{"id":4069,"date":"2026-05-30T16:29:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/olivia-rodrigo-addresses-rumored-taylor-swift-feud\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T16:29:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:29:24","slug":"olivia-rodrigo-addresses-rumored-taylor-swift-feud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/olivia-rodrigo-addresses-rumored-taylor-swift-feud\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Rodrigo addresses rumored Taylor Swift feud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F05%2F129198189.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Olivia Rodrigo is done clearing things up when it comes to her rumored feud with Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really read that far into it,\u201d Rodrigo, 23, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0I_tljaH9Bg&amp;t=3171s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the New York Times\u2019 \u201cPopcast\u201d <\/a>of the internet speculation on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it comes with the territory, and it\u2019s 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\u2019d just go crazy. There\u2019s just not enough time in the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swift was, at first, a very vocal supporter of Rodrigo when she first rose to fame with her single, \u201cDriver\u2019s License.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Olivia Rodrigo (pictured here watching a soccer match in Barcelona in May) addressed her long-rumored feud with Taylor Swift in her New York Times \u201cPopcast\u201d interview on Friday. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI 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\u2019d just go crazy,\u201d the singer (pictured here performing on stage in May) told the podcast. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Spotify<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Olivia Rodrigo Interview! New Album Details, Babydoll Dresses &amp; Speaking Out Politically\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0I_tljaH9Bg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In 2021, the \u201cCruel Summer\u201d hitmaker took to Instagram to publicly declare her support for the young star as she shared a screenshot showing that \u201cDriver\u2019s License\u201d had earned the No. 3 spot on the iTunes charts \u2014 right below two of her \u201cEvermore\u201d songs. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI say that\u2019s my baby and I\u2019m really proud,\u201d she said at the time of Rodrigo\u2019s feat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/music\/olivia-rodrigo-taylor-swift-feud-lyrics-inspiration-rcna104282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to \u201cToday.\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo even named Swift, 36, as one of her inspirations, saying she looked up to her in a 2021 SiriusXM interview. <\/p>\n<p>As a response to Swift\u2019s support, Rodrigo called the pop star the \u201ckindest individual in the whole world.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Swift (pictured above walking hand in hand with her fianc\u00e9 Travis Kelce) was a vocal supporter of Rodrigo when she first rose to fame in 2021. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Fans began to speculate about a brewing feud between the two over a copyright-infringement issue. (Seen here is Swift walking through NoHo in New York City in May). <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI feel so lucky that I was born at the right time to be able to look up to someone like her,\u201d Rodrigo added. \u201cI think she\u2019s incredible and all of her support and genuine compassion and excitement for me has just been so, so surreal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s believed that the stars started experiencing friction after Rodrigo gave Swift and her producers Jack Antonoff and St. Vincenta a delayed writing credit on her song, \u201cDej\u00e0 Vu\u201d which is featured on her debut album, \u201cSour.\u201d Swift already had a writing credit for Rodrigo\u2019s song, \u201c1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back\u201d which featured an interpolation of Swift\u2019s song, \u201cNew Year\u2019s Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cgood 4 u\u201d singer admitted in 2021 that she drew inspiration from Swift\u2019s \u201cCruel Summer\u201d for the track\u2019s bridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I wanted the last bridge to go crazy and I love \u2018Cruel Summer,\u2019 it\u2019s one of my favorite songs ever,\u201d she told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/olivia-rodrigo-breakdown-deja-vu-1150041\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rolling Stone\u2019s \u201cThe Breakdown.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rodrigo admittedly drew inspiration from Swift\u2019s \u201cCruel Summer\u201d for her song \u201cDej\u00e0 Vu\u201d and later gave Swift (pictured here at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards in March) a retroactive writing credit for the hit. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>When Rodrigo released her sophomore album, \u201cGuts,\u201d fans believed the songs \u201cVampire\u201d and \u201cThe Grudge\u201d were also about Swift (pictured here leaving Via Carota in May). <span class=\"credit\">ASPN \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI love the yell-y vocals in it, the harmonized yells that she does. I feel like they\u2019re super electric and moving, and so I wanted to do something like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Rodrigo released her sophomore studio album, \u201cGuts,\u201d fans speculated that Swift may have been the face behind songs like \u201cVampire\u201d and \u201cThe Grudge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo addressed the speculation in her 2023 interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2023\/sep\/02\/olivia-rodrigo-overnight-pop-superstardom-plagiarism-growing-up-in-public\">The Guardian<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rodrigo (seen here at the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party) addressed the speculation in her 2023 interview with the Guardian saying she \u201cnever\u201d wants to share \u201d who any of my songs are about.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cDriver\u2019s License\u201d singer (pictured above at Paris Fashion Week 2026) also shut down the rumored feud in her 2023 Rolling Stone cover story.  <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was very surprised when people thought that,\u201d she said. \u201cI mean, I never want to say who any of my songs are about. I\u2019ve never done that before in my career and probably won\u2019t. I think it\u2019s better to not pigeonhole a song to being about this one thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also shut down feud rumors in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/olivia-rodrigo-guts-vampire-lyrics-meaning-1234819181\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her 2023 Rolling Stone cover story<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have beef with anyone,\u201d Rodrigo said. \u201cI\u2019m very chill. I keep to myself. I have my four friends and my mom, and that\u2019s really the only people I talk to, ever. There\u2019s nothing to say.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/30\/entertainment\/olivia-rodrigo-addresses-rumored-taylor-swift-feud\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olivia Rodrigo is done clearing things up when it comes to her rumored feud with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/129198189.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}