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Since Olivia Rodrigo's debut album, SOUR, dropped at midnight, I have not stopped listening to the album and analyzing its lyrics.

A lot of Olivia'south fans — who accept accounted themselves "Livies" — have theories that the album is virtually more than than only a breakup. They believe that it showcases a progression of the 7 stages of grief:

  1. Shock and denial
  2. Hurting and guilt
  3. Anger and bargaining
  4. Depression
  5. The upwardly turn
  6. Reconstruction
  7. Credence and promise

"Hope Ur Ok" is the terminal track on SOUR, which would most probable represent the final stage of grief: acceptance. Olivia first teased some lyrics to the vocal during a game of 17 Questions, proverb that they're some of her favorite she's e'er written.

"'I hope he took his bad deal and made a royal flush." I really like that lyric, it'due south 1 of my faves. I call back that song is really cute, likewise, as the last track on the album," Olivia told Seventeen.

According to Pitchfork'southward official review of the anthology, "Promise Ur Ok" is a hopeful canticle directed toward outcasts. "Over a twinkly instrumental, [Olivia] sings directly to a victim of kid abuse, a queer girl rejected by her family, and to outcasts more broadly," said the review.

Though the lyrics could tie into acceptance, information technology rings positivity to those who have faced hardships in their own lives, and Olivia is merely the messenger with a beacon of hope. Permit's look further into these lyrics to see what they're about.

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Olivia Rodrigo - hope ur ok (Lyric Video)

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[Verse 1]
I knew a male child once when I was minor
A towhead blond with eyes of common salt
He played the drum in the marching ring
His parents cared more most the Bible
Than existence good to their ain child
He wore long sleeves 'cause of his dad
And somehow we roughshod out of impact
Hope he took his bad deal and made a purple flush
Don't know if I'll see you lot once more someday
Only if y'all're out at that place, I hope that you lot're okay

"['Hope Ur Ok,'] is written from the perspective of my friends. I don't really know some of the people that I talk about in the song. But there are stories [in it] that I had accumulated from different friends, and then stuff like that I do all the time," Olivia said in an interview with MET107.

In the get-go verse, Olivia describes a situation where someone with a religious upbringing faced bigotry from his own parents. The line "he wore long sleeves 'crusade of his dad" alludes to the bailiwick'due south father potentially abusing him.

According to Genius, a royal flush is the rarest and strongest hand possible in a game of Poker. Olivia's metaphorical comparison reflects her hope that he has overcome the hardship he faced at the easily of his unaccepting family unit.

[Verse two]
My middle school friend grew up alone
She raised her brothers on hеr ain
Her parents hated who shе loved
She couldn't wait to become to college
She was tired, 'cause she was brought into a world
Where family was merely blood
Does she know how proud I am she was created?
With the courage to unlearn all of their hatred?
We don't talk much, simply I simply gotta say
I miss yous, and I hope that y'all're okay

"Her parents hated who she loved" could insinuate to the second subject's queerness, which seems to be unacceptable for her parents' standards. "She was brought into a world / where family was just blood" also ties dorsum to the LGBTQ+ customs, where the concept of having a "chosen family" is common because of the discrimination many confront within their own bloodline.

Toward the terminate of the verse, Olivia expresses her love and support for the subject although they don't speak much anymore.

[Bridge]
Address the letters to the holes in my butterfly wings
Nothing's forever, zippo'southward as proficient as it seems
And when the clouds won't iron out
And the monsters creep into your house
Every door is hard to close

Hither, Olivia brings back the bulletin of hope and acceptance, saying that "naught's forever" and that there's light at the cease of the tunnel. She even describes how some victims of abuse find it difficult to come out on the other side when she says "every door is hard to close."

[Outro]
Well, I promise you know how proud I am you were created
With the courage to unlearn all of their hatred
Merely, God, I hope that you're happier today
'Cause I honey you
And I hope that you're okay

The outro of the song includes a sweet message about Olivia being proud of the subjects for "unlearning...hatred" and moving on from their past hardships.

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