Olivia Rodrigo is a vision in a black sequin dress as she attends the LA premiere of Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes – and drops a music video for the film’s theme song
Olivia Rodrigo had all eyes on her as she attended the star-studded premiere of The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes in Los Angeles on Monday.
The 20-year-old singer wowed at the event, hosted at the TCL Chinese Theater, and wore a black halter-neck sequin dress that hugged her body and featured pink and violet floral embellishments.
The beauty wore her chocolate brown locks parted in the middle and styled straight for the evening.
She paired the dress with a pair of black sky-high heels. The star opted for soft glamour, with just a hint of pink blush on the apples of her cheeks and bronze eye makeup.
Around the same time of the premiere, the singer released the music video for her ballad Can’t Catch Me Now, the film’s theme song.
Dazzling: Olivia Rodrigo had all eyes on her as she attended the star-studded premiere of The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes in Los Angeles on Monday
On the soundtrack: Around the same time as the premiere, the singer released the music video for her ballad Can’t Catch Me Now, the film’s theme song.
She was spotted mingling with her best friend Conan Gray, 24, on the red carpet.
He wore a vintage-style white shirt that he left mostly unbuttoned, under a black and gold blazer and black pants.
Olivia’s playful new music video opens with the singer in a cottage strumming her guitar while wearing a white dress.
“There’s blood on the side of the mountain/ There’s writing all over the wall/ Shadows of us still dancing/ In every room and every hall,” she sings.
“Snow is falling on the city/ You thought it would wash away/ The bitter taste of my anger/ And all the mess you made/ Yeah, you think you escaped.”
The first verse is followed by a dreamy chorus, as Olivia sings, “But I’m in the trees, I’m in the wind/ My footsteps on the ground/ You’ll see my face everywhere/ But you can’t ‘catch me now.” ‘
“Through wading grass the months pass/ You feel it everywhere/ I’m here, I’m there, I’m everywhere/ But you can’t catch me now/ No, you can’t catch me now.”
Olivia then leaves the cottage and wanders through a field.
Beauty: The 20-year-old singer wowed at the event, hosted at the TCL Chinese Theater, wearing a black halter-neck sequin dress that hugged her body and featured floral embellishments
Simply gorgeous, the beauty wore her chocolate brown locks parted in the middle and styled straight for the evening
Extra height: She paired the dress with a pair of black sky-high heels
Delicate: the star opted for soft glamour, with just a hint of pink blush on the apples of her cheeks and bronze eye makeup
Bestie: She was spotted mingling with her best friend Conan Gray, 24, on the red carpet
The video also contains some scenes from the film.
The tune, released earlier this month, opens the film’s 17-song soundtrack.
In addition to Olivia’s song, the film’s soundtrack also features a number of songs performed by lead star Rachel Zegler.
The film’s full soundtrack will be released Friday when the film hits theaters.
The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is a prequel set 64 years before the events of the original series.
It shows the 10th annual Hunger Games, the first time mentors are introduced to make the competition seem more “watchable.”
Fans will remember Coriolanus Snow as the tyrannical president of Panem, but in this film Tom Blyth plays him as an 18-year-old man preparing for his only chance at glory as a mentor at the Games.
New Music Video: Olivia’s whimsical new music video features a glimpse of lead star Rachel Zegler (who plays Lucy Gray Baird) and Tom Blyth (who plays a young Coriolanus Snow)
Dreamy: It starts with the singer in a cottage strumming her guitar while wearing a white dress
Poignant: “There’s blood on the side of the mountain/ There’s writing all over the wall/ Shadows of us still dancing/ In every room and every hall,” she sings
Wandering: Olivia then leaves the cottage and wanders through a field
Prequel: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is a prequel set 64 years before the events of the original series
Soundtrack: In addition to Olivia’s song, the film’s soundtrack also features a number of songs performed by Zegler
Young Cornelius: Fans will remember Coriolanus Snow as the tyrannical president of Panem, but in this film Blyth plays him as an 18-year-old man preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor at the Games
Available soon! The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes will be released in theaters and IMAX on November 17
The odds are against him as he has been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring District 12’s charismatic female tribute, Lucy Gray Baird (Zegler).
Their fates are now completely intertwined; every choice Coriolanus makes can lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, the stakes couldn’t be higher as only one participant made it out alive.
Forced to watch from the outside, Coriolanus begins to feel for his doomed tribute, and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to help her survive, whatever it takes.
In addition to Zegler and Blyth, the film also stars Hunter Schafer, Peter Dinklage, Jason Schwartzman, Josh Andrés Rivera and Viola Davis.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes will be released in theaters and IMAX on November 17.