Author: Libby Cole

What do you think of when you hear the words 2020s pop girlies? If it’s that picture of Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Billie Eilish from the 67th GRAMMYs being likened to the PowerPuff Girls, you’re not alone. But why is that image of female friendship so significant to the question of women in the pop industry? As I’m sitting here writing this article and blasting ‘expectations’, Olivia Rodrigo’s new collaboration with Chappell Roan, I think it’s a clear representation of the cultural shift that we are seeing between the industry of the 2000s-10s and this new wave of 2020s…