Olivia Rodrigo is gearing as much as carry out on Saturday Evening Dwell on December 9, with Adam Driver because the host. She’ll be performing following the success of her second album Guts, which got here out earlier in 2023. Because the launch of her debut album, SOUR, in 2021, Olivia, 20, has been in two public relationships with Zack Bia and Adam Faze. Followers have discovered lyrics in numerous songs throughout the brand new album, together with lead single “Vampire,” that appear to level to her earlier relationships.
Whereas the Grammy-winner may need her fair proportion of epic breakup anthems, Olivia did admit that she by chance tapped the “observe” button, whereas she was checking an ex’s social media, throughout an interview on The Tonight Present in December 2023. “I had this very embarrassing encounter as soon as the place I used to be stalking my ex as one does. Sue me, sorry,” she stated. “And I by chance adopted him ’trigger I used to be stalking him. I used to be simply following one individual, so it was tremendous apparent that I used to be following him.”
After the embarrassing second, Olivia admitted that her cellphone died, so she wasn’t in a position to instantly unfollow him. She joked that now she makes use of a “finsta” account to examine in on individuals.
Earlier than Guts hit streaming providers, Olivia revealed that she feels some “accountability” to provide the themes of her songs a heads up earlier than the songs drop, whereas chatting with Phoebe Bridgers for Interview Journal. “Have you ever ever felt the accountability to ship the topic of a tune the tune earlier than it comes out, particularly now that you’ve such an enormous platform?” Phoebe requested her.
“I really feel like final time there was a lot bizarre media s**t and I had no concept the way to cope with any of it. Actually, it was the primary tune out of the gate and all of that s**t occurred. I felt so ill-equipped,” Olivia responded. “That was an awesome expertise, however now I positively really feel a accountability. I simply attempt not to consider it through the writing course of.”
Whereas the songs on her sophomore file don’t instantly point out any previous beaus, songs like “Dangerous Thought Proper?” and “Get Him Again!” are seemingly impressed by previous romances. The previous punk-pop hit particulars getting again along with an ex-boyfriend, regardless of it being, nicely, a foul concept. The latter is an alt-rock anthem about making an attempt to make a less-than-favorable ex jealous. “Do I like him? Do I hate him? I assume it’s up and down,” Olivia raps on the monitor.
Followers have theorized that “Vampire” could also be impressed by one of many males that Olivia dated for the reason that launch of Bitter. One line particularly factors to the tune’s topic being older than Olivia herself. “Went for me, not for her, ’trigger women your age know higher,” Olivia sings within the second verse. Each Zack and Adam are older than her. One other lyric — “You solely come out at night time” — seems to level to Zack, who works as a DJ and infrequently has gigs within the nighttime. She additionally references a timeline of “six months” within the lyrics — “Six months of torture” — which is about how lengthy she was publicly linked to Zack (February till August 2022). Her relationship with Adam, in the meantime, lasted about seven months.
It’s in all probability secure to say that one individual whom “Vampire” is NOT about, although, is Olivia’s Excessive College Musical: The Musical: The Sequence co-star, Joshua Bassett. Olivia has already carried out her fair proportion of penning lyrics about Josh, because it’s been speculated that the majority of SOUR was about him and their breakup. Take a deep dive into Olivia’s relationship historical past under:
Ethan Wacker
Olivia’s first severe boyfriend was actor Ethan Wacker. They met on the Disney Channel comedy sequence Bizaardvark, the place Olivia performed Paige Olvera and Ethan performed Bernie Schotz. The co-stars formally began relationship in July 2018, however they waited six extra months till they made the romance Instagram official. “Comfortable 6 months! You’re the biggest,” Ethan wrote alongside a since-deleted photograph of the pair from January 2019. Olivia and Ethan continued relationship till August 2019, when followers observed that they wiped footage of one another off their Instagram pages.
Nonetheless, the exes are nonetheless on good phrases. When Ethan revealed he bought accepted into Vanderbilt College in Could 2020, Olivia congratulated her ex-boyfriend on her Instagram Tales. “Ahhhh I’m so proud! He’s the most effective!” she stated on the time, in accordance with stories. Plus, after “Driver’s License” was launched, Ethan denied rumors floating round on TikTok that the tune was about their relationship. “Nope, I handled her nicely,” he wrote on TikTok.
Joshua Bassett
The Olivia-Joshua relationship was a serious popular culture second in 2021. The pair, who co-starred in Disney+’s Excessive College Musical: The Musical: The Sequence as Nini and Ricky, respectively, had been linked in a supposed love triangle involving fellow Disney darling Sabrina Carpenter. Though they by no means confirmed that they had been in a relationship, the lyrics to “Driver’s License” and different songs from SOUR led to main fan hypothesis.
Olivia and Joshua first met after they had been forged in HSMTMTS in 2019. In July 2020, he launched the tune “Anybody Else,” which he stated was about falling for somebody who was unavailable. Though he by no means confirmed that Olivia was the topic of the tune, followers had been sure that it was about her. Olivia added gasoline to that fireplace in her 2021 monitor “Driver’s License,” when she sang, “I assume you didn’t imply what you wrote in that tune about me.”
