Olivia Rodrigo kicked off her inaugural Daisy Chain Fields festival with an all-female lineup including Chappell Roan, Doechii, Rachel Chinouriri, Eli, Mitski and more. Rodrigo also included special guests like Sarah McLachlan, Alanis Morissette and Stevie Nicks. In a press conference, Rodrigo talked about how ticket sales from the Daisy Chain Fields festival are going to support 10 organizations.
Olivia Rodrigo
You guys, this is the best day in my f—ing life. We are donating $10 million to be given directly to these 10 nonprofit partners. When I had the idea for this festival, I called each of them, and I was so overwhelmed by their enthusiasm for the idea.
Rachel Chinouriri
I got a phone call from Olivia. It was quite mad because I was just in my flat in London, and when your manager says, “Would it be OK if I give Olivia Rodrigo your number?” It’s not something you really expect. So I was just like, “Absolutely, yes.”
Eli
There’s something really special about a very young artist with a massive platform who’s actually standing for some real, real important change. F— capitalism, sorry.
Tetris Kelly
We’re taking you to the first-ever Daisy Chain Fields in Billboard All Access. We hopped in a car with Lego Group to head to Irvine, California. And once we arrived at the fest, we kicked the day off with the beautiful and talented Eli.
Fan
I was just saying, you’re beautiful, you’re amazing. Keep doing what you’re doing. You’re super talented. I’ve been a fan of you for a little bit, but yeah.
Eli
I got a phone call on the day that I found out she wanted to have a phone call. I was like, “What is happening?” I had no idea she knew my music. I’m like, “Maybe Conan Gray showed her, like maybe one of the gays,” like I don’t know. I’m like, “Who did it?” I was very moved by the mission statements that she had. I was very moved by the heart to unite women and not tear women down. The unethical and abhorrent inhumane nature of a world with billionaires possessing more than half the wealth of the entire world, while roughly 2 to 3 billion human beings on Earth live without all of their basic human needs met. It was important to me because opportunities like this are very rare. It is such a moving dream to be able to sing on the stage, and like that’s for like my heart, and that’s for like me and my personal development. But then like to know that if you’re gonna even be in front of anyone, there’s like a responsibility, I feel.
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