Olivia Rodrigo Reveals Her "Purple" Lyrics Changed After A Breakup

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Even before Olivia Rodrigo released you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, fans knew that its seventh track would hit hard. That was not only because it bears the name of her signature color — “purple” was also situated in the exact middle of the album, which is notably split between happy love songs and heartbreaking lamentations. As its transitional position suggested, “purple” is a mixture of record’s bright-red heart eyes and its deep-blue melancholy. But at first, it was written to be much pinker than it ended up.

Rodrigo’s bifurcated album and the recency of her