-I want to say welcome back to the show
because you actually made your late-night debut
on our show with "Drivers License."
-"Drivers License." Yep. -But we never chatted.
-I know. I'm so happy to be here.
I'm such a fan of the show.
Growing up, I used to watch it every night with my parents.
I'm such a huge fan, so it's an honor to be here.
You actually -- I met you, um, maybe three year--
You wouldn't have remembered. It was -- It was so long ago.
-What do you mean, I wouldn't remember?
-It was in a group of people, but there was a group of people,
and they were like, "Hey, hey, hey."
And you actually went up to my mom and you gave her a hug.
And it is her bragging rights for the rest of her life.
She loves you so much. -Oh, my gosh.
-She sends her regards and she says, "Thank you for the hug."
-Hi, Mom! Hi! Yeah.
Uh, I follow you on the socials, and I --
You're a great follow, by the way,
if you like the social media.
But I noticed that you don't follow anyone back.
-Oh. I'm sorry.
If I was following one person, it'd be you, though, I hope.
-Thank you. Oh, yeah. Really, though...
-Ah, [bleep]. -Any reason why?
[ Laughter ]
-No, you know, I try to follow zero people
because it helps me be off of my phone,
you know, off of social media.
But I had this very embarrassing encounter once
where I was stalking my ex, as one does.
Sue me. Sorry.
And, um -- And I accidentally followed him
because I was stalking him, and I was just following one person,
so it was super obvious that I was following him.
And my friend ran into my room and was like, "Oh, my God!
Did you mean to follow him? Like, unfollow him!"
And I went and I grabbed my phone.
I'm like, "Oh, shoot! Oh, my God!"
And I went to open the Instagram app.
And the second that I opened the app, my phone died.
-Oh, my gosh! -Couldn't find the charger.
So I was just following my ex for a while.
-Did it come out that you were --
Yeah, and people were like, "Oh, my gosh! She's hacked!"
And I'm like, "Yeah, you guys. Be safe." Like...
[ Laughter ]
"Get your two-factor authentication, you guys."
-You weren't hacked it all. You did it yourself.
-Yeah. Sorry. -Oh, my gosh. Alright.
So now -- But you don't make that mistake again.
-No, no. I have a Finsta now, so I'm safe.
-You have a Finsta. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Do you have a Finsta, Jimmy. -I need a Finsta.
-Yeah. You need a Finsta. -A fake Instagram.
-Fake Instagram. Yeah.
So you can just lurk and be curious.
-Yeah. And like things and look at things and...
Wait. I'm totally getting a Finsta this week.
-Yeah. Okay. -Alright. Thank you.
I appreciate it. I want to talk to you.
I have so many things to talk to you about.
First of all, congratulations on "GUTS."
-Thank you. -Uh, this is unbelievable.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Went right to number one when it released.
And then you got nominated just now for six Grammys.
Uh...
[ Cheers and applause ]
You have three Grammys on your shelf already from "Sour,"
but how does it feel to be nominated for six?
I mean, you're part of this -- This is your year now.
-It's so surreal. I actually can't believe it.
I feel like the luckiest girl alive.
I used to go to the Grammy Museum
all the time when I was younger, and, actually,
my mom and I used to, like, make ballots for the Grammys,
like, when the Grammys were on TV.
When I was like 12, I'd be like,
"I think this album is going to win."
And, like, we'd do -- place bets and stuff.
-No way! -So it's a super-big deal.
Yeah, it's just -- it's such an honor
to be included in a group
with all these artists that I just am so inspired by.
-You more than hold your own, bud.
And now here we go. This "Hunger Games" soundtrack.
The new song is called "Can't Catch Me Now."
What's it like writing a song for a movie or, like --
Because you're not --
This, you write your songs for you.
-Yeah, that's like my diary,
but this was a totally different experience for me
as a songwriter. It was so much fun.
I'm such a big fan of all things "Hunger Games,"
and I love the soundtracks, and so when they asked
if I wanted to write it, I was so stoked.
And I went in and watched the movie
and was really inspired by the main character, Lucy Gray.
Um, and so it was super-fun to get to write a song
through her eyes. It was definitely a big stretch
for me as a songwriter. It was really fun.
-Well, February is gonna be a giant month for you
because you have the Grammys,
you turn 21, by the way. -Yeah.
-Happy birthday. Happy early birthday.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-I'm very excited about that one.
-And you're kicking off your "GUTS" world tour.
This is what everyone's talking about
and trying to get tickets for. I mean, this is wild.
You're gonna play all these giant arenas.
-Yeah. -Do you get nervous
when you do these giant gigs?
-Oh, man. So nervous. I get super nervous. Yeah.
I saw you at the Jingle Ball last week, and I was like --
And you were so kind of calm... -Yeah.
-...to be performing for, you know, 20,000, 30,000 people.
-Yeah, you know, it's different.
I feel like playing your own show is a lot more fun
because there's just so many people in the audience,
and sometimes they know the lyrics, too,
so if you, like, forget a lyric, you're like,
"Throw it to the crowd!" -Yeah, yeah.
Is there a song you're psyched to play live?
-Ooh, um, I'm really excited.
I wrote this song called "All-American Bitch"
that I really like. -Yeah. I love that one.
-Yeah, so, it's super-fun and rowdy,
and I just hope people can, like,
scream and dance and go crazy.
-Yeah! Guys, get prepared to sing.
Yeah, yeah.
Uh, we found something online
that I wanted to ask you about.
There's a -- There's a thing that said that you once
wrote an original Christmas song when you were 5.
-Yeah. Yeah. -Do you remember doing this?