Summer season 2020 can also be when Joshua was first noticed out with Sabrina. Weeks later, Olivia hinted that issues had gone south in her rumored relationship with Josh, as she posted a TikTok about “failed relationships.” In “Driver’s License,” she appeared to trace that the romance ended due to Sabrina. “You’re in all probability with that blonde woman, who at all times made me doubt, she’s a lot older than me, she’s all the pieces I’m insecure about,” Olivia sings. Not solely Sabrina blonde, however she’s additionally 4 years older than Olivia. In the meantime, Joshua confirmed assist to Olivia when she launched the monitor, calling it a “nice tune” on his Instagram Story.
Olivia, in fact, was requested concerning the topic of the tune in interviews, however she refused to call names. “I completely perceive individuals’s curiosity with specifics of who the tune’s about and what it’s about,” she admitted to Billboard. “However, to me, that’s actually the least essential a part of the tune. It’s resonating with individuals due to how emotional it’s and I feel all the pieces else isn’t essential.” In a March 2021 interview with Radio.Com, she additionally insisted that she “doesn’t know” Sabrina in any respect. “I feel we’ve met a few times in passing,” Olivia shared. “However I’ve by no means had a dialog together with her.”
In a GQ interview revealed June 2021, Joshua addressed the supposed love triangle. He revealed that “the toughest factor” has been “biting my tongue, in plenty of methods, however the actuality is it’s sort of like a misplaced trigger making an attempt to speak about any of that stuff, and I refuse to feed into any of the bulls***, so I simply don’t.” Joshua added, “[Everyone] is asking me about Sabrina and Olivia. Why don’t we concentrate on these girls for who they’re? Let’s concentrate on the artwork that they’re making and the way nice they’re as an alternative of their relationship to a boy.” In that very same interview, Joshua got here out as a member of the LGBTQ neighborhood. “Even when there are penalties, I’d a lot moderately cope with penalties and dwell my fact than dwell in concern,” he stated.
In the meantime, Sabrina appeared to launch her personal tune concerning the love triangle drama in February 2021. “Possibly you didn’t imply it, possibly blonde was the one rhyme,” she sang on the tune “Pores and skin.” This was seemingly a direct response to Olivia’s lyric from “Driver’s License.”
Sadly, the entire public drama took a toll on any friendship that Joshua and Olivia might have been in a position to have at the moment. In December 2021, he informed GQ that he hadn’t spoken to his former co-star for the reason that launch of “Driver’s License.” He additionally launched three breakup songs of his personal, which followers suppose are about Olivia. “In case you get to inform your fact, so do I,” he sang on the monitor “Disaster.” “And it’s cool if you need me to play the unhealthy man, however don’t you dare act like I didn’t love you.”
The 2 seemingly squashed their beef, although, when Olivia made a visitor look on season 3 of HSMTMTS. In July 2022, she and Josh even reunited and posed for photographs on the crimson carpet to advertise the present. Olivia additionally appears to have buried the hatchet with Sabrina, as they had been photographed chatting on the Met Gala in 2022.
Adam Faze
Olivia’s subsequent public relationship was with Adam Faze. The pair had been first noticed collectively on the premiere of House Jam 2 at Six Flags Magic Mountain on June 29, 2021. A supply informed E! on the time that Olivia introduced Adam as her plus one to the occasion and even launched him as “her boyfriend.” In November 2021, they had been seen packing on PDA out in L.A. in photographs obtained by Web page Six.
Sadly, Olivia and Adam are not collectively. Their breakup was reported by quite a few shops in February 2022. A supply informed PEOPLE that “they’ve been over for a bit now.” Olivia and Adam nonetheless haven’t publicly mentioned their short-lived romance.
Zack Bia
Shortly after information of her cut up with Adam was confirmed, Olivia was linked to DJ Zack Bia in Feb. 2022. Though they weren’t noticed collectively till April, it’s been reported that Zack invited Olivia to look at him DJ at a Tremendous Bowl get together two months prior. “They hit it off and have been casually hanging out,” a supply informed E! Information on the time.
The primary photographs of Olivia and Zack collectively surfaced in April, after they had been seen spending time collectively in New York Metropolis whereas Olivia was on the town for her tour. In June 2022, PEOPLE confirmed that Olivia and Zack had been relationship for the reason that Tremendous Bowl. “They actually like one another,” the magazine’s supply claimed. Nonetheless, when Zack was requested concerning the rumors someday later, he responded, “I don’t know. I didn’t even hear that.”
By August 2022, stories surfaced that Olivia and Zack had damaged up. “Their relationship form of fizzled,” Us Weekly reported. “They had been casually relationship however haven’t frolicked collectively shortly.”
Whereas neither Olivia nor Zack publicly commented on their relationship, Olivia did admit to creating some regretful relationship selections after Bitter was launched in an Aug. 2023 New York Occasions interview. Though, she didn’t title anybody particularly. “I sort of felt this stress to be this woman that I assumed everybody anticipated me to be,” she informed the outlet. “I feel due to that stress, possibly I did issues that possibly I shouldn’t have — dated people who I shouldn’t have.”
Zack runs in well-known circles, and calls stars like Drake, Kendall Jenner and extra pals. Earlier than relationship Olivia, he was in an on/off relationship with Madison Beer. He was additionally briefly linked to Madelyn Cline following her cut up from Chase Stokes.
Louis Partridge
In October 2023, The Solar reported that Olivia was seeing Enola Holmes actor Louis Partridge. The duo has not been seen collectively in public but, however an insider informed the outlet that they had been “inseparable” throughout Olivia’s journey to London. The pair’s relationship has nonetheless not been confirmed as of December 2023.
