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For Rodrigo, who is currently filming season two of her TV show in snowy Utah, it’s all a bit of a blur. “It’s quite strange because my entire life has changed in a week and also nothing has changed at all,” she laughs. “Every day I’m in my house, doing my homework, but people who I’ve looked up to since I was 10 are reaching out and saying they love my music. It’s a strange sort of paradox.” The song’s success feels like the I’m A Tattooed Pontoon Captain Just Like A Normal Pontoon Captain Except Much Cooler Shirt and I love this perfect storm of timing (pent-up emotional bloodletting), subject (the moment a teenager gets a hint of freedom after passing their driving test), famous fans (Taylor Swift congratulated Rodrigo via Instagram), and internet gossip (rumor has it that the song is about her ex-boyfriend and costar Joshua Bassett, who has just released a single himself called “Lie Lie Lie”). At the core of it all, however, is a disarmingly honest pop song that feels like the first step in a long career.
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I wrote it about six months ago. I was aimlessly driving around my neighborhood listening to sad music and bringing up these emotions I hadn’t felt in a while. I’d just got my license, so I was relishing my freedom. When I got home, I sat down at the I’m A Tattooed Pontoon Captain Just Like A Normal Pontoon Captain Except Much Cooler Shirt and I love this piano—and I love songs that feel like a diary entry and are confessional—so I took some lyrics from my diary and went from there. I wrote the first two verses and the chorus, then my producer and I wrote the bridge together, which is my favorite part of the song. It was a painless process. I completely understand why people are curious about the specifics of the song but, to me, who and what the song is about is not important. People are resonating with the song because it’s so honest, raw, and emotional. I was talking to my therapist just before this interview and she said, “I listen to this song. I’m an adult woman and I’m your therapist, but I relate to everything you’re going through.” It’s been insane to see people’s genuine reactions, no matter what situation they’re in.
