It is a "choose-your-player" selection, channeling Adobe Flash web games of the early 2000s. One of the costumes is a reference to Leeloo from the 1997 movie and 1998 video game The Fifth Element. It opens in a "glitchy, throwback dimension", where an array of Rodrigo avatars appear, each adorning a stylized wig and exaggerated personality an 8-bit version of "Brutal" plays in the background. Ī still from "Brutal" music video, showing a video game interface consisting of various avatars of Rodrigo. The video depicts Rodrigo's "teenage angst", using various visual elements of 1990s-2000s pop culture. Rodrigo's hairstyles in the video were styled by Clayton Hawkins. The video features cameo appearances from actors Lukas Gage and Nico Hiraga, as well as model Salem Mitchell. The song also appeared in Netflix's Do Revenge, The Imperfects and The School for Good and Evil.Ī music video for "Brutal" was released on August 23, 2021, directed by Canadian director Petra Collins. "Brutal" was also heavily featured during episode 4 of HBO's Hard Knocks season which chronicled the training camp for the 2021 Dallas Cowboys season. The song also served as the soundtrack for the first trailer of Amazon Prime Video's I Know What You Did Last Summer and in the opening scene of the season one finale of HBO Max's Gossip Girl. "Brutal" appeared in the opening montage of Hockey Night in Canada 's coverage of Game Two of the 2021 Stanley Cup Finals between the Montreal Canadiens and the Tampa Bay Lightning. AllMusic reviewer Heather Phares called "Brutal" "a surprisingly punky blast of angst", likening the guitars to "the musical equivalent of an eyeroll." Įntertainment Weekly called "Brutal" the best song of 2021, describing it as "like stepping through a Lollapalooza looking glass, the alt-nation swagger and blown-out guitar fuzz of the Breeders and Elastica reborn in one dimpled Gen-Z teen." Commercial performance įollowing the release of Sour, "Brutal" debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and atop the Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. Olivia Horn of Pitchfork speculated on whether "Brutal" is "ucking expectations about the kind of sounds might gravitate toward" and describes that as just "part of the fun". ![]() Rolling Stone 's Angie Martoccio likened Rodrigo in the song to "an excited teenager relaying gossip on a rotary phone". Jules Lefevre, writing for Junkee, described the song as "infinitely enjoyable", and described Rodrigo's vocals as "kiss-off". Billboard 's Larisha Paul described "Brutal"'s opening as "shimmering" and "brilliant", and the rest of the song as "grungy rock". That's what I did." Critical reception īrutal received positive reviews from critics. You take the broken pieces of another thrill and make a brand new toy. ![]() Costello-who cited Bob Dylan's " Subterranean Homesick Blues" as inspiration for "Pump It Up"-replied to a tweet about the topic, "This is fine by me. "Brutal" features a guitar riff similar to that of Elvis Costello's 1978 song " Pump It Up", leading to accusations of plagiarism. It has been described as a pop-punk, pop rock, alt-rock, and grunge song with elements of indie rock and punk. It was written on a whim by Rodrigo and song's producer Dan Nigro. The song resents the idea that one's teenage years are their best years and shares a sentiment of teenage frustration. "Brutal" is one of eleven songs from Olivia Rodrigo's debut album Sour. In the United States, it landed at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, and topped the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. Commercially, the song reached the top 20 in various countries. ![]() It incorporates heavy visuals elements from the 1990s–2000s, especially the era's video games, while illustrating "teen angst". An accompanying music video to the song was released on August 23, 2021. Its lyrics express Rodrigo's fear, worries and frustrations as a teenager entering adulthood. Īn alternative rock, grunge, and pop-punk tune, "Brutal" is driven by rock instrumentation consisting of brash electric guitars and drums. "Brutal" was written by Rodrigo and its producer Dan Nigro. It was released to Italian radio through Geffen Records on September 3, 2021, as the fifth and final single from Rodrigo's debut album Sour. " Brutal" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo.
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