It's time to emerge from our homes and get outside.

You have no idea what you're going to see there. You think you might know,

but every time there's a mystery there, that you're going to unearth.

All this week, LifeKit is headed outdoors with episodes on camping,

birding, biking, and more. Listen to the LifeKit podcast from NPR.

For NPR Music, you're connected to all songs considered on Bob Boyle and with the best of may.

NPR Music's favorite music of the month that's just gone by.

And you'll hear a few familiar artists we've covered recently on all songs considered,

but we always play the music we love, and so we begin with NPR contributor Serena Torres

and the music of Olivia Rodrigo. I had a rating assignment in college where I had to tell

the story of a photograph using only what I could observe. Who was in the frame?

Who wasn't? What were they doing? What did it all mean? On her debut album,

18-year-old Olivia Rodrigo aces this assignment. More than the year in which you're born,

I think the access to social media in your teenage years truly determines whether you're a person

who's Gen Z or not. Scrolling through Instagram, Rodrigo doesn't have to wonder what her

access up to. He's posting about it, and she's crafted a thrilling breakup album reading

between all of the pixelated lines. Rodrigo has some quietly brilliant lyrics on this record.

Deceptively simple turns of phrase like, my favorite off the song I want to play for you.

She sings, I think I think too much, subtly outlining the problem, but Sour resonates no matter

when you were born. If you've ever had your heart broken as a teenager, by a boyfriend,

a girlfriend, a best friend, or even yourself as you try to bridge the gap between who you are

and who you want to be. I guess that's the irony. Even as she grapples with her own self-image,

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