Olivia Rodrigo Reacts to Theories That ‘Vampire’ Is About Taylor Swift

Is Olivia Rodrigo‘s “Vampire” about … Taylor Swift? Rodrigo commented on fan hypothesis that the lead ballad from Guts, on which she scathingly sings about an unnamed “bloodsucker, famef—er,” is by some means about considered one of her childhood idols.

See newest movies, charts and information

“How do I answer this?” Rodrigo reportedly whispered to Guardian journalist Laura Snapes, when the query about “Vampire” arose throughout an interview forward of the Sept. 8 launch of Guts.

“I mean, I never want to say who any of my songs are about,” mentioned Rodrigo. “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.”

“I was very surprised when people thought that,” she added within the article that was printed on Saturday (Sept. 2).

Swift championed Rodrigo, who was a self-proclaimed Swiftie, very early on. “I say that’s my baby and I’m really proud,” she sweetly shared on social media when Rodrigo’s breakout smash “Drivers License” first began showing on charts subsequent to Swift’s music. Swift gifted her a hoop just like the one she wore when engaged on her Red album — “She is absolutely the kindest individual in the whole world,” Rodrigo gushed on the time — and the pair met in particular person and posed collectively for a cute picture on the 2021 Brit Awards.

After Rodrigo’s debut album, Sour, dropped, interpolations present in her work proved pricey. Rodrigo ended up retroactively sharing songwriting credit for “deja vu” with Swift, Jack Antonoff, and Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) for its memory of Swift’s “Cruel Summer.” She additionally gave writing credit to Swift and Antonoff on “1 step forward, 3 steps back” earlier than Sour‘s release for including an interpolation of Swift’s “New Year’s Day” on the music.

Rodrigo and Swift seemingly haven’t related to one another since, at the least publicly. In a current New York Times profile, Rodrigo mentioned she hasn’t seen a present on Swift’s Eras Tour.

Back to the music which means of “Vampire”: To her level, Rodrigo’s lyrics may have been impressed by plenty of private experiences the singer-songwriter might need encountered since “Drivers License” made its mark in 2021 — so her reply to the query doesn’t actually reply a lot in any respect.

“Hate to give the satisfaction, asking how you’re doing now/ How’s the castle built off people you pretend to care about?” she sings within the opening of the music.

Later within the profile about Rodrigo and her sophomore album, Guardian author Snapes, in her personal phrases, notes that “‘Vampire’ is primarily about a romantic relationship with an older guy.” Many of its lyrical barbs do level towards this interpretation: there’s a line directed at a “cool guy,” and one stating that “every girl I ever talked to told me you were bad, bad news.” In the monitor’s second verse, Rodrigo says, “Went for me, and not her/ ‘Cause girls your age know better.”