Olivia Rodrigo did one thing for her crew on the Guts tour that blew rhythm guitarist Daisy Spencer’s thoughts: she paid totally free remedy for her group through the run of exhibits, in addition to once they had been off the street. The veteran performer opened up concerning the loving gesture from her boss on a latest episode of the StageLeft podcast, throughout which she stated she had “fallen off” her remedy routine these days following a wrestle to search out the precise therapist.
“After which, on the Guts World Tour, Olivia and our tour supervisor, Marty Hom, made accessible and free remedy for the entire touring personnel,” Spencer stated of the sprawling outing that launched in California in Feb. 2024 and saved the “Good 4 U” singer on the street via Oct. of that yr, earlier than choosing up once more in January of this yr with a run of worldwide dates that wrapped on July 1 in Manchester, U.Ok.
“I’ve by no means had something like that. And that reignited the significance of remedy to me as a result of I had simply form of fallen off for therefore lengthy, after which out of the blue I had this free useful resource of unbelievable therapists, and I utilized the crap out of that,” stated Spencer.
The 31-year-old session and stay guitarist stated because of Rodrigo’s gesture, she went to see a therapist as soon as every week, or each different week, even through the off instances when the tour was not on the street and the the crew nonetheless had entry to the providers. “Actually, that was one of many coolest issues that has ever occurred on tour,” she stated. “Like, significantly, probably the greatest belongings you may give to folks is accessible free remedy, as a result of it may well get form of costly.”
The veteran performer who has been touring since she was 17-years-old stated the periods actually helped her cope with numerous her unprocessed trauma from her youthful years, which is why taking that point to prioritize psychological well being was, “doing child Daisy a great justice of lastly getting to listen to child Daisy’s story of what they had been going via once I was youthful and every part.”
Rodrigo, 22, has been open prior to now about seeing a therapist starting when she was a young person, one thing she stated has actually helped her prioritize her psychological well being. The singer, whose dad is a household therapist, instructed CBS Sunday Morning in 2021 that she started seeing a therapist when she was 16 and that it was a “actually massive, life-changing second” that helped her study rather a lot about herself.
“Generally individuals are like, ‘Oh, you don’t want that, you might have a lot, your life is so nice, what are your issues?’” Rodrigo stated on the time. “I believe that’s positively a factor that generally older folks can do to youthful folks, too, is form of trivialize what they’re going via simply because they’re like, ‘Eh, they’re fantastic, they’re simply youngsters, they’ll get via it.’ Nevertheless it feels so actual whenever you’re in it, and it’s so legitimate, and simply because it’s not an grownup drawback otherwise you don’t must pay taxes but or no matter doesn’t imply it doesn’t harm.”
Rodrigo is one among a rising listing of artists who’ve been open about their mental health struggles, a bunch that features Adele, Billie Eilish, Bebe Rexha, Ariana Grande, Bruce Springsteen, Halsey, Weapons N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan, Demi Lovato, Chappell Roan, Charli xcx, Ed Sheeran and plenty of extra.
Spencer added that the on-the-road remedy has been, “a present for actual. I really feel like it’s such a present to have the ability to look inside your self and have another person show you how to deliver some stuff out of you that you just would possibly in any other case by yourself not have the ability to get there. That’s the reward that remedy has given to me, is that I’m able to actually flesh out some stuff from my childhood that that wanted a voice.”
At press time a spokesperson for Rodrigo had not responded to Billboard‘s request for touch upon Spencer’s interview.
Watch Spencer discuss how remedy on the street has helped her — in addition to how she creates a “stage persona” for enviornment crowds, her guitar half on “Vampire” and taking part in “Scorching To Go” with Chappell Roan — under.