Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift were rumored to be in a feud for years, though it seems they may be friendly again.
When Olivia was first starting out in the music industry, Taylor was a major supporter of the young singer. Their public interactions stopped after Olivia gave Taylor a writing credit on her song “Deja Vu,” four months after the track was released.
It was speculated that Taylor alleged a copyright infringement on the song, saying it was too similar to her song “Cruel Summer.” Variety noted in 2021 that “what seems likely is that the matter was settled quietly behind the scenes, as is often the situation with potential copyright-infringement cases.”
Olivia and Taylor did see each other recently though. They were seen standing next teach other at a Paul McCartney concert in Los Angeles in March 2026.
While chatting with New York Times’ Popcast, Olivia addressed speculation about her relationship with Taylor.
“I don’t really read that far into it,” Olivia said. “I think it comes with the territory, and it’s par for the course. I think if I dove into every internet detective sleuth that got things right or wrong about my life or any of my relationships, I think I’d just go crazy. There’s just not enough time in the day.”
Olivia also talked about the internet chatter when she released “Driver’s License” and fans speculated it was about a love triangle that also included Joshua Bassett and Sabrina Carpenter.
She said, “I had to detach from it in order to literally be OK. It was just such a crazy experience for everyone involved. Yeah, I think I just had to learn to detach, and I think that’s something that I’m hopefully good at these days, still trying to detach from people who don’t know every little detail of my life. I think you just have to, otherwise you just go kind of crazy.”
Back in 2023, Olivia shut down speculation that “Vampire” is about Taylor.
“I was very surprised when people thought that,” she told The Guardian. “I mean, I never want to say who any of my songs are about. I’ve never done that before in my career and probably won’t. I think it’s better to not pigeonhole a song to being about this one thing.”
In the new interview, Olivia also talks about the babydoll dress controversy.
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