Olivia Rodrigo joins Taylor Swift and Lorde as a featuring artist in the "Hunger Games" movie franchise with her newly released song "Can't Catch Me Now."
According to reports, Rodrigo's new song will be featured in "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes," which stars Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Viola Davis, and more.
Leonn Ward, an award-winning director, directed the newly released music video; it will be featured on the movie's official soundtrack, released on Nov. 17, and include songs performed by Zegler, Sierra Ferrell, Bella White, Charles Godwin, and more.
Can Olivia Rodrigo Earn An Oscar Nomination?
With several Grammy Awards under her belt, fans are hoping that the "Deja Vu" singer will be nominated for Best Original Song at the celebrated Osca Awards.
The Academy Award bestows the Best Original Song award to songwriters who composed an original song for a movie, like Lady Gaga's "Shallow" for "A Star Is Born" or "Beauty And The Beast" from the 1991 movie of the same name.
According to reports, some of the top contenders for Best Original Song for next year's Oscar Awards include I'm Just Ken" from the "Barbie" movie, performed by Ryan Gosling, written by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt; "Peaches" from "the Super Mario Bros," "For The First Time" from "The Little Mermaid," and more.
Olivia Rodrigo's 'Can't Catch Me Now'
As per Deadline, "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes," "follows a young Coriolanus (Blyth) who is the last hope for his failing lineage, the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird, a tribute from the impoverished District 12.
"[...] Battling his instincts for both good and evil, Snow sets out on a race against time to survive and reveal if he will ultimately become a songbird or a snake."
Following this plot, Rodrigo sings in the chorus: "But I'm in the trees, I'm in the breeze / My footsteps on the ground / You'll see my face in every place / But you can't catch me now."
Fans cannot help but commend the singer for her performance as well as her songwriting ability; "The video's amazing," a fan wrote. "She expressed the song really well."
"The way she should win an Oscar for this," another added.
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