Olivia Rodrigo

Olivia Isabel Rodrigo was born on February 20, 2003, at the Rancho Springs Medical Center in Murrieta, California, to Jennifer, a school teacher, and Chris, a family therapist. She is an only child and grew up in neighboring Temecula. Rodrigo was born half-deaf in her left ear. Rodrigo is half-Filipina and identifies as Filipino American. Her paternal grandparents and great-grandparents emigrated from the Philippines, and her family follows Filipino traditions, including preparation of cuisine. Her mother has German and Irish ancestry. She grew up listening to her parents' favorite alternative rock music, such as the bands No Doubt, Pearl Jam, the White Stripes, and Green Day. Rodrigo attended Lisa J. Mails Elementary School in Murrieta, participating in their after-school musical theater program. At age five, her parents signed her up for vocal lessons with Jennifer Dustman, who would begin to enroll Rodrigo in various local singing competitions. Under the advisement of Dustman, her parents enrolled her in acting lessons. She began taking piano lessons at age nine. ==Career==

2015–2019: Career beginnings and acting In 2015, at age twelve, Rodrigo made her acting debut portraying the lead role of Grace Thomas in the direct-to-video film An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success. She attended Dorothy McElhinney Middle School in Murrieta for a year, until moving to Los Angeles after landing an acting role in Disney Channel's Bizaardvark in 2016; Starring as the character Paige Olvera, a guitarist, she played the role for three seasons. In February 2019, she was cast in the starring role of Nini Salazar-Roberts on the Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, which premiered in November of that year. Rodrigo was praised for her performance, with Joel Keller from Decider describing her as "especially magnetic". For the series, Rodrigo wrote and performed the promotional single "All I Want", released in November 2019. She left the show at the end of its third season to focus on her music career. 2020–2022: Sour Rodrigo signed with Geffen Records in 2020. She negotiated the record deal to secure for herself ownership of the masters of her music. Within the week of its release, "Drivers License" was critically acclaimed, and broke Spotify's record twice for most daily streams ever for a non-holiday song with over 15.7 million global streams on January 11 and over 17 million global streams the next day. It went on to break another Spotify record for the first song in history to hit 80 million streams in seven days. The song debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, and reached number one in numerous other countries. Rodrigo stated in an interview that "It's been the absolute craziest week of my life ... My entire life just, like, shifted in an instant." On April 1, 2021, Rodrigo released her follow-up single, "Deja Vu", which debuted at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first artist to debut their first two releases in the top 10 of the Hot 100. The third single preceding her debut album, "Good 4 U", followed on May 14, 2021, and became her second single to debut at number one on the Hot 100. Sour, her debut studio album, was released on May 21, 2021, to critical acclaim. Slate Chris Molanphy said its first three singles alone established Rodrigo's "early status as Gen-Z's most versatile new artist". According to Clash critic Robin Murray, Rodrigo is regarded as one of Generation Z's finest artists, while Variety dubbed her "the voice of her generation" in its cover story of Rodrigo. In June 2021, Rodrigo premiered Sour Prom, a prom-themed concert film on YouTube. Three days later, Time named her Entertainer of the Year. In an Instagram post on December 24, 2021, Rodrigo uploaded a snippet of a Christmas song called "The Bels" that she wrote and recorded at age five. According to Billboard, Rodrigo closed 2021 as the bestselling singles artist worldwide, while placing eight songs on the year-end Global 200 chart, including "Drivers License" at number four, "Good 4 U" at number nine, and "Deja Vu" at number 27. In the US and UK, Sour was respectively the third and fourth bestselling album of 2021. Sour and "Drivers License" were also respectively Spotify's most streamed album and song globally. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) ranked Rodrigo as the tenth bestselling artist of 2021 and Sour as the second bestselling album of 2021. To support Sour, Rodrigo embarked on her debut headlining tour, the Sour Tour, which ran from April to July 2022; it included stops in the United States, Canada, and Europe. In February 2022, Rodrigo signed with Lighthouse Management + Media, entering into a management arrangement with Aleen Keshishian and Zack Morgenroth. Rodrigo's Disney+ documentary film Olivia Rodrigo: Driving Home 2 U, which details the making of Sour, was released on March 25, 2022. Rodrigo received seven nominations at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist, Album of the Year for Sour, and Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Drivers License". She won the awards for Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album for Sour, and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Drivers License". In 2022, while crafting her next album, Guts, Rodrigo attended a poetry class at University of Southern California, and ended up repurposing one of her homework pieces into the song "Lacy", which would appear on the album's tracklist. 