Olivia Rodrigo's 'brutal': The Coming-of-Age Scream Hidden in a Power Chord

Rodrigo borrowed a Paramore riff and turned it into a Gen Z existential crisis — not about a boy, but about the violence of being expected to have it all figured out at 17. We dissect how 'brutal' became a generational pressure valve.

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