“Drivers License” connected with fans right away and eventually spent eight weeks at No. 1. “The moment that I knew really early on that maybe this was going to be something big was when it was next to Taylor Swift on the iTunes charts,” Rodrigo once told Interview. “It was her two bonus tracks off of Evermore, and then ‘Drivers License.’ And I am the hugest Taylor Swift fan ever. I posted that on Instagram and she actually commented on the picture, which was super cool. That was really the moment where I was like, ‘Whoa, this is something big.’” Rodrigo’s career just kept snowballing from there with the release of her album, Sour, dozens of awards. Of course, all the attention given to her music also put the spotlight on her dating life—which is why it may be surprising to learn that Rodrigo is actually pretty low-key about her private life, including her romantic relationships. Here’s what we know about Olivia Rodrigo’s boyfriends and dating history so far.
Is Olivia Rodrigo single? Does Olivia Rodrigo have a boyfriend?
It’s unclear if Rodrigo is single at the moment after news broke in February 2022 that she’d split from boyfriend Adam Faze. However, her date for the Grammys is confirmed: She’s taking her mom! “She’s very excited,” Rodrigo said, adding she thinks it’s “surreal” to be attending the Grammys. “I’ve been dreaming about it my whole life!”
Is Olivia Rodrigo dating Zack Bia?
The newest rumor swirling around is that Olivia Rodrigo is dating the influencer and DJ Zack Bia, the ex-boyfriend of fellow pop artist Madison Beer. The pair have been spotted out and about together since February: at the Super Bowl, having dinner with The Weeknd and, perhaps most notably, at Rodrigo’s 19th birthday party, where they posed for a group picture with singer Tate McRae and The Kid LAROI. In June 2022, PEOPLE reported that Rodrigo and Bia were officially a couple, with a source dishing that they “really like each other.”
Did Olivia Rodrigo and Adam Faze break up?
Yes, a source confirmed to PEOPLE in mid-February 2022 that Rodrigo and Faze were sadly no longer together after dating since mid-2021. It’s unclear why the couple parted ways, although Rodrigo unfollowed his personal and professional Instagram accounts and didn’t spend New Year’s Eve with him. She also told British Vogue her secret to getting over a breakup in December 2021: “Besides cutting off all contact, I think it’s important to not only forgive them, but forgive yourself for letting everything happen. That’s what I’ve learned.”
Who is Olivia Rodrigo’s ex-boyfriend Adam Faze?
Faze is a music producer who dated Rodrigo after they “met through industry friends,” a source told E! News. The couple was first spotted getting cozy at the Space Jam 2 premiere at California’s Six Flags Magic Mountain. “It’s only been a few months but she seems really happy with him and they are definitely dating exclusively and getting serious,” a source told E! News in June 2021, along with confirming Faze was her boyfriend. “They were really cute together and weren’t trying to hide their affection at all.” Stuart Brazell, who was also at the premiere, added to E! that the pair seemed like a good fit: “It just felt like comfortable, cuddly, new young love.”
Did Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett date?
Although the characters Rodrigo and Bassett portrayed on High School Musical: The Musical: The Series dated, the real-life actors were never confirmed to be a romantic couple. That didn’t stop fans from thinking they dated, which caused Bassett enormous stress; among other things, he received death threats via social media after “Drivers License,” due to the insinuation the song was about him and detailed their real-life breakup. This rampant speculation coincided with a serious health scare that peaked within a week of the release of “Drivers License,” when Bassett released his own single “Lie Lie Lie.” “I felt my heart literally failing,” he told PEOPLE. “I was like, ‘This isn’t just anxiety. This is bad.’” After going to the hospital, he was diagnosed with septic shock and heart failure—things that could’ve been exacerbated by the stress he was under. “The doctors were like, ‘If you hadn’t checked in within 12 hours, you would have died in your apartment,’” says Bassett. “It’s wild that I was this close to taking another nap.” However, Bassett learned how to take care of himself after the worrisome scare. “In this last year a lot of my biggest fears came true,” he told PEOPLE. “But in that, I found that I’ll always be OK, if not better off.”
Who is Olivia Rodrigo’s rumored ex-boyfriend Joshua Bassett?
Joshua Bassett is an actor and musician known for co-starring with Rodrigo in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. In fact, he and Rodrigo actually duetted on and co-wrote the song “Just For A Moment” and also sang on a cover of the High School Musical song “Breaking Free.” On the show, Rodrigo’s character (Nini) and Bassett’s character (Richard Bowen) used to date. Bassett is also a musician and has released singles such as “Lie Lie Lie” and “Doppelgänger.”
Who is “Drivers License” about?
“Drivers License” depicts the painful aftermath of a breakup. Rodrigo, however, is staying mum about the song’s inspiration. “I totally understand people’s curiosity with the specifics of who the song’s about and what it’s about, but to me, that’s really the least important part of the song," she told Billboard. “It’s resonating with people because of how emotional it is, and I think everything else is not important.” Bassett—who many people did believe inspired the song—didn’t feed into any of the rumors or gossip. “People don’t know anything they’re talking about," he told GQ in June 2021, and added that “the hardest thing” has been “biting my tongue, in a lot of ways, but the reality is it’s kind of like a lost cause trying to talk about any of that stuff, and I refuse to feed into any of the bulls**t, so I just don’t.”
Is “Drivers License” about Sabrina Carpenter?
Many fans also thought “Drivers License” might be about singer/actress Sabrina Carpenter, whom fans thought might have dated Bassett, due to the lyrics “You’re probably with that blonde girl / Who always made me doubt / She’s so much older than me.” Bassett also downplayed that rumor as well. “[Everyone] is asking me about Sabrina [Carpenter] and Olivia,” Bassett told GQ. “Why don’t we focus on these women for who they are? Let’s focus on the art that they’re making and how great they are instead of their relationship to a boy.”
Did Olivia Rodrigo date Ethan Wacker?
Yes, Rodrigo did date Ethan Wacker, her co-star on the Disney Channel show Bizaardvark. The pair apparently started dating in mid-2018 and went public in January 2019, including going on a Hawaiian vacation. By the end of the summer, they were no more, with photographic evidence of their relationship removed from social media. However, “Drivers License” is also not about Wacker, he clarified: “I treated her well.” Next, who is Adele’s new boyfriend? Learn all about sports agent Rich Paul.
