To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Drivers License, Olivia Rodrigo writes on Instagram, “happy first birthday to the little song that changed my whole life. I made this video a day or two after I wrote drivers license in my living room (with a very squeaky sustain pedal lol). crazy to think how quickly life changes. thank u to everyone who has supported me so tenderly. music is the most magical thing in the world.” 

 

The caption was accompanied with a video of Olivia singing her No.1 hit prior to its release.  Watch below.

 

 

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Drivers License served as the lead single off Olivia’s debut album, Sour.  Weeks after its release, Olivia explained to NME, “I truly don’t feel like my brain can process all of it.  I see all the numbers, but it doesn’t really sink in totally, I’m sort of in a state of disbelief.  But the craziest thing to me is also seeing the song being heard in real life. People send me videos of them driving and they get to a stoplight and the person next to them is blasting ‘Drivers License’ in their car, and I’ve got a couple of videos of people who’ll be on walks around their neighbourhood and a specific house will be blasting ‘Drivers License’ through the windows!”

 

As for the music video, it was directed by Matthew Dillion Cohen and since its release, it’s racked in more than 331 million YouTube views, and was nominated for Favourite Music Video at the 2021 AMAs.

 

 

Happy birthday, Drivers License!

 

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