If you haven’t read this yet, fix that as soon as possible: it’s a beautifully crafted response to a great album. And if you teach literature, you might want to consider using the second and third paragraphs as an example of how close reading works.
Kreg Abshire
I Think You’re What’s Wrong With Me: On Influence, Absorption, and Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love’
Why the Robert Smith feature on "what's wrong with me" isn’t just a guest spot. An essay on how Olivia Rodrigo subverts the typical anxiety of influence.
