For the reason that launch of her 2021 tune “Driver’s License,” there’s been lots of curiosity in Olivia Rodrigo’s boyfriend and who she’s relationship. Rodrigo made her Hollywood debut in 2019 because the lead in Disney+’s Excessive Faculty Musical: The Musical: The Collection, nevertheless it wasn’t till the discharge of “Driver’s License,” a breakup ballad believed to be about her co-star Joshua Bassett, and her debut album, Bitter, that she grew to become the famous person we all know as we speak.
In an interview with The Guardian in Might 2021, Rodrigo defined why most of her songs are about love. “I’m a teenage woman, I write about stuff that I really feel actually intensely—and I really feel heartbreak and longing actually intensely—and I believe that’s genuine and pure. I don’t actually perceive what folks need me to put in writing about; would you like me to put in writing a tune about revenue taxes? How am I going to put in writing an emotional tune about that?” she mentioned.
As for why she thinks her music resonates with listeners a lot, Rodrigo reasoned that it’s as a result of she sings about feelings that aren’t usually talked about. “One thing I’m actually pleased with is that this document talks about feelings which can be arduous to speak about or aren’t actually socially acceptable particularly for women: anger, jealousy, spite, disappointment, they’re frowned-upon as bitchy and moaning and complaining or no matter. However I believe they’re such legitimate feelings,” she mentioned.
So…who’s Olivia Rodrigo’s boyfriend and is she relationship anybody now? Learn on for what we find out about Rodrigo’s previous relationships.
Louis Partridge (2023)
In line with The Solar UK, Olivia Rodrigo’s boyfriend is Louis Partridge, who starred in Netflix’s Enola Holmes reverse Millie Bobby Brown. “Olivia flew to London together with her greatest pal, singer Conan Grey, nevertheless it was Louis who she got here to see. “They met by means of mutual buddies earlier within the yr and have been messaging fairly a bit,” the supply mentioned.
They continued: “She has spent a number of days within the capital hanging out with all of them nevertheless it’s been Louis who she has been inseparable from. They’ve been for dinners and nights out. They hit a membership collectively on Friday evening and have been performing very coupley. It’s actually candy to see her joyful.”
Web page Six confirmed their relationship after posting paparazzi photos of the 2 kissing in New York Metropolis. Olivia Rodrigo allegedly wrote the tune “So American” about him, with lyrics saying: And he says I’m so American / Oh God, I’m gonna marry him / If he retains this shit up.”
Zack Bia (2022)
Individuals confirmed Olivia Rodrigo and DJ/socialite Zack Bia have been seeing one another in June 2022. “They’ve been relationship because the Tremendous Bowl [February],” a supply informed the publication. “They actually like one another.” An insider additionally E! Information on the time: “[Zack] invited her to Tremendous Bowl events that he was DJing that weekend, and she or he went to assist him. They hit it off and have been casually hanging out,” they revealed.
However by August 2022, Olivia and Zack reportedly break up, with a supply telling Us Weekly: “Their relationship form of fizzled. They have been casually relationship however haven’t hung out collectively shortly. There have been no points — they each have completely different work schedules and completely different buddy teams.”
After the discharge of her June 30, 2023, single “Vampire”, followers believed the lyrics have been a direct dig at Bia or her earlier boyfriend Adam Faze, with phrases like: “Have a look at you, cool man, you bought it / I see the events and the diamonds typically after I shut my eyes / Six months of torture you bought as some forbidden paradise / I cherished you actually / You gotta chuckle on the stupidity.”
Adam Faze (2021 – 2022)
Information broke of Rodrigo’s relationship with film producer Adam Faze in June 2021. E! Information reported on the time that Rodrigo invited Faze her plus-one to the premiere of House Jam 2 at Six Flags America in Valencia, California. The location reported that Rodrigo launched Faze as “her boyfriend.”
In line with a supply, Rodrigo and Faze have been “collectively your entire evening,” rode “all of the rides” and have been seen “holding arms at one level.” TikTok star Stuart Brazell, who attend the occasion, described the couple to E! Information as “actually lower, however not too overly sensitive.” She mentioned, “The 2 of them collectively felt comfy and newish, and it appeared like he additionally knew lots of people there. It simply felt like comfy, cuddly, new younger love.”
Brazil additionally added that Rodrigo, who “appeared to be having a extremely good time,” met TikTok star Charli D’Amelio on the occasion. “She was smiling so much and positively actually cherished her time with Charli,” she mentioned. “They have been simply youngsters hanging out on a summer season enjoyable evening at an amusement park, consuming meals, using the rides and having a extremely good time.”
As for a way Rodrigo and Faze know one another, E! Information supply mentioned that the 2 “met by means of business buddies” a number of months earlier than their June 2021 date. “It’s solely been a number of months however she appears actually pleased with him and they’re positively relationship solely and getting severe,” the insider mentioned. Rodrigo and Faze break up in February 2022 after lower than a yr of relationship. “They’ve been over for a bit now,” a supply informed Individuals on the time.
Joshua Bassett (2020)
Rodrigo and Bassett starred as love pursuits, Nini Salazar-Roberts and Ricky Bowen, in Excessive Faculty Musical: The Musical: The Collection. Although they by no means confirmed their relationship on the time, followers imagine that the 2 relationship secretly in 2020 and that Bassett broke up with Rodrigo up to now Disney Channel star Sabrina Carpenter. It’s believed that Rodrigo’s debut single, “Driver’s License,” is about her break up from Bassett.
“You’re most likely with that blonde woman / Who at all times made me doubt She’s a lot older than me / She’s every thing I’m insecure about,” Rodrigo sings in a single lyric, which is presumed to be about Carpenter. Followers additionally imagine that “Driver’s License” is about Bassett due to previous social media publish, the place Bassett taught Rodrigo drive.
After the discharge of “Driver’s License,” Bassett launched his personal tune titled “Lie, Lie, Lie,” which followers assumed to be about Rodrigo. Carpenter additionally launched her personal tune on the time titled “Pores and skin,” which followers additionally assumed to be about Rodrigo. Although Rodrigo by no means confirmed who “Driver’s License” is about, she informed Billboard on the time that she “understands” the curiosity over who impressed the one’s lyrics.
“I completely perceive folks’s curiosity with the specifics of who the tune’s about and what it’s about, however to me, that’s actually the least necessary a part of the tune,” she mentioned. “It’s resonating with folks due to how emotional it’s, and I believe every thing else is just not necessary.”
In an interview with GQ in June 2021, Bassett responded to rumors that he impressed “Driver’s License” and Rodrigo’s debut album, Bitter. “Individuals don’t know something they’re speaking about,” he mentioned. He went on to notice that “the toughest factor” in regards to the expertise has been “biting my tongue, in lots of methods, however the actuality is it’s type of like a misplaced trigger attempting to speak about any of that stuff, and I refuse to feed into any of the bullshit, so I simply don’t.”
He continued, “[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 a substitute of their relationship to a boy.”
