Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS (September 8, 2023) • Page 26

Yeah between him and Jack it really feels like my tastes in the mid 2000s are being further validated 15-20 years later. Some of these guys just needed a chance.

 

Sugarcult making every Neon Trees song is my favorite one

 

I'm gonna need her fans to make like the swifties and get some cute merch on etsy, cause so far her official merch isn't reaching its potential

 

“Teenage Dream” feels like an answer to “Nothing New” and confirms my long-held take that Olivia should have been the feature on that song instead of Phoebe.

 

Nick Bailey and Ryan Ogren are two others. It is validating to see how successful they’ve all been.

 

I think Martin from Boys Like Girls produced the first Betty Who album also

 

he also dated Ashley Tisdale

 

Yeah, he’s had some sneaky Dan and Shay hits too.

 

They can't do that because of their feud obviously!!

 

Ricky Reed from Facing New York, of course

 

I was talking more about the super star lead single level of success but I’m also happy for these other folks.

 

So am I, Ricky Reed has multiple number 1 his with Lizzo

 

Tim Pagnotta had a #1 single with Neon Trees also

 

That's nice and it seems like he has an excellent career. I just don't know him from the scene. Somehow missed that band I guess.

 

And on another note, he cowrote "Cheap Sunglasses" by RAC which is one my favorite pop songs of the last decade.

 

Understood, they weren't huge, but they were quite good and beloved here at least

 

Ok so who is going to curate a bangers mix and a ballads mix using both her albums

 

I had that same idea today haha

 

Another guy from this scene that got a little bit o’ cash later on:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Rechtshaid

 

SWEET and SOUR

 

Album is good! I think I like the back half more, but will need more listens. The only song that didn’t really do anything for me was Lacy. Really dug the rest.

 

You took the words right out of my mouth. She does go back to the well a lot, especially that ascending scale that's in a few of her ballads. But her music is enjoyable nonetheless.

 

I felt personally attacked since my sister is a huge fan of SOUR and we started listening to guts and she’s like oh Jon you are older so you might like all these songs they sound like something from the 2000’s

 

I don't know if I'd consider him part of the scene but finding out Ian Kirkpatrick produced Stacy Clark's first album (indie pop/electronica artist discovered on ap.net's Absolute 100 feature back in the day) that I had been listening to for a decade at that point, and that it was his first ever production credits blew my mind. Dude went on to such bigger things.

That song featured Aaron Marsh as well

 

“Matter of Time” was my jaaaaam.