Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new songs and videos. Just want the music? Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes). Like what you hear? Let us know at [email protected] and sign up for our Louder newsletter , a once-a-week blast of our pop music coverage. Olivia Rodrigo, 'Drivers License' Joshua Bassett, 'Lie Lie Lie' The most important thing about Olivia Rodrigo's new single "Drivers License," released last week, isn't that it now holds the single-day (non-holiday song) streaming record on Spotify, or that it's practically flooded TikTok in recent days, or that it supposedly was inspired by a romantic falling out with Joshua Bassett, her co-star on the Disney+ show "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series." What matters more is that it successfully balances dark yet crisp melodrama with bold tunefulness, softly pointed singing with sharp imagery: "You said forever, now I drive alone past your street." The song's build is slow, almost anguished, and even when she breaks through, she never gets to a full howl, switching instead to a multitracked chorus that verges on the spiritual. It is, in every way,… Read full this story
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