Already successful pop artist, the singer Olivia Rodrigo22, does not escape fan theories with each musical release. The artist released two studio albums since the beginning in the music industry, “Sour” (2021) e “Guts” (2023).
Although young, the artist already has a mark registered emotional and enigmatic letters in the songs. Without ever revealing what really means, Olivia Rodrigo opens room for the imagination of fans, who weave theories ranging from ex-boyfriends to relationship with Taylor Swift.
For the first time to hold, one in Curitiba, this Wednesday (26), and another at the festival Lollapalooza 2025on Friday (28). For the setlist of the shows, Olivia should bring the biggest hits, as well as darling songs of fandom.
To be expert on the songs, the CNN He separated some stories behind the star’s songs, according to fan theories.
“Drivers License”
A melancholy ballad about the end of a relationship and the feeling of betrayal that catapulted Olivia Rodrigo to global fame. The song talks about the pain of seeing someone we loved to move on with someone else. For many fans, the story behind the first single from the album “Sour” is an alleged “love triangle” involving Olivia and artists Joshua Bassett and Sabrina Carpenter.
At the time, the lyrics generated huge speculation on social networks, with netizens assimilating the “blonde girl” (blonde girl, in literal translation) said by Olivia in the stretch “You are probably with that blonde girl who always made me doubt/ She is much older than me/ she is all about what I am insecure”, to Carpenter.
The rumors are that Joshua Basset became romantically involved with Olivia Rodrigo in 2020 and, as soon as the relationship ended, he and Sabrina Carpenter began to stay, even with the ex insecurities in relation to the blonde. None of the three commented publicly about speculation.
“Bad Idea Right?”
Song that talks about giving the ex a new chance, is the second single of the album “Guts” and raised buzz over Joshua Bassett once again.
Some fans pointed out that “Bad Idea Right?” It could be an answer to “Different”from Bassett. Moreover, even lovingly separated, the two had to continue playing a romantic pair in the series “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series”.
“Vampire”
As soon as “Vampire” came out in 2023, fans began to speculate that the song would be a message for an older ex-boyfriend who took advantage of her vulnerability. In the lyrics, she calls him “leech,” and “girls of her age know better.”
Olivia has been related to two older men in recent months: the producer Adam dowhen she was 18 and he 24, and the DJ Zack Bia, when she was 19 and he 25.
More frequent fans in search of the meaning of music still assimilated the song to the DJ because Olivia even said that she produced the “guts” when she was 19. He, however, does not believe it.
“I don’t think it’s about me. I think the internet just spread it,” he said in an interview with GQ in 2023.
“The Grudge”
About “The Grudge”, fans believe the song is related to singer Taylor Swift, whom Olivia has said she was a fan. Since 2021, rumors circulate that the artists have moved away after Olivia credited Taylor Swift in the song “Dejavu”. At the time, Olivia received a lot of comments about the song having a sample (sound stretch) very similar to Blonde’s “cruel summer” – saying she could be copying the idol in bad faith.
Olivia Rodrigo stopped mentioning the idol in interviews, celebrating her releases and didn’t even appear at a tour show “The Eras Tour”by Taylor, who rode the world for 2023 and 2024. Neither Taylor nor Olivia even commented on the rumors of removal so far.
The song of the album “Guts” talks about a sour relationship with someone she admired, admitting in the end that “even after all this, you are still everything to me.”
“I have nightmares every week on this Friday May/ a phone call and my whole world has changed,” she sings. “Ooh, your flowers full of vitriolo/ You built me to see me fall/ You have everything and still want more.”
Taylor supported Olivia Rodrigo’s initial success and even called her “my baby.”
“Lacy”
In “Lacy,” Olivia talks about the desire to be someone who is not, feeling insecure and even envious about those who seem to have everything she would like.
By social networks, fans comment on the song can be related to Sabrina Carpenter or Gracie Abrams. Both were very friends with Taylor Swift, even opening some shows from The Eras Tour.
In the lyrics, Olivia also says that the person referred to is a “sweet and sexy angel” by whom she feels intimidated. She also talks about using hair ties (which could refer to Gracie Abrams) and “Brigitte Bardot reincarnated” (which could be about Sabrina Carpenter).
“So American”
Currently, Olivia lives a love relationship with the British actor Louis Partridge. The singer has even said that the song is about a real life person who, in a relationship with her, often said “you are so American.”
Unlike Olivia’s songs that are mostly broken heart, “So American” sounds like a love letter to the beloved. In the lyrics, she makes a point of saying about how she is in love with the relationship. “God, I’m so boring and so rude / I can’t have a conversation if it’s not all about you / the way you dress and the books you read.”
