Guts
by Olivia Rodrigo
  • Record Label: Geffen
  • Release Date: Sep 8, 2023
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 562 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 423 out of 562
  2. Mixed: 44 out of 562
  3. Negative: 95 out of 562
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  1. xvq
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. sounds like a copy of her first album. not good. i liked sour, it was good being fresh off disney channel and 17. this shows very little growth in her abilities over the years.… Expand
  2. emilygilmore
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    It’s mostly a continuation of Sour. While the lyrics are relatable, it sounds a little same
  3. JiiP95
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Her new album ia just a plenty of formula of how to engane on social media, based on plagiarism and another craps.… Expand
  4. Chenous
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So annoy , bad voice , noise, never heard of an artist can be this talentless, retire,please… Expand
  5. Daisyy
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    The songwriting in this album was childish and immature. I listened to the entire album several times to see if it would grow on me but none of the songs are memorable. They have no distinctive sound, they are all just loud. The only song that stands out is Lacy.
  6. Thainaloranne
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    Todas as músicas parecem as msm e não deve inovação nenhuma comparado ao sour
  7. Rel3vant
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    A teen angst album with a manufactured storyline we’ve hear before over and over again with music that sounds like it belongs to Avril Lavigne in the early 2000’s.
  8. rjerick1
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    It's got less hits than Sour, so it seems like a less memorable version of that. Go ahead and pass on this album.
  9. heliw
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    Not my cup of tea, sorry. There are a few good ones but the vibe over all isnt for me.
  10. jojsnt
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    more of the same! looks like discard of sour.
    Olivia hasn't had any musical maturity here, she insists on writing songs about relationships.
  11. duds_gfr
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Boring, this didn’t bring anything that we haven’t seen already. There is no wow factor. It just seems like she didn’t put any effort on this
  12. chowzee
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    omg a very bad album, I expected better but this is just straight up disappointment, I as a head livie cannot accept this, everything about this album is mid, only 3 - 4 listenable songs, the rest are just trash to your ears
  13. Karlangas
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    The clear influence of many artists is involved in this album. The project could have been a big deal IF they would've released it back in the 2000s.
  14. billbillerby1
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Industry plant records more music written by a team of 40+ year old white men in a corner office at Geffen, intended to be basic enough to appeal to the masses but also be sad/emotional/angsty enough for preteen girls.
  15. ethereoh
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Yeah this ain’t it. No artistic growth whatsoever just same old lame old Olivia. Proves that she isn’t the gag queen gen z (twitter) making her to be.… Expand
  16. Becksdown
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Olivia Rodrigo is a industry plant and it shows. The album got teased by herself and her team as more mature and grown up when in reality it is the same theme singing about boys now it is about a different one. Really good job so original. Heavily dissapointed. And the paid reviews by these outletts that are giving a 100 Score is a joke. One of the worst albums and most boring albums IOlivia Rodrigo is a industry plant and it shows. The album got teased by herself and her team as more mature and grown up when in reality it is the same theme singing about boys now it is about a different one. Really good job so original. Heavily dissapointed. And the paid reviews by these outletts that are giving a 100 Score is a joke. One of the worst albums and most boring albums I have ever seen.… Expand
  17. Pedrynhoo
    Sep 9, 2023
    1
    The album looks like it's a sour copy. You can't see evolution in the vocals. guts isn't bad, but it's far from good.
  18. bieleyelash
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    To be honest, I am not disappointed because she delivered exactly what I thought she would give us: boring songs. Hopefully, she will evolve on her next project.
  19. jamieldel
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    This is worse than sour... It sounds the same as her older songs and there is no artistic evolution. I expected more tbh. The lyricism is something a 13 year old would write and the production has some good parts but her voice and the production don’t fit to the rock/grunge influence.
  20. Joelava
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Honestly I was waiting for something better, this album sounds like sour discards,the cover art its really so mediocre,I think we deserve something better and a good work,but she dont do it this time.
  21. Albert1305
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. .más de lo mismo y plagiando algunas canciones, me suena a katy perry y a lorde… Expand
  22. ernestoguerra21
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good 4 u remixes. Every song looks like collected from another artist. Although vampire was a really good song, the rest of the album is just the same songs all over again.… Expand
  23. normanfrockweII
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Olivia wanna get her ultraviolence/ when the pawn moment … Expand
  24. Killsting
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    The album doesn't even deserve that high praise, her appearance is like the American media trying to promote a Disney star.
  25. SW09
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    So much unoriginality, from using lyrics from Lana to basically trying and failing to make her own heather with Lacey. I couldn’t even finish the album as it was annoying me lol…
  26. raonnemenezes
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    It sounds like sour leftovers with more noise. Not a good album. But there are two good songs: logical and liove is embarrassing
  27. lionheart_siva
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Urakkam thoongi album.
    Urangi chathu ennath allathe oru gunavum illa.
    Flopped    … Expand
  28. playmelikealove
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    Yes, it is a heavier sound than sour, but apart from that I was disappointed, because her songwriting really has not improved imo. None of the songs got to me and i don't know how to say this, but lyrcis and music sometimes just don't match? you could've tried harder to find the perfect words, but you didn't.
    I'm sure any young girl who loves her will disagree, but imo olivia is not worth    Yes, it is a heavier sound than sour, but apart from that I was disappointed, because her songwriting really has not improved imo. None of the songs got to me and i don't know how to say this, but lyrcis and music sometimes just don't match? you could've tried harder to find the perfect words, but you didn't.
    I'm sure any young girl who loves her will disagree, but imo olivia is not worth the hype, at least not from a musical pov. artists like conan gray are doing a better job at creating something that is really a work of art, but maybe this is just a expression and doesn't aim to be good, timeless music. everyone has different tastes, this one was not for me, i really wished for better songwriting, "compliments like bullets on my skin" just isn't good enough for me.    … Expand
  29. Cami7sv
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es un álbum donde no se ve una evolución de Olivia Rodrigo como cantante, su lírica y técnica no mejoró, me esperaba mucho más, pero me termino decepcionando.… Expand
  30. Sara_B
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sour 2.0 she just can't quit the teenager loud music and honestly it's so painful to the ears… Expand
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Metascore
91

Universal acclaim - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Sep 18, 2023
    90
    “Teenage Dream” recycles a song title of Katy Perry’s and echoes a twisty-turny melody of Lana Del Rey’s. Yet Rodrigo’s emotional presence is so strong throughout “Guts” — so believable even at its most unrelatable — that you never lose the sense of a specific young person navigating a trial of her own making.
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  2. AllMusic
    Sep 15, 2023
    90
    GUTS is emphatic proof that Rodrigo isn't just good for a kid -- she's grown into an artist with plenty of things to say, and the confidence and eloquence to say them her way.
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  3. Beats Per Minute
    Sep 13, 2023
    76
    These songs show that Rodrigo isn’t done after GUTS.
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