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Listen to Olivia Rodrigo’s New Song “Serena Joy
On Friday, 500 lucky Olivia Rodrigo fans got to hear the pop star’s new song “Serena Joy” at Analog Music Shop in Tustin, California, where it was released as a limited-edition CD single. Now, those of us without close ties to Orange County can hear it, too. Do that below.
“Serena Joy” takes its title from a character in The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel about a future United States where women’s reproductive rights have been curtailed under a religious extremist government. Joy (played by Yvonne Strahovski in the Hulu adaptation starring Elizabeth Moss) is the wife of a high-ranking commander in the totalitarian patriarchy of Gilead. Over the course of the series, she experiences a crisis of faith and eventually aids Moss’ June in assassinating the members of Gilead’s leadership.