"Girl I've Always Been" (stylized in all lowercase) is the fourteenth and second deluxe track from Olivia Rodrigo's sophomore studio album, GUTS. It was released on November 24, 2023, and rereleased on March 22, 2024 through Geffen Records.
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Background[]
The track was first teased in a video Olivia's team posted to their Instagram alongside "Obsessed", "Scared of My Guitar" and "Stranger".
On October 18th, 2023, Olivia announced that "Girl I've Always Been", along with the other deluxe tracks, would be released on a special edition vinyl called The Secret Tracks though RSD. It was polished up and given a re-release with the other tracks and a new one in GUTS (spilled), the deluxe version of the album.
Theme[]
In this song, Rodrigo sings about how she never changed her behavior regarding people who backstab her. She retracts different situations through the song and people saying that she changed, but she is always like.
Lyrics[]
[Intro: Olivia Rodrigo & Dan Nigro]
Ready?
Are you ready?
Yeah (I'm gonna scare you again)
Don't scare me again
A-five, a-six, five, six, seven, eight
[Verse 1]
"Baby doll, you have changed"
That's the thing you always say
Cursin' me, trash my name
I rained all over your parade
Now you're on my couch, you're fightin' tears
You say I'm cruel beyond my years
And as I'm walkin' out that door
Say you don't know me anymore
[Chorus]
I have captors I call friends
I got panic rooms inside my head
I get down with crooked men
But I am the girl I've always been
I got a wrapped up in the game again
You woke up in an empty bed
And I can't say I'm a perfect ten
But I am the girl I've always been
[Post-Chorus]
Ah, mmm
[Verse 2]
So don't say that I've been acting different
I'm nothin' if I'm not consistent
You knew everything you'd be gettin'
I told you right from the beginnin'
Now you're on my case, how could I go?
You never dreamed I'd be so cold
And then, with venom on your tongue
You ask who I have become
[Chorus]
Well, I have captors I call friends
I got panic rooms inside my head
And I get down with the crooked men
But I am the girl I've always been
I got a wrapped up in the game again
You woke up in an empty bed
And I can't say I'm a perfect ten
But I am the girl I've always been
[Outro]
Yeah, I'm a candle in the wind
I'll turn you out, I'll turn you in
But I am the girl I've always been
[Intro]
Five, six, five, six, seven, eight
[Verse 1]
"Baby doll, you have changed"
That's the thing you always say
Cursin' me, trash my name
I rained all over your parade
Now you're on my couch, you're fightin' tears
You say I'm cruel beyond my years
And as I'm walkin' out that door
Say you don't know me anymore
[Chorus]
I have captors I call friends
I got panic rooms inside my head
I get down with crooked men
But I am the girl I've always been
I got a wrapped up in the game again
You woke up in an empty bed
And I can't say I'm a perfect ten
But I am the girl I've always been
[Post-Chorus]
Ah, mmm
[Verse 2]
So don't say that I've been acting different
I'm nothin' if I'm not consistent
You knew everything you'd be gettin'
I told you right from the beginnin'
Now you're on my case, how could I go?
You never dreamed I'd be so cold
And then, with venom on your tongue
You ask who I have become
[Chorus]
Well, I have captors I call friends
I got panic rooms inside my head
And I get down with the crooked men
But I am the girl I've always been
I got a wrapped up in the game again
You woke up in an empty bed
And I can't say I'm a perfect ten
But I am the girl I've always been
[Outro]
Yeah, I'm a candle in the wind
I'll turn you out, I'll turn you in
But I am the girl I've always been
Trivia[]
- Despite being available since the release of GUTS on vinyl, the song was officially released 6 months after.
- This is the shortest song in Olivia's discography, at 2 minutes and 2 seconds.
- Previously, her shortest song was "brutal", at 2 minutes and 23 seconds.
- The vinyl version (
AUDIO) is even shorter, with 1 minutes and 59 seconds.
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v • e  | |
|---|---|
| Featured Tracks | all-american bitch • bad idea right? • vampire • lacy • ballad of a homeschooled girl • making the bed • logical • get him back! • love is embarrassing • the grudge • pretty isn't pretty • teenage dream |
| Bonus Tracks | obsessed • girl i've always been • scared of my guitar • stranger • so american |
| Scrapped Tracks | Fantasy • Hate Ur Guts • Lights • Loveable • She's All That |
| Related Tracks | Santa Monica Mountains |
| Producers | Olivia Rodrigo • Daniel Nigro • Alexander 23 • Ryan Linvill • Ian Kirkpatrick |
| Tour | Guts World Tour • Guts World Tour: Spilled |
| Misc | Can't Catch Me Now |
| Extras | Merchandise • The Secret Tracks • Olivia Rodrigo: Guts World Tour |