2023–2025: Guts in 2023 On August 16, 2023, Rodrigo became the youngest artist to receive the BRIT Billion Award for achieving over one billion digital streams in the United Kingdom. She was the 19th artist to receive a BRIT Billion Award. Rodrigo's second album, Guts, was released on September 8, 2023, and debuted atop the Billboard 200. She stated that the album was about "growing pains" and self-discovery. Going into the album cycle, she felt that she had grown "10 years" between the ages of 18 and 20. Guts received critical acclaim from various outlets and was later declared by BBC News as the most critically acclaimed album of 2023. The album's lead single, "Vampire", was released on June 30. It became Rodrigo's third single to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first artist ever to debut the lead singles from two career-opening albums at No. 1 on the Hot 100. The album's second single, "Bad Idea Right?", was released on August 11, 2023, and reached the top 10 in the US and UK. On October 9, 2023, Rodrigo performed songs from Guts in an exclusive concert in partnership with American Express at Los Angeles Theater at Ace Hotel. All proceeds from ticket sales went to her Fund 4 Good nonprofit organization. On October 18, 2023, Rodrigo announced that the four secret tracks released on limited vinyl editions of Guts would be released as a limited vinyl-exclusive EP to commemorate Record Store Day (RSD) Black Friday. The EP Guts: The Secret Tracks ranked as one of the top sellers during Record Store Day. On November 3, Rodrigo released the song "Can't Catch Me Now" for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. The song won the Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in a Sci-Fi, Fantasy or Horror Film at the 2023 ceremony. To support Guts, Rodrigo embarked on her second headlining tour, the Guts World Tour, from February 2024 to July 2025, visiting North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. On March 22, 2024, Rodrigo released a deluxe version of Guts, titled Guts (Spilled), with five additional songs, including the four secret tracks from the vinyl variants. On April 13, 2024, Rodrigo made a special guest appearance at No Doubt's Coachella show, where she performed the band's 2000 single "Bathwater" alongside them. On October 2, 2024, Rodrigo announced the Guts World Tour concert film, which was released on Netflix on October 29. Rodrigo performed at several music festivals in June 2025. On June 7, she headlined day 2 of the Governors Ball, where she performed a cover of "Burning Down the House" with musician David Byrne, founding member of Talking Heads. She was the headlining act for the 2025 BST Hyde Park Show on June 27, with support from The Last Dinner Party and Girl in Red. Two days later, on June 29, she headlined the final day of the 2025 Glastonbury Festival and performed on the Pyramid Stage in her largest performance in the UK to date. Her concert included a guest appearance by Robert Smith, with whom Rodrigo sang two songs by The Cure, "Just Like Heaven" and "Friday I'm in Love". On August 1, she headlined the second day of Lollapalooza Chicago 2025, with Weezer guesting to perform the songs "Buddy Holly" and "Say It Ain't So" with her. Rodrigo was featured in the documentary film Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery – The Untold Story (2025), reflecting on the legacy of the all-female music festival. On November 9, Rodrigo teamed up with Feist to perform a rendition of "We're Going to Be Friends" by The White Stripes at the band's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. 2026: You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love On April 2, 2026, Rodrigo announced her third studio album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, which is scheduled to release on June 12. On April 18, Rodrigo appeared as a surprise guest on Addison Rae's set at Coachella and made the live debut performance of the single. Rodrigo appeared on Saturday Night Live on May 2, 2026, as both host and musical guest; she performed "Drop Dead" and another track from the upcoming album, "Begged". On April 30, Rodrigo announced her third concert tour, the Unraveled Tour, in support of the album. Consisting of 65 dates across North America and Europe, the tour will begin on September 25, 2026, in Hartford, and conclude on May 2, 2027, in Barcelona. Supporting acts include Devon Again, Die Spitz, Grace Ives, The Last Dinner Party and Wolf Alice. == Artistry ==

Influences Rodrigo has named Taylor Swift and Lorde as her idols and primary musical inspirations, and once dubbed herself Swift's biggest fan "in the whole world". Rodrigo later went on to give interpolation credits to Swift and Jack Antonoff on her song "1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back" and retroactively credited Swift, Antonoff and Annie Clark on her song "Deja Vu". She said the White Stripes' Elephant is the album she listens to most, and called band member Jack White her "hero of all heroes" in 2022. Rodrigo has also expressed admiration for Beyoