Traitor

I’ve taught Olivia Rodrigo’s Traitor at least a dozen times to my guitar students. It’s an excellent song both lyrically and melodically. The lyrical theme is brilliant. The “boyfriend dates girl that ex-girlfriend doesn’t like” is an ageless conflict that no one has articulated in a song until now.

I’ve also been recently re-inspired by Hozier — specifically his warm vocal tone and reverb mix. Check out his 52 second a-capella performance of The Humours of Whiskey.These two things converged in my brain this week, and I created a lower toned, and…