Olivia Rodrigo and Conan Gray are looking back on the bad advice they’ve given each other about music.
The musical besties recently spoke together for Interview magazine and opened up about each other’s songs that they didn’t expect to be big hits.
According to 22-year-old Olivia and 26-year-old Conan, they tend to be “too close” to each other’s music to have the right perspective on the songs they’re critiquing.
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“We notoriously give each other bad advice sometimes about samples,” Olivia revealed.
She went on to share an example from Conan‘s music, saying, “On Superache, you played me ‘Memories,’ which turned out to be the biggest hit on the album. Everyone loved it. And I remember hearing it for the first time being like, ‘I just think you have better songs.’”
The “bad idea right?” singer revealed that she’s not the only one guilty of giving bad advice from time to time. She went on to reveal that Conan has done the same to her and said, “When I played you Guts, I played you ‘Vampire’ and I was like, ‘Isn’t this good?’ And he’s like, ‘Not for a first single.’ … We’re notoriously wrong about each other’s songs. We’re just too close to it and can’t see the forest of the trees.”
Conan said that even though the two of them give each other bad advice, they’re also always there to support and encourage each other.
“Yeah, I remember when I was kind of getting towards the end of [Wishbone], I was getting tired. You were like, ‘You better promote. You have to work hard,’” Conan recalled, speaking about his latest album.
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