After spending much of the year on the road, Olivia Rodrigo, knows first-hand how important it is to find time for her mental health amongst busy times.
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“Being on stage night after night for months on end is really taxing on the body and on your mind,” she shared in a recent interview with Rolling Stone. “You can start to go a little crazy if you don’t make a real effort to keep yourself grounded and talk to people and call your therapist and make sure that you’re taking care of your mental health.”
What does that look like for Rodrigo? “I would watch Sex and the City every day,” she shared. “I’m not even being hyperbolic. That was my comfort show.”
She added, “I read a lot on the road to really try to be a good reader and learn some stuff. I was big on exercising just for mental and for physical [reasons]. A show is physically very draining, but I found that exercise really helps me stay kind of centered.”
On top of it all, Rodrigo finds peace in songwriting. “I did find a chance to make a few songs on the road,” she shared. “Songwriting for me is a form of self-care. It’s like journaling or going to therapy. It makes everything seem so much less overwhelming. I definitely wrote some songs, but mostly just for myself. But I think that’s how all good songs start out as anyway.”
Now, Rodrigo is enjoying some much needed R&R at home with friends and family and reaping the benefits of her world tour being attended by 1.4 million people and grossing $186.6 million — the highest-grossing tour by an artist born this century.
Rodrigo will fully wrap the trek with a handful of shows in South America and England next spring and summer.
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