Communication (album)



"Communication" (stylized in all lowercase) is the sophomore album released by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo. The album was released August 26th, 2022, through Geffen Records. Rodrigo worked with producer Dan Nigro for the record. They worked together previously for her debut album, "SOUR". Singles released to promote the album were "communication", and "bother". The lead single dropped August 5th, and the second single on August 12th. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard albums chart. It stayed at #1 for four weeks, before dropping to #2. All of the tracks filled the Billboard Hot 100, and the lead single, "communication", dominated the chart.

Background
Olivia started working on the album soon after her debut album dropped, it is assumed that she started writing some of the songs in the summer of 2021. People also think that she started recording songs in late 2021, and early 2022. Rodrigo also teased some early lyrics from "communication" on an Instagram post, the lyrics posted in the caption were "communication is dead these days". But, those lyrics were scrapped, and when Rodrigo announced the release of the song, fans noticed she deleted the post with the lyrics.

Promotion
Rodrigo promoted the album a lot, some think she promoted it even more than her debut. There were 4 photoshoots for the album, not including the album cover shoot. Also, in the five days counting down to the album's release, Olivia posted a snippet of the tracks every day. Here is a list of the songs she teased, in order:


 * gossip
 * need to talk
 * phone call
 * telephone
 * i left you a voicemail