Olivia Rodrigo in Dublin review: Watch out Taylor Swift. This bona fide pop superstar is coming for youHordes of teenage girls in glittering miniskirts shriek in excitement as the 21-year-old appears on stage in her own silver number, paired with matching crop top, sparkling eyeshadow and black Doc Martens.
Debut single Drivers License, released in early 2021, effectively distils the torture of first heartbreak and met the zeitgeist one year into an isolating global pandemic.She sings its heart-wrenching bridge with feeling, and so too do the young audience as they hold their phones like lighters. “I want you to jump, I want you to scream, I want you to sing at the top of your lungs. Can you do that for me?!” Rodrigo asks. The answer from the crowd is a resounding yes.The chart topper’s stage presence has by all accounts evolved since her debut Irish gig at Dublin’s Fairview Park in the summer of 2022.
During Guts album track Logical and Sour favourite Enough For You, she glides slowly around the arena on a suspended crescent moon, receiving piercing screams every time she drifts tantalisingly closer to fans.