When Will Women Stop Writing Breakup Songs And Slamming Their Exes?

Will this narrative ever be retired?

Brooklyn Reece
Bits of Brooklyn
Published in
7 min readJul 3, 2023

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Olivia Rodrigo (left), writer of “vampire” and Taylor Swift (left). Photo credit: Entertainment Weekly

On my lunch break from work on Friday, I eagerly beelined to my car so I could listen to it on the way to get coffee: 20-year-old Olivia Rodrigo’s new song, “vampire.”

Rodrigo’s lovesick ballad “driver’s license” had been my anthem during the latter part of Covid…

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Brooklyn Reece
Bits of Brooklyn

(she/her) Writer. Teacher. Leftist. City enthusiast. Spreading love through words. Find me on IG @brooklynxreece or email me: brooklynreece.writer@gmail.com.