The #1 single in America is a pop-punk song. With "good 4 u," Olivia Rodrigo has become the latest in a string of artists to venture into the resurgent genre. The track marks an important point in the ...

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It's hard to argue there was a more important — and surprising — musician in 2021 than Olivia Rodrigo. She went from relative unknown to complete superstar, and she did it using, in part, the revived ...