Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrigo
An emotional and heartfelt reflection on self-positivity and female physical expectations, “pretty isn’t pretty” is the eleventh track from Rodrigo’s sophomore album, GUTS.
The song describes the ever changing fashion trends and ideals in the current time, in which all girls seem to follow and coin...
[Verse 1]
Bought a bunch of makeup, tryna cover up my face
I started to skip lunch, stopped eatin' cake on birthdays
I bought a new prescription to try and stay calm
'Cause there's always somethin' missin'
There's always somethin' in the mirror that I think looks wrong
[Chorus]
When pretty isn't pretty enough, what do you do?
And everybody's keepin' it up, so you think it's you
I could change up my body and change up my face
I could try every lipstick in every shade
But I'd always feel the same
'Cause pretty isn't pretty enough anyway
[Verse 2]
You can win the battle, but you'll never win the war
You fix thе things you hated, and you'd still feel so insecure
And I try to ignorе it, but it's everythin' I see
It's on the poster on the wall, it's in the shitty magazines
It's in my phone, it's in my head, it's in the boys I bring to bed
It's all around, it's all the time, I don't know why I even try
[Chorus]
When pretty isn't pretty enough, what do you do?
And everybody's keepin' it up, so you think it's you
I could change up my body and change up my face
I could try every lipstick in every shade
But I'd always feel the same
'Cause pretty isn't pretty enough
[Bridge]
And I bought all the clothes that they told me to buy
I chased some dumb ideal my whole fucking life
And none of it matters, and none of it ends
You just feel like shit over and over again
[Outro]
No, it'll never change
Pretty isn't pretty enough, mmm
Everybody's keepin' it up, oh
Pretty isn't pretty enough
Pretty isn't
pretty isn’t pretty was written by Olivia Rodrigo & Dan Nigro & Amy Allen.
pretty isn’t pretty was produced by Dan Nigro.
Olivia Rodrigo released pretty isn’t pretty on Fri Sep 08 2023.
In this time period, I was super obsessed with social media. I would look for things that would hurt my feelings all the time and compare myself to everyone. I felt like my life was only what I showed to others. I didn’t feel like my life was any deeper than my Instagram feed. That’s a really troubl...
During the tracking week ending September 23, 2023, the song debuted at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.