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"So American"
Song by Olivia Rodrigo
from the album Guts (Spilled)
ReleasedMarch 22, 2024 (2024-03-22)
Recorded2023
Genre New wave [1]
Length2:49
Label Geffen
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Dan Nigro
Lyric video
"So American" on YouTube

"So American" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo as a bonus track for the Spilled deluxe edition of her second studio album, Guts (2023). Released on March 22, 2024, as the closing song on the album, "So American" was written by Rodrigo alongside its producer Dan Nigro. An energetic tune, it was labelled as her first love song.

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Commercially, "So American" was the highest-charting album track from Guts (Spilled), reaching the top 40 in Ireland and the United Kingdom, while peaking at number 58 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song received positive reviews from music critics and Rodrigo performed it in selected dates of her first arena concert tour, the Guts World Tour (2024).

Background and release

Olivia Rodrigo's second studio album, Guts , was released on September 8, 2023 through Geffen Records. Limited-edition vinyl variants sold on Rodrigo's webstore were also released; each one contained one bonus track, including "Obsessed", "Scared of My Guitar", "Stranger", or "Girl I've Always Been". [2] After the album reached number one on the US Billboard 200, [3] Rodrigo started teasing its deluxe edition whilst on her Guts World Tour in early 2024. [4] She announced Guts (Spilled) on March 19, at the Chicago show of the concert tour, [5] and shared its track listing. [6] [7] The reissue version of the album included the four vinyl-exclusive songs and an exclusive track, "So American", recorded shortly after the release of the standard album. [8] [9] In a statement, the singer expressed her excitement for the song to be released, and declared it was her favorite, [10] adding to the sentence three winking emojis. [11]

Upon release, "So American" became the highest-charting album track from Guts (Spilled). It debuted and peaked at number 58 on the US Billboard Hot 100 [12] and at number 52 on the Canadian Hot 100. [13] Outside North America, it reached the top 40 on the Irish Singles Chart and the UK singles chart. [14] [15] The song also peaked at number 76 in Australia. [16] Globally, it charted at number 66 on the Billboard Global 200. [17] Rodrigo performed the song at her concert tour starting with the first show in Dublin on April 30, between "Lacy" and "Jealousy, Jealousy", changing its verse's lyrics on every show. [18] [19]

Music and lyrics

"So American" is Rodrigo's first love song in her discography, [10] described by NME as "energetic". [20] A new wave track, [1] its lyrics expresses what it feels like to be treated "so well" by someone who is not from the United States, as she sings: "He laughs at all my jokes / And he says I'm so American". [21] She later states that she would marry this person ("Oh God, I'm gonna marry him / If he keeps this shit up"). [22] Many publications interpreted "So American" to be about Rodrigo's relationship with English actor Louis Partridge. [lower-alpha 1]

Critical reception

Writing for Elle , Alyssa Bailey affirmed that the song provide "a refreshingly optimistic reflection on new love, along with the fear that comes with hoping for a future". [22] Uproxx 's Flisadam Pointer described "So American" as "the dewy-eyed love song [Rodrigo] was always meant to make". [23] Capital FM lauded the song for feeling "very cyclical" being the last song on the album in comparison to the first track, titled "All-American Bitch". [24] In June 2024, American magazine Rolling Stone included "So American" on its list of the Best Songs of 2024 So Far. [1]

Charts

Chart performance for "So American"
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [16] 76
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [13] 52
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [17] 66
Greece International (IFPI) [25] 96
Ireland (IRMA) [14] 18
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [26] 10
UK Singles (OCC) [15] 24
US Billboard Hot 100 [12] 58

Notes

  1. ↑ As discussed by People 's Rachel DeSantis, [18] Nylon 's Steffanee Wang, [10] Elle 's Alyssa Bailey, [22] Uproxx 's Flisadam Pointer, [23] and Billboard 's Hannah Dailey. [11]

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