SOUR [VINYL]

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She co-wrote the song "Drivers License" with its producer Daniel Nigro, and released it as her debut single in January 2021, to commercial success.

On April 1, 2021, Rodrigo announced on social media her debut album with the working title *O*R would be released on May 21, 2021. In the United Kingdom, Sour landed atop the UK Albums Chart with 51,000 units, eclipsing Foo Fighters for the biggest opening-week for an album in 2021 at the time. It was the best-selling album of the first half of 2021 in Ireland, [168] and spent 20 non-consecutive weeks at number one. V. Club 's Tatiana Tenreyro designated Sour a contender for best pop album of 2021, and highlighted its lack of filler tracks.

On May 16, 2021, a hotline phone number "[ [1]]" was made available, which teased an unreleased track from Sour.

Rodrigo's vision for the album's lyrics was to explore a variety of "sour" emotions that young women "are often shamed for", such as anger, jealousy and sadness.The song has "thrashy" guitars, and was reported to be a "desire to defy any pop expectations that have been placed upon [Rodrigo] by fans, friends, executives, or exes". Lyrics talk about the toxicity of social media and its addictiveness, displaying the obsessions of living a perfect life. They were not originally credited but were given credits after Rodrigo noted a light homage to "Cruel Summer" in the bridge of "Deja Vu". Hope Ur OK", the closing track, has been reported to be a "shimmering blessing to down-on-their-luck people Rodrigo has known", and the sound of the chorus has been described as a benediction.