“I wanna say to all the young girls out there who are writing songs every day, in their journals, on their bedroom floors - I am constantly moved by your vulnerability and your creativity and bravery,” she said. She closed by offering a message to the aspiring female songwriters who might be watching. “It’s not always easy being a young woman in the music industry, but I’ve found so much strength from the female songwriters who have come before me and paved the way and opened doors for so many young women like me.” “So when I see someone like our Woman of the Year Olivia Rodrigo having such incredible success at such an early age, I am blown away.”Īfter thanking Crow - “I am such a massive fan of you and your songwriting,” she gushed - and congratulating the other honorees on the night, Rodrigo talked about her love of songwriting, and how it’s “always been everything” for her. “When I came up, women were struggling to be the architects of their own careers,” she said. “I was like, ‘OK, little 11-year-old boy.'” She went on to praise what a great example Rodrigo is setting for her generation. “I was shooting pool with my 11-year-old last night, and he was singing ‘Good 4 U’ at the top of his lungs, and then he was singing ‘Drivers License,” she recalled during her introduction.

Later in the show, Olivia was presented Woman of the Year by Sheryl Crow.

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