“This guy walks up to me. I thought he was gonna ask for a picture and I'm like, oh yeah, that's cool, but he goes, ‘You are so beautiful – can I take you to dinner?’”: Olivia Rodrigo on the making of Stupid Song – and an unlikely power ballad inspiration

Olivia Rodrigo at a piano.

It might be called Stupid Song, but Olivia Rodrigo’s latest single is yet another smart piece of pop songwriting from an artist who can do no wrong right now.

With Stupid Song riding high in global streaming charts, Rodrigo has now given us a little insight into how it was written in a new video interview with Pitchfork.