Olivia Rodrigo earned the title of break up anthem queen right after the 2021 launch of her debut album, Sour — but who served as the songstress’ inspiration? From Disney costars to new music producers, take a glimpse at the “Good 4 U” artist’s earlier romances.
Ethan Wacker
Prior to earning it major and topping the charts, Rodrigo was romantically connected to her Disney Channel costar. The pair started as mates as they satisfied on the set of their show, Bizaardvark, which premiered in 2016. Two yrs later on, their relationship blossomed into something additional. In January 2019, Rodrigo and Wacker announced in a now-deleted Instagram write-up they had been courting for 6 months.
Afterwards that calendar year, the twosome seemingly split just after they deleted pictures of every other off their respective social media internet pages. Despite the break up, they stay close good friends. As Wacker headed off to faculty in 2020, Rodrigo shared her nicely needs for her ex by way of her Instagram Story.
In early 2021, Rogrido produced her strike music, “Drivers License” — and Wacker shut down the rumors that the music was about him. The actor refuted the promises manufactured in a now-deleted TikTok principle online video by responding, “I dealt with her very well.”
Joshua Bassett
Adhering to her time on Bizaardvark, Rodrigo landed a guide part on the Disney+ collection, High Faculty Musical: The Musical: The Sequence, opposite Bassett. Even though the really like pursuits under no circumstances confirmed they dated off screen, fans have extensive theorized that Rodrigo wrote “Drivers License” about Bassett — and how he allegedly moved on with Sabrina Carpenter.
The alleged drama led to numerous songs from all 3 musicians that seemingly referenced the romance. In June 2021, Bassett spoke out about the drama.
“The fact is it’s sort of like a missing induce seeking to speak about any of that things, and I refuse to feed into any of the bulls–t, so I just never,” he explained in an interview with GQ. “[Everyone] is asking me about Sabrina and Olivia. Why do not we aim on these women for who they are? Let’s concentration on the artwork that they’re producing and how fantastic they are as an alternative of their romantic relationship to a boy.”
6 months later, Bassett explained to the outlet he and Rodrigo had not spoken given that “Drivers License” dropped previously that year and unfollowed her on Instagram the subsequent thirty day period.
Adam Faze
Through her drama with Carpenter and Bassett, Rodrigo moved on with Faze in June 2021 after they had been noticed receiving cozy alongside one another at the Room Jam 2 premiere. The then-couple have been spotted the next month packing on the PDA. Whilst Faze and Rodrigo stored it reduced-vital right after all those outings, Us Weekly verified in February 2022 they split immediately after a single 12 months of courting.
Zack Bia
Rodrigo was spotted with Bia at a Super Bowl celebration in February 2022, shortly just before Us verified her split from the songs producer. Two months later, the pair ended up spotted collectively again on a lunch day in New York Town. A source solely informed Us in August 2022 that the Grammy winner and DJ had been “casually dating” but their “relationship sort of fizzled” out.