On her new single “Vampire,” Olivia Rodrigo bitterly recounts the very particular methods through which a much-older ex-boyfriend took benefit of her — and now, followers are out for blood.
Launched at midnight Friday (June 30), the rock opera-inspired observe — which serves because the lead single off Rodrigo’s upcoming sophomore album Guts — seems to be again on the 20-year-old pop star’s relationship with somebody she likens to a “bloodsucker, fame f–ker” who “bought [her] for elements.” She additionally alludes to an age hole (“Went for me and never her/ ‘Trigger women your age know higher”) in addition to the length of the connection (“Six months of torture you bought as some forbidden paradise”) within the lyrics.
The entire scenario described within the tune sounded acquainted to followers who’ve stored tabs on Rodrigo’s courting life prior to now couple years — perhaps even a little bit too acquainted. That’s as a result of the previous Disney actress has been linked prior to now to not one, however two males who have been considerably older than her whom she reportedly dated for about six months: producer Adam Faze when she was 18, after which DJ Zack Bia when she was 19.
The web is fairly cut up on which of the 2 males “Vampire” is about, if not each of them. On the one hand, Rodrigo and Faze, who was 24 on the time, reportedly made their relationship public at a June 30 movie premiere — precisely two years to the day earlier than “Vampire” was launched. Alternatively, Rodrigo has acknowledged that the songs on Guts have been made “throughout my nineteenth 12 months on this earth,” which was the age at which she allegedly dated Bia, who was 26 on the time.
And whereas followers on-line can’t fairly agree on which of the 2 males “Vampire” issues, the final consensus appears to be that it might be both Faze or Bia — and never for constructive causes. “can’t inform whether or not vampire is about adam faze or zack bia trigger they have been each means older than her and each creepy,” one fan tweeted following the one’s launch.
“Was being a hater to Adam faze and remembered zack bia additionally occurred omfg why is there two of them it was unhealthy for her,” wrote one other.
See extra fan feedback on who “Vampire” is likely to be about beneath: