After a wave of online outrage over her babydoll dresses, Olivia Rodrigo spoke on The New York Times’ Popcast about the dangerous double standards at play and the cultural sickness behind the backlash.
Olivia Rodrigo addressed the controversy directly Wednesday on The New York Times’ Popcast. The accusations were sharp: that the babydoll dresses she wore for the cover of her third LP, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So In Love, and the “Drop Dead” video amount to self-sexualization, something commenters online began calling “pedo core.” The 23-year-old singer did not soften her reply.
“You shouldn’t be responsible for some guy sexual
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