run. The sadness doesn’t just sit; it flickers, then soars and crashes like a swell. The song tumbles through this newly built ambience, breaking apart before pulling itself back together. Our Piscean vocalist is all water—rippling, drowning, caught in the undertow of her own tears.
