Olivia Rodrigo says she wrote ‘Guts’ “with a tour in mind”

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Olivia Rodrigo‘s highly anticipated sophomore album ‘Guts’ was written for the live stage, the singer has revealed.Speaking to Capital FM recently, the ‘Vampire’ singer shared that her upcoming second album was written “with a tour in mind”.

While Rodrigo said a tour of the UK is “in the works” and that she couldn’t share more at the moment, she did share that most of her new songs were written for live performances.Going on to answer a fan question regarding what future listeners can expect from the album, Olivia Rodrigo said: “I think there’s a lot of fun songs.

I wrote the album with a tour in mind, so I think they’re all songs I wanted people to be able to scream in a crowd. Hopefully that’s what’s achieved.”Watch Olivia Rodrigo’s interview with Capital FM below.Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Guts’ is set to release on September 8 via Geffen (pre-order/pre-save here).

So far, two songs have been released from the 12-track album; June’s lead single ‘Vampire’ and ‘Bad Idea Right?’ earlier this month.Rodrigo recently revealed the full tracklist for the record which is the follow-up to the artist’s Grammy-winning debut ‘Sour’.