2 hit “Since U Been Gone.” At the same time, there was a thriving mainstream-rock scene in the form of pop-punk and a thriving indie-rock scene, off the heels of the early-’00s rock renaissance prompted by the Strokes.
1 hits, after Clarkson herself had already refined the formula with her 2004 No.
1 with “My Life Would Suck Without You.” It wasn’t surprising, by that point, to see pop stars testing the waters of this world - the year before, Katy Perry and P!nk had similarly guitar-driven No. The last time a guitar-driven song topped the charts was 2009, when Kelly Clarkson hit No. After critics and musicians alike, often among those most invested in the genre, had spent the past decade checking rock for a commercial pulse, in “good 4 u,” the genre hadn’t just been resuscitated - it was up and walking around, no signs of atrophy. It ends the year as Rodrigo’s most popular song, above even “drivers license,” never mind the most popular rock song of 2021. 2, tying the record for most weeks in the runner-up spot. “We may someday look back on it as the symbol of ’s early ’20s mainstream resurgence,” Stereogum wrote in a review of SOUR. No, she released a rock song - and a confident, angsty one, with shredded guitars and a shouted chorus. She hadn’t even stuck to the spare pop palette that made both her previous songs, particularly “drivers license,” so widely popular. On the heels of her make-or-break debut album, Olivia Rodrigo hadn’t released another breakup ballad, like runaway hit “drivers license” and follow-up “deja vu,” for the third single. Given the undeniable commercial success of “good 4 u,” it’s already easy to forget what a shock the song was when it arrived. Photo-Illustration: Vulture Photos by Mat Hayward/Getty Images for iHeartMedia, The War on Drugs/YouTube, Lil Huddy/YouTube, Rosalind O’Connor/NBC, Lloyd Bishop/NBC
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