• Olivia Rodrigo’s love life has been within the public eye because the launch of her music ‘Driver’s License’ in 2021.
• Her first album ‘SOUR’ was seemingly impressed by her breakup with Joshua Bassett.
• Olivia has additionally been linked to Adam Faze and Zack Bia.
• Olivia dropped her second album ‘Guts’ on Friday, Sep. 8, 2023.

Olivia Rodrigo simply launched her wonderful sophomore document Guts on Friday, Sep. 8. 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.

Forward of the brand new album’s launch, Olivia revealed that she feels some “duty” to present the themes of her songs a heads up earlier than the songs drop, whereas talking to Phoebe Bridgers for Interview Journal. “Have you ever ever felt the duty to ship the topic of a music the music earlier than it comes out, particularly now that you’ve got such a large platform?” Phoebe requested her.

“I really feel like final time there was a lot bizarre media s**t and I had no concept find out how to cope with any of it. Actually, it was the primary music 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 duty. I simply strive not to consider it throughout the writing course of.”

Whereas the brand new songs don’t straight point out any previous beaus, songs like “Unhealthy Concept 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 nasty 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 observe.

Followers have theorized that “Vampire” could also be impressed by one of many males that Olivia dated because the launch of Bitter. One line particularly factors to the music’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 sometimes 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 Faculty 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 most of SOUR was about him and their breakup. Take a deep dive into Olivia’s relationship historical past beneath:

Ethan Wacker

Olivia’s first severe boyfriend was actor Ethan Wacker, 21. They met on the Disney Channel comedy collection Bizaardvark, the place Olivia performed Paige Olvera and Ethan performed Bernie Schotz. The co-stars formally began courting 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 courting till August 2019, when followers seen that they wiped footage of one another off their IG 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 one of the best!” she mentioned on the time, in accordance with studies. Plus, after “Driver’s License” was launched, Ethan denied rumors floating round on TikTok that the music was about their relationship. “Nope, I handled her nicely,” he wrote on TikTok.

Joshua Bassett

The Olivia-Joshua relationship was a significant popular culture second in 2021. The pair, who co-starred in Disney+’s Excessive Faculty Musical: The Musical: The Sequence as Nini and Ricky, respectively, had been linked in a supposed love triangle involving fellow Disney darling Sabrina Carpenter, 24. 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 solid in HSMTMTS in 2019. In July 2020, he launched the music “Anybody Else,” which he mentioned was about falling for somebody who was unavailable. Though he by no means confirmed that Olivia was the topic of the music, followers had been sure that it was about her. Olivia added gasoline to that fireside in her 2021 observe “Driver’s License,” when she sang, “I assume you didn’t imply what you wrote in that music 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 lady, 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 observe, calling it a “nice music” on his Instagram Story.

Olivia, in fact, was requested in regards to the topic of the music in interviews, however she refused to call names. “I completely perceive folks’s curiosity with specifics of who the music’s about and what it’s about,” she admitted to Billboard. “However, to me, that’s actually the least necessary a part of the music. It’s resonating with folks due to how emotional it’s and I believe all the pieces else isn’t necessary.” In a March 2021 interview with Radio.Com, she additionally insisted that she “doesn’t know” Sabrina in any respect. “I believe we’ve met a few times in passing,” Olivia shared. “However I’ve by no means had a dialog along with her.”

In a GQ interview printed June 2021, Joshua addressed the supposed love triangle. He revealed that “the toughest factor” has been “biting my tongue, in loads of methods, however the actuality is it’s type 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 deal with these ladies for who they’re? Let’s deal with 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 group. “Even when there are penalties, I might a lot quite cope with penalties and stay my reality than stay in worry,” he mentioned.

In the meantime, Sabrina appeared to launch her personal music in regards to the love triangle drama in Feb. 2021. “Possibly you didn’t imply it, possibly blonde was the one rhyme,” she sang on the music “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 could have been capable of have at the moment. In Dec. 2021, he informed GQ that he hadn’t spoken to his former co-star because the launch of “Driver’s License.” He additionally launch three breakup songs of his personal, which followers suppose are about Olivia. “Should you get to inform your reality, so do I,” he sang on the observe “Disaster.” “And it’s cool if you would like me to play the dangerous 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 pictures 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, 26. 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 pictures obtained by Web page Six.

Sadly, Olivia and Adam are now not collectively. Their breakup was reported by quite a few shops in February 2022. A supply informed Individuals 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 break 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 first pictures 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 courting because the Tremendous Bowl. “They actually like one another,” the magazine’s supply claimed. Nonetheless, when Zack was requested in regards to the rumors at some point later, he responded, “I do not know. I didn’t even hear that.”

By August 2022, studies surfaced that Olivia and Zack had damaged up. “Their relationship type of fizzled,” Us Weekly reported. “They had been casually courting however haven’t frolicked collectively shortly.”

Whereas neither Olivia nor Zack publicly commented on their relationship, Olivia did admit to creating some regretful courting selections after Bitter was launched in an Aug. 2023 New York Occasions interview. Though, she didn’t identify anybody particularly. “I type of felt this strain to be this lady that I believed everybody anticipated me to be,” she informed the outlet. “I believe due to that strain, 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 courting Olivia, he was in an on/off relationship with Madison Beer. He was additionally briefly linked to Madelyn Cline following her break up from Chase Stokes.