Olivia Rodrigo borrowed the Magnetic Fields classic “The Book Of Love” for the charity compilation HELP(2).
There hasn’t been any new music from Olivia Rodrigo for two years. Now the singer is reissuing a modern classic love song for a charity collection: “The Book of Love”.
The piece actually comes from The Magnetic Fields and from the twisted triple album masterpiece “69 Love Songs”. Unlike Stephin Merrit, Rodrigo does not sing in a laconic tone, but with a lot of feeling – accompanied by a warmly tuned acoustic guitar and strings.
“The Book Of Love” is the closing chord of HELP(2), which was created for the organization War Child UK and contains great contributions from Depeche Mode, Arctic Monkeys, Oasis, Fontaines DC, Pulp, Damon Albarn, Foals, Wet Leg and many others.
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After some bitter musical thoughts about the consequences of war, the song, played like a lullaby, is a reconciliatory conclusion.
What happens next for Olivia Rodrigo is not yet entirely clear. According to rumors, she is currently working on a successor to her album GUTS, which will be released in 2023.
HELP(2) – Tracklist
- 1. Arctic Monkeys – Opening Night
- 2. Damon Albarn, Grian Chatten & Kae Tempest – Flags
- 3. Black Country, New Road – Strangers
- 4. The Last Dinner Party – Let’s do it again!
- 5. Beth Gibbons – Sunday Morning
- 6. Arooj Aftab & Beck – Lilac Wine
- 7. King Krule – The 343 Loop
- 8. Depeche Mode – Universal Soldier
- 9. Ezra Collective & Greentea Peng – Helicopters
- 10. Arlo Parks – Nothing I Could Hide
- 11. English Teacher & Graham Coxon – Parasite
- 12. Beabadoobee – Say Yes
- 13. Big Thief – Relive, Redie
- 14. Fontaines DC – Black Boys on Mopeds
- 15. Cameron Winter – Warning
- 16. Young Fathers – Don’t Fight the Young
- 17. Pulp – Begging for Change
- 18. Sampha – Naboo
- 19. Wet Leg – Obvious
- 20. Foals – When the War is Finally Done
- 21. Bat For Lashes – Carried my girl
- 22. Anna Calvi, Ellie Rowsell, Nilüfer Yanya & Dove Ellis – Sunday Light
- 23. Olivia Rodrigo – The Book of Love