-Start 'em young. I don't even remember. No, I don't.
But, yeah, I know what you're talking about.
-It was called "The Bels" or something like that.
The album cover's online. -Oh! Look at that.
-Yeah. -B-E-L-S.
-Close. Very close. -Yeah.
You know, I couldn't write, but it didn't stop me
from writing a song. -Yeah. No.
I like the "Bels" with one L. Why not?
-Yeah. -What was it about?
Do you remember the song at all? What was it about?
-Oh, I think it's like, um --
I think it's about, like, waiting for Santa,
like, waiting to hear, like, bells or something.
-Five years old. -Yeah.
-I wish we had it, but -- Actually we do.
-Oh.
-We found a copy of it. And thanks, Mom.
Here's the original song, "The Bels,"
a snippet from 5-year-old Olivia Rodriguez.
-Man, man.
-♪ Ho, ho, ho, ho ♪
♪ Wait for the bells ♪
[ Laughs ]
♪ When you hear them ♪
♪ Put the ornaments on the tree ♪
♪ Ho, ho, ho, ho ♪
♪ Wait for the bells ♪
♪ Wait for the bells on Santa's sleigh to ring ♪
♪ Ho, ho, ho, ho ♪
-Oh! ♪ Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
I like that. That's a jam. -Man.
-You wrote a jam at 5 years old.
-Thanks. Sheesh. Wow.
-Olivia, you kind of, like, manifested this career, which...
-I suppose so.
I mean, I was writing songs, like, at such an early age.
Yeah, I've always been into it. -And you had a pop --
a pop-star themed birthday party when you were 6.
-Yes. I did, I did.
-And your mom also gave us a photo of this.
-Oh, wow. Walk down memory lane today.
-She's the b-- I'm glad I hugged her that day.
She's totally writing this whole interview for me.
This is you on your 6th birthday,
a pop-star themed party. -Oh, man!
-And you even had, like, a play-- like, a set list.
-Yeah. Wow. Yeah. I really manifested this hard.
Yeah. There was not an audience. No one was watching.
But I just had all of my, like, kindergarten friends,
and we were just singing, like, the Jonas Brothers.
We were really into it. -Isn't that fantastic?
-Yeah. -And now this weekend,
you're going to be musical guest on "Saturday Night Live."
-Ahh! -I mean, look at you, bud.
[ Cheers and applause ] -[ Laughs ] Yeah.
-I think the last time you actually did perform
"Saturday Night Live," right? -Yeah, I did.
It was actually my second time performing ever,
like, my own songs in front of --
Besides that. I mean, that doesn't count.
-Yeah. No. Yeah. "The Bels." Of course.
-"The Bels." Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Um, but, yeah, I'm really excited.
The first time I ever did it -- -Do you like the pressure?
I mean, do you like to go in like, "Yeah, go ahead,
I'll do the Super Bowl, give it to me, let's go"?
It's like, "Why not?" And just go for it.
-I get really nervous. -You do?
-It's just -- It's live-live. I mean, you know.
Do you have any tips for me? You're a --
-No. Just enjoy it. -Yeah?
-Yeah. That's it. I love doing live.
I love a live audience. Nothing like it.
I mean, it's the best. [ Cheers and applause ]
They tell you -- You feed off the energy.
-Yeah. -You're going to crush it.
I can't wait to watch. Olivia Rodrigo, everybody.
"Can't Catch Me Now" is out now.
I will put on the headphones first.
You will sing a song lyric
and I will try to guess what you're singing.
And we're kind of playing together here.
We're a team. -We're a team.
-Got it. Alright.
Oh, wait. Hold on.
Not yet.
Oh! -[ Laughs ]
-Okay.
-Oh!
♪ I can buy myself flowers ♪
-Umbrella. [ Laughter ]
Umbrella.
-♪ I ♪ -I.
-♪ Can buy ♪
♪ Buy ♪
♪ Buy ♪ -A bond.
-♪ I can buy myself flowers ♪
-Flowers. -Ooh!
-I can buy myself flowers! -Yes!
[ Ding! ] [ Cheers and applause ]
Love that, love Miley. Great. That was great.
-That was good. -That was great. That was great.
-Okay. -Alright. We're doing well.
We're doing well. We're getting better and better.
We're getting better and better.
Here we go. Come on, Jimmy, don't mess this up.
-Wish me luck, you guys. -Here we go.
What?
[ Laughter ]
Four lines.
Phew.
♪ I love it when you call me ♪
-♪ I love it when you call me, señorita ♪
[ Ding! ] [ Cheers and applause ]
-That was the hardest one. That was it.
-I don't know what -- -How did you do that?
How did you do that? -I don't know.
I think I just love that song. -Wow, that was fantastic.
Alright. This is the last one. It's for 10 million points.
Here we go, buddy. Alright. Thanks for playing.
You're really good. We're good. -Okay.
We're a team, alright.
Oh. [ Laughter ]
♪ Guess you didn't mean what you wrote in that song ♪
♪ About me 'cause you said forever ♪
-Wait, are you still singing? What's happening?
[ Laughter ]
-♪ Guess you didn't mean ♪ -You. You.
-♪ You didn't mean what you wrote in that song about me ♪
-Don't write something down for me.
-Okay. [ Laughter ]
-Can I try a different, um...
♪ I got my driver's license ♪
-Come on, I'm trying.
-♪ I got my dri--♪ -My mom.
-♪ My driver's license ♪ -Oh! Driver's license!
[ Ding! ] [ Cheers and applause ]
-Yeah!
[ Screams ]
♪♪
[ Screams ]
♪ All the time, I'm grateful all the time ♪