Once a Disney star, always a Disney star: Olivia Rodrigo documentary coming to Disney+

Olivia Rodrigo posing in a checkered sweater against a yellow background
Singer and actor Olivia Rodrigo is releasing a documentary about her debut album on Disney+.
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Teen pop sensation Olivia Rodrigo is returning to her Disney+ roots for a brand new documentary in regards to the making of her acclaimed debut album, “Bitter.”

The streaming large launched a teaser clip Thursday for “Olivia Rodrigo: Driving Dwelling 2 U,” a behind-the-scenes have a look at the 18-year-old hitmaker’s meteoric rise from “Excessive Faculty Musical: The Musical: The Collection” star to chart-topping, Grammy-nominated musician.

“I simply needed to inform individuals what was happening behind my head in a manner that was proud and never ashamed,” the songwriting phenom says within the preview.

“Coming from this place of damage, and also you handle to show it into one thing that you just’re pleased with? There’s like nothing higher than that.”

Premiering March 25, “Olivia Rodrigo: Driving Dwelling 2 U,” will arrive simply in time for the 2022 Grammys, the place the “Drivers License” singer is nominated for seven awards. She is the one artist competing this yr in all 4 main classes: album of the yr, file of the yr, music of the yr and finest new artist.

Across the time the Grammy Awards happen April 3 at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Backyard Area, Rodrigo will embark on a sold-out tour of North America and Europe. And final month, she started filming the third season of Disney+'s “Excessive Faculty Musical: The Musical: The Collection,” which stars Rodrigo as empathetic drama membership standout Nini Salazar-Roberts.

In response to Ayo Davis, president of Disney Branded Tv, Rodrigo’s forthcoming documentary is “not a live performance movie, per se” — although it can embrace reimagined performances of all 11 “Bitter” tracks, shot on the Mojave Airplane Boneyard, Crimson Rock Canyon State Park and different places. Disney has additionally teased visitor appearances and performances from Jacob Collier, Blu DeTiger and Towa Chicken.

Finally, the movie will present followers with “a possibility to expertise first-hand how Olivia Rodrigo turned one of many largest music stars of the day,” Davis stated in an announcement, “and an opportunity to see her carry out the songs from SOUR like by no means earlier than.”

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