Olivia Rodrigo Get Bloody in ‘Vampire’ Music Video

Olivia Rodrigo will get bloody within the music video for her new single “Vampire,” a gothic, piano-centric observe that tells off a sure “fame fucker.”

The primary single from her forthcoming sophomore album “Guts,” “Vampire” begins as a ballad with Rodrigo singing in an ethereal subject of flowers. Because the track ramps as much as the refrain, Rodrigo’s vocals enhance in energy, singing in her signature belt: “Bloodsucker, fame fucker/ Bleeding me dry like a goddamn vampire.”

The Petra Collins-directed music video then sees Rodrigo get hit by a falling gentle — which additionally triggers a tempo swap — because it’s revealed that she is definitely acting on stage at an awards present. Affected by a nasty minimize to her shoulder, Rodrigo continues to placed on a present because the beat drives on, smearing the blood throughout her face and white gown within the course of.

“You stated it was real love/ However wouldn’t that be arduous?/ You’ll be able to’t love anybody/ ‘Trigger that might imply you had a coronary heart,” Rodrigo sings within the bridge, which is launched by a quickly pulsing synth. As safety tries to escort her off the stage, Rodrigo runs into the streets and ultimately levitates into the night time sky.

“I used to be upset a few sure scenario and went to the studio alone and sat down on the grand piano, and the chords and melody and lyrics simply poured out of me — virtually like an out-of-body expertise,” Rodrigo stated in a press release about “Vampire.” “It’s a track about feeling confused and harm, and at first I believed it was meant to be a piano ballad. However when Dan and I began engaged on it, we juxtaposed the lyrics with these huge drums and loopy tempo adjustments. So now it’s like a heartbreak track you’ll be able to dance to.”

Rodrigo attended the dwell video premiere of her new single on the YouTube House LA on Thursday night time in Los Angeles. The occasion was broadcast dwell on the platform whereas followers, members of the press and YouTube creators had been invited to have a good time alongside Rodrigo with enjoyable “Vampire”-themed activations to match.

As Rodrigo walked via the gang of buzzing followers, one brave attendee requested Rodrigo to attend his promenade as his date. “I’ve at all times wished to go to promenade,” she responded earlier than asking for him to share his telephone quantity along with her.

Rodrigo’s follow-up to her 2021 debut album “Bitter,” “Guts” is due Sept. 8 through Geffen Information. “Bitter” collaborator Dan Nigro can be producing “Guts,” a mission that’s set to deal with the “rising pains” Rodrigo has skilled since launching into megastardom along with her breakout observe “Drivers License.”

Watch the official music video under.