Sheryl Crow is all about supporting younger artists, and the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame inductee opened up about working with 20-year-old Olivia Rodrigo, who carried out with Crow in the course of the ceremony and took part in presenting her with the glory.
“It’s actually cool,” Crow told ET of working with Rodrigo. “I imply, you already know, I received to type of raise her up a bit of bit, as a result of she’s received a brand new report [out]… I understand how exhausting the second report is, the sophomore. You’re competing with the success of your first report, and she or he nailed it.”
She additionally revealed the piece of recommendation she gave the “Vampire” singer. “I stated, you already know, ‘In the event you can, simply write down one sentence every single day, of what occurred throughout that day, as a result of you’ll sometime look again [at] this, and attempt to bear in mind all of the issues.’”
“The opposite factor [I told her] is to only keep within the work and keep out of the chatter,” she continued. “That’s a significant factor.”
After performing “If It Makes You Comfortable” with Crow on the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame ceremony, Rodrigo appeared in a video montage about Crow’s profession that featured Stevie Nicks and Maren Morris. Within the clip, the “Get Him Again!” singer praised Crow’s lyricism, and particularly the road “scrape the mildew off the bread and serve you French toast once more” from “If It Makes You Comfortable.”
“No one may say that apart from Sheryl. She says issues I might have by no means considered in probably the most stunning means,” Rodrigo stated. The love is mutual, with Crow naming Rodrigo “the true deal” on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon the night time earlier than.
After her onstage second with Crow, Rodrigo described the expertise in a press release to Billboard. “It was an honor to hitch Sheryl on stage and I’m so excited for her to be inducted into the RRHOF! I’m a large fan of hers and her unbelievable songwriting. She’s equally as variety as she is proficient and I really feel so fortunate that I used to be in a position to be a part of celebrating such a legend.”
