Olivia Rodrigo’s Dream Collaboration? Brandi Carlile

The Grammy Awards topped Olivia Rodrigo Greatest New Artist in 2022, and though her work is in pop, her collaboration aspirations are in nation. When requested on the awards present crimson carpet who she want to work with subsequent, the 19-year-old stated collaborating Brandi Carlile can be a dream come true.

“Brandi Carlile is performing tonight and she or he’s an enormous inspiration,” Rodrigo tells Leisure Tonight. “I believe she’s an unbelievable songwriter, so I’m excited to fulfill her.”

Carlile took the stage on the sixty fourth annual Grammys to carry out “Proper on Time” from her seventh album, These Silent Days. It is potential that the 2 artists crossed paths backstage, as Rodrigo additionally carried out her tune “Drivers License” through the present.

Each ladies had been nominated for a number of Grammys — Carlile was up for 5 awards, whereas Rodrigo obtained seven nods. The 2 had been even up in opposition to one another within the classes of Report of the 12 months and Greatest Pop Solo Efficiency. Rodrigo would go on to win three awards.

Nation music was properly represented throughout this yr’s Grammys telecast, regardless of a lot of the awards being handed out in a pre-show ceremony. Carrie Underwood carried out her haunting tune “Ghost Story” for the primary time, Brothers Osborne closed out the present, and Chris Stapleton received Greatest Nation Album — the most important nation award handed out on this present day. Underwood, Stapleton and Bros had been all pre-broadcast winners, as properly, with Underwood scoring a Grammy for her gospel file, My Savior.