Olivia Rodrigo accidentally followed her ex on social media during an interview
4 february 2025 в 07:37
While the Grammy winner may have her share of epic breakup anthems, Olivia admitted that she accidentally hit the «subscribe» button while checking her ex’s social media during an interview on The Tonight Show in December 2023. «I had a very awkward moment when I was spying on my ex, like everyone does. Sorry, judge me», - she said. «And I accidentally subscribed to him because I was spying. I only subscribed to one person, so it was very obvious that I subscribed to him».
After the awkward moment, Olivia admitted that her phone died, so she couldn’t unsubscribe right away. She joked that she now uses a «finsta» account to check on people.
Before «Guts» appears on streaming services, Olivia admitted that she feels a certain «responsibility» to warn the subjects of her songs in advance, while talking to Phoebe Bridgers for Interview Magazine. «Have you ever felt the responsibility to send the song to the subject before its release, especially now that you have such a huge platform?» Phoebe asked her.
«I feel like last time there was so much weird media stuff, and I didn’t know how to deal with it. Literally, it was the first song, and all of this happened. I felt so unprepared», - Olivia replied. «It was an overwhelming experience, but now I definitely feel responsible. I just try not to think about it during the writing process».
Although the songs on her second album do not directly mention past lovers, songs like «Bad Idea Right?» and «Get Him Back!» seem to be inspired by past romances. The first punk-pop hit details returning to an ex-boyfriend, despite it being, well, a bad idea. The second, an alt-rock anthem about trying to make a less favorable ex jealous. «Love him? Hate him? I think it’s up and down», - Olivia raps in the track.
Fans have speculated that «Vampire» may be inspired by one of the men Olivia has dated since the release of Sour. One line in particular suggests that the subject of the song is older than Olivia herself. «He came for me, not for her, because girls your age know better», - Olivia sings in the second verse. Both Zak and Adam are older than her. Another lyric, «You only come out at night», - seems to point to Zak, who works as a DJ and often performs at night. She also mentions a time frame of «six months» in the lyrics — «Six months of torment» — which corresponds to the time she was publicly linked with Zak (February — August 2022). Her relationship with Adam, meanwhile, lasted about seven months.
It can be said that one person who is NOT mentioned in «Vampire» is Olivia’s partner from the series «High School Musical: The Musical: The Series», - Joshua Bassett. Olivia has already written many lyrics about Joshua, as it is assumed that most of the songs from SOUR are about him and their breakup. Dive into Olivia’s relationship history below:
Olivia’s first serious boyfriend was actor Ethan Wacker. They met on the Disney Channel comedy series «Bizaardvark», - where Olivia played Paige Olvera and Ethan played Bernie Schotz. The co-stars officially started dating in July 2018, but another six months passed before they made their romance Instagram official. «Happy 6 months! You’re the best», - Ethan wrote next to a since-deleted photo of the couple from January 2019. Olivia and Ethan continued dating until August 2019, when fans noticed they had deleted videos of each other from their Instagram pages.
However, the exes are still on good terms. When Ethan announced he had been accepted to Vanderbilt University in May 2020, Olivia congratulated her ex-boyfriend on her Instagram stories. «Ahhh, I’m so proud! He’s the best!» she said at the time, according to reports. Plus, after the song «Driver's License» was released, Ethan debunked rumors circulating on TikTok that the song was about them
After the awkward moment, Olivia admitted that her phone died, so she couldn’t unsubscribe right away. She joked that she now uses a «finsta» account to check on people.
Before «Guts» appears on streaming services, Olivia admitted that she feels a certain «responsibility» to warn the subjects of her songs in advance, while talking to Phoebe Bridgers for Interview Magazine. «Have you ever felt the responsibility to send the song to the subject before its release, especially now that you have such a huge platform?» Phoebe asked her.
«I feel like last time there was so much weird media stuff, and I didn’t know how to deal with it. Literally, it was the first song, and all of this happened. I felt so unprepared», - Olivia replied. «It was an overwhelming experience, but now I definitely feel responsible. I just try not to think about it during the writing process».
Although the songs on her second album do not directly mention past lovers, songs like «Bad Idea Right?» and «Get Him Back!» seem to be inspired by past romances. The first punk-pop hit details returning to an ex-boyfriend, despite it being, well, a bad idea. The second, an alt-rock anthem about trying to make a less favorable ex jealous. «Love him? Hate him? I think it’s up and down», - Olivia raps in the track.
Fans have speculated that «Vampire» may be inspired by one of the men Olivia has dated since the release of Sour. One line in particular suggests that the subject of the song is older than Olivia herself. «He came for me, not for her, because girls your age know better», - Olivia sings in the second verse. Both Zak and Adam are older than her. Another lyric, «You only come out at night», - seems to point to Zak, who works as a DJ and often performs at night. She also mentions a time frame of «six months» in the lyrics — «Six months of torment» — which corresponds to the time she was publicly linked with Zak (February — August 2022). Her relationship with Adam, meanwhile, lasted about seven months.
It can be said that one person who is NOT mentioned in «Vampire» is Olivia’s partner from the series «High School Musical: The Musical: The Series», - Joshua Bassett. Olivia has already written many lyrics about Joshua, as it is assumed that most of the songs from SOUR are about him and their breakup. Dive into Olivia’s relationship history below:
Olivia’s first serious boyfriend was actor Ethan Wacker. They met on the Disney Channel comedy series «Bizaardvark», - where Olivia played Paige Olvera and Ethan played Bernie Schotz. The co-stars officially started dating in July 2018, but another six months passed before they made their romance Instagram official. «Happy 6 months! You’re the best», - Ethan wrote next to a since-deleted photo of the couple from January 2019. Olivia and Ethan continued dating until August 2019, when fans noticed they had deleted videos of each other from their Instagram pages.
However, the exes are still on good terms. When Ethan announced he had been accepted to Vanderbilt University in May 2020, Olivia congratulated her ex-boyfriend on her Instagram stories. «Ahhh, I’m so proud! He’s the best!» she said at the time, according to reports. Plus, after the song «Driver's License» was released, Ethan debunked rumors circulating on TikTok that the song was about them
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