Ed Sheeran on Olivia Rodrigo: "The world needs another Avril Lavigne"

[Invitation]

During an interview on Most Requested Live, Ed Sheeran said, “I love Olivia Rodrigo. I don't know if she would like this comparison, but I’ve been saying this for years, the world needs a new Avril Lavigne.”

He added that both women started off young and wrote their songs with a rock sound.

 

[MX3]

Avril lavigne is somewhere like 

[Moscow]

Avril Lavigne have left the chat. 

[ExXL]

Well they both suck so....... (Olivia and avril) 

[redacted statement]

Rosé from BLACKPINK already sounds like Avril:

Too bad she didn't go in a pop/rock direction with her solo debut. 

[Doja Kitten]

Let Go was a pop culture phenomenon and way more impactful than sour IMO. Sour is a good album but some tracks on it sound very juvenile. While Avril had a more polished, mature sound at the same age 

[I'mNotTheAverageLady]

Just now, Doja Kitten said:

Let Go was a pop culture phenomenon and way more impactful than sour IMO. Sour is a good album but some tracks on it sound very juvenile. While Avril had a more polished, mature sound at the same age 

Period. Let Go is IT

[Mattyj7883]

Avril reading this like…

[Stefani]

The shade. He's basically saying that he hopes Olivia becomes as irrelevant as Avril. 

[Monroe]

Lol. Avril is almost 40 and her music sounds more immature than Olivia

[Brat]

She sounds more like Paramore 

[CloseMyEyes1457]

My millennial *** is unsatisfied with this comparison. Loved "edgy" and "rebelling" Avril when I was young. 

Sure, she was being somewhat of a biyatch, but we have all been immature angsty youngers at one point and then we kinda grow up/mature - but her songs were very relatable for the period where you feel misunderstood and like people do not give you enough credit for your opinions because you are super young.

Olivia reminds me of early Taylor Swift - very safe and woke from the get-go and kinda boring and bland as well  

 She is super relatable, but she is more of a sweet girl that matures in more of a - "I hate that some things are happening to me, but such is life, and I gotta keep on fighting". Avril was quite unapologetic about not giving much f|_|cks about doing stupid sh|t. 

[bas che]

I never understood the comparisons. Maybe I didn’t hear enough off of Olivia’s work.

[I'mNotTheAverageLady]

10 minutes ago, CloseMyEyes1457 said:

My millennial *** is unsatisfied with this comparison. Loved "edgy" and "rebelling" Avril when I was young. 

Sure, she was being somewhat of a biyatch, but we have all been immature angsty youngers at one point and then we kinda grow up/mature - but her songs were very relatable for the period where you feel misunderstood and like people do not give you enough credit for your opinions because you are super young.

Olivia reminds me of early Taylor Swift - very safe and woke from the get-go, and kinda boring and bland as well  (thou it seems the world is disagreeing with me) 

Totally agree with everything. Especially the part about Olivia... 

[PokemonSpears]

do we? 

[CHAOTIC STYLE.]

Thank God he didnt say Olivia reminds him of Britney 

[kevin.]

I like Olivia's music much much more. Sour is more mature than any of Avril's music. Avril is total cringe looking back. Her music aged awfully.  I am so glad my taste matured bc I used to like her... 

[kevin.]

2 hours ago, I'mNotTheAverageLady said:

Period. Let Go is IT

I never heard of it

[Jordan Miller]

Avril I'm so sorry sweetie 

[SpearsSpearsBrit]

3 hours ago, Doja Kitten said:

Let Go was a pop culture phenomenon and way more impactful than sour IMO. Sour is a good album but some tracks on it sound very juvenile. While Avril had a more polished, mature sound at the same age 

it's just your persecution darling. Surely when Let Go was released you were a teenager, that's why the album feels more mature.