Olivia Rodrigo celebrated her fame launching song Driver’s License on its first anniversary, with a video taken just days after writing it.

The 18-year-old superstar wished a happy birthday ‘to the little song that changed my whole life,’ with unseen footage of her singing her debut single at home — before she became a household name. 

‘I made this video a day or two after I wrote drivers license in my living room (with a very squeaky sustain pedal lol). crazy to think how quickly life changes.’

Driver’s License turns one! Olivia Rodrigo, 18, celebrated ‘the little song that changed my whole life’ on its first anniversary, sharing a video she had recorded just days after writing it 

Certified superstar: Driver’s License  — her debut single — minted the former Disney as a superstar virtually overnight after it was released on January 8, 2021; pictured September 2021

The video showed the songstress at home in a black tank top as she soulfully crooned the first verse while playing the keyboard. 

‘happy first birthday to the little song that changed my whole life. I made this video a day or two after I wrote drivers license in my living room (with a very squeaky sustain pedal lol). crazy to think how quickly life changes.

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‘thank u to everyone who has supported me so tenderly. music is the most magical thing in the world,’ she wrote.

Driver’s License was released on January 8, 2021 and minted the former Disney star as a superstar overnight. 

Humbler times: She posted unseen footage of her singing the first verse of the song which was filmed ‘a day or two after’ she wrote it

‘crazy to think how quickly life changes’: The song broke the record for first song to hit 80 million streams in a week on Spotify and earned her a handful of nominations and awards

Fine tuning: Rodrigo joked about how her keyboard had a ‘very squeaky sustain pedal’ at the time

It broke Spotify’s record twice for most daily streams ever for a non-holiday song within the week it was released, and also became the first song to hit 80 million streams in just seven days. 

Rodrigo had opened up about how the song came to be. Fresh from a breakup (with former High School Musical co-star Joshua Bassett) she sat down at her piano after shedding many tears. 

She took the first line: ‘I got my driver’s license last week’ from her diary and also created the song with TikTok culture in mind.

How it started: Fresh from a breakup, she sat down at her piano after shedding many tears and took the first line: ‘I got my Order driver’s license online without test license last week’ from her diary; pictured January 2021

‘To see it do really well — to have this really painful moment in my life, and turn it into something beautiful that can maybe help people through a tough time that they’re having, like I was having a tough time — it’s just so empowering,’ Rodrigo told Billboard after its release. 

The song won two MTV VMAs, and she herself won two New Artist of The Year awards at the American Music Awards and the People’s Choice Awards. 

Additionally Olivia snagged a whopping seven nominations at the 2022 Grammys — including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Solo Pop performance for Driver’s License.   

She celebrated her nods writing in excerpt: ‘many dreams have come true for me this year but this one is probably the most meaningful.’ 

A force to be reckoned with: Rodrigo won New Artist of The Year at the 2021 AMAs and also snagged a whopping seven nominations at the 2022 Grammys — including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Solo Pop performance for Driver’s License; pictured November 21

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