Multi-Platinum Olivia O'Brien Releases Track JUST A BOY Ahead Of Debut Album

By: Apr. 19, 2019
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Multi-Platinum Olivia O'Brien Releases Track JUST A BOY Ahead Of Debut Album

Olivia O'Brien could go on and on rattling off "lame excuses from guys" that you screenshot and forward to your friends for commiseration, sympathy, a laugh, or often response advice...

You don't need to ask what to say anymore though because the 19-year-old critically acclaimed Los Angeles based singer and songwriter presents the answers on her 2019 full-length debut due this spring via Island Records. "I wrote this in a really dark place" she says, "and I hope I can help other people who may be in that same spot. My idea was for you to listen to the album when you're feeling sad and by the end, you'll feel better without even realizing it.

Their actions also had her asking if any of those relationships were even real. On the flip side, you can believe her words, and that's why she made a major dent in pop music. The purple-haired songstress put up legit numbers, racking up more than a billion streams by 2019. She arrived as the rare talent who can share a song with everyone from G-Eazy and Drew Love of THEY. to gnash and received early support from the likes of Paper, The Coveteur, NYLON, V Magazine, and Idolator.

Now, Olivia takes everything back by way of her first record. "Obsessed with guitar," she nodded to influences as diverse as Tame Impala, Kid Cudi, Amy Winehouse, and Fleetwood Mac. The introductory single "Love Myself" serves as the album's finale, but it also earmarks the beginning. Hinging on dreamy clean guitar, she turns her voice inward as she confesses in a booming chorus, "I don't need to know who I am yet. I don't need to have a solid plan yet. I don't need to be the same as everyone else. I just need to motherfing love myself."

"I should love myself, but I don't," she goes on. "I should treat myself better, but I don't. It doesn't have the same unattainable note that a lot of happier, confident songs have. So much other s is like, 'I already love myself. I'm confident. I'm great'. This is more attainable. It starts with being easier on yourself. So many kids are depressed. I wanted to end on a high note.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES

April 19 - Houston, Texas - House of Blues/ Bronze Peacock

April 20 - Dallas , Texas - Club Dada

April 23 - Phoenix, Arizona- Crescent Ballroom

April 24 - Los Angeles, California - El Rey Theatre

April 25 - Oakland, California - The New Parish

April 26 - San Francisco, California - The Great American Music Hall


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