Olivia Rodrigo is one of the biggest singers and songwriters of this generation. With her sophomore album, "Guts" breaking records upon its release, Rodrigo is enjoying a steady pace of becoming one of the most sought-after artists in Hollywood right now.
Very recently, Rodrigo has been receiving acclaim for her songwriting prowess on "Can't Catch Me Now."
Olivia Rodrigo Talks About 'Can't Catch Me Now'
In 2023, Olivia Rodrigo released "Can't Catch Me Now," a song from the "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" soundtrack.
Rodrigo wrote "Can't Catch Me Now," for "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" soundtrack, which starred Golden Globe awardee Rachel Zegler, EGOT winner Viola Davis, along with Tom Blyth, Hunter Schafer, and Peter Dinklage.
The song peaked at No. 56 on the Billboard Hot 100 and even won the Best Original Song in a Sci-Fi, Fantasy, or Horror Film at the 2023 Hollywood Music in Media Awards.
Speaking to Access Hollywood at the 2024 Governors Awards, Rodrigo talked about the feeling when the song was reportedly shortlisted for the Best Original Song category at the 2024 Academy Awards.
"It's so incredible," she said. "There's just so many people on that list who I'm inspired by, so many songs that I think are incredible, so it's an honor."
Among the other songs shortlisted for the category are Fantasia's "Superpower (I)" from "The Color Purple," The Osage Tribe's "Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)" from "Killers of the Flower Moon," Jon Batiste's "It Never Went Away" from "American Symphony," and finally Billie Eilish's "What Was I Made For?"
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Can Olivia Rodrigo Win An Oscar Against Billie Eilish?
Talking more to Access Hollywood about possibly winning an Oscar for "Can't Catch Me Now," Olivia Rodrigo said that she did not write it to get an award.
"I think that if I was writing a song and thought about how other people were gonna hear it, I just would be so overcome by anxiety that I couldn't write at all," she said. "So I try to kind of block that all out and just write for me."
Rodrigo is in stiff competition with Billie Eilish for the win, provided that they both get nominated for the 5-nominee category. Eilish has already won various awards for "What Was I Made For," including the 2024 Golden Globe Awards.
Since 2021, all the winners of the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song category have also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
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