| "Can't Catch Me Now" | ||||
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| Single by Olivia Rodrigo | ||||
| from the album The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | ||||
| Released | November 3, 2023 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 3:25 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
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| Producer(s) | Dan Nigro | |||
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| "Can't Catch Me Now" on YouTube | ||||
"Can't Catch Me Now" is a song by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo from the soundtrack to the 2023 American dystopian action film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. Rodrigo wrote it with its producer, Dan Nigro. Geffen Records released it as the soundtrack's second single on November 3, 2023. A folk rock ballad driven by acoustic guitars, "Can't Catch Me Now" has lyrics about vengeance and the narrator's ubiquitousness in the subject's life, inspired by the film's plot.
Music critics praised Rodrigo's ability to make folk-influenced music and her vocal performance on "Can't Catch Me Now", comparing its sound to the ballads on her own albums. The song received awards and nominations, including winning a Hollywood Music in Media Award and a Gold List award. It was shortlisted for Best Original Song at the 96th Academy Awards but was not nominated. In the United States, "Can't Catch Me Now" debuted at number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song reached the top 30 in Australia, Ireland, Lithuania, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
Leonn Ward directed the music video for "Can't Catch Me Now", which intersperses scenes from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes with clips of Rodrigo singing it in a cabin and a grass field. She performed the song at the KIIS-FM Jingle Ball and on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Rodrigo included it on the set list for some dates of her 2024 concert tour, the Guts World Tour.