Olivia Rodrigo 'Can't Catch Me Now' Kicks Off With Huge Streaming Activity After Film's Release

Olivia Rodrigo's haunting new ballad "Can't Catch Me Now" from "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" is a big hit, and fans of the famed film franchise are appreciating it the same way they did the previous films' singles.

Rodrigo has always amassed huge streaming activity, especially with the recent release of "Guts." Now, she's making waves again with "Can't Catch Me Now," a critically acclaimed song from "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" soundtrack.

Olivia Rodrigo 'Can't Catch Me Now' Streaming Activity

"The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" opened with a staggering box-office number of $100 million international gross - making a breakeven at its opening weekend already. (via Deadline)

The prequel film was set 64 years before the events of the first film with Jennifer Lawrence - exploring the beginning of a young Coriolanus Snow before he became the ruthless, blood-thirsty President of Panem in the film franchise.

Music has become a vital part of the prequel film especially because of the presence of the female heroine, Lucy Gray Baird (played by Rachel Zegler), whose singing talents are exceptionally weaved into the storyline.

Olivia Rodrigo's ballad "Can't Catch Me Now" plays at the credit scene, perfectly encapsulating Lucy Gray Baird's mysterious disappearance at the end of the film.

The single was released on Nov. 3, 2023, debuting at the Billboard Hot 100's No. 56 spot. In its second week, this week's charts, saw it drop to No. 81.

However, with the film's theatrical release last weekend, it would most likely soar up the charts, possibly beating its debut placement.

According to Billboard, early streaming returns suggest a huge rebound. To date, it has amassed 4.26 million streams on the first four days of the film's release. Luminate saw a 43% streaming spike from the weekend before that.

'The Hanging Tree' Making A Comeback?

"Can't Catch Me Now" wasn't the only song from "The Hunger Games" soundtrack that experienced a streaming surge recently.

Jennifer Lawrence's version of "The Hanging Tree" which was released in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1" in 2014, saw a 344,000 streaming surge too.

This is primarily attributed to Rachel Zegler's new version of the song, which in the film and books, is the original version of the carried-over folk song that Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen sings 65 years later as the song of the uprising.