Olivia Rodrigo had paid tribute to the inspirational affect of No Doubt vocalist Gwen Stefani.
Writing about Stefani in Nylon journal, the 21-year-old singer-songwriter says, “Gwen’s potential to evolve and discover totally different types of music, songwriting, and aesthetic whereas nonetheless remaining true to herself is extremely inspiring. To me, she’s a major instance of an artist who defies stereotypes and preconceived boundaries and simply makes stuff that she thinks is cool. If that’s not a real artist, I don’t know what’s.”
Rodrigo goes on to salute Stefani for singing about being a girl within the trendy world, “intimately that I had by no means earlier than heard put to music.”
“She unapologetically sings about issues starting from eager to make out with somebody to fantasizing about having a husband and children. There’s a lot coronary heart in each phrase she says, and each tune feels prefer it’s ripped from the diary of the best lady you already know.”
No Doubt have reformed after a nine-year hiatus and can headline Coachella pageant this weekend, April 12-14, and subsequent weekend, April 19-21, alongside the likes of Lana Del Rey, Blur, Deftones, and fellow Orange County ska-punks Elegant.
Talking with Nylon, Stefani says that she’s “open to something” when it comes to what may occur with the band post-Coachella.
Olivia Rodrigo, in the meantime, is about to kick off the sold-out European leg of her GUTS world tour at Dublin’s 3Arena on April 30. The British leg of the tour will see the pop star play two nights at Manchester’s Co-Op Dwell enviornment (Might 3/4), two nights at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro (Might 7,8), two nights on the Utilita Area in Birmingham (Might 10,11) and 4 nights at London’s O2 enviornment (Might 14-18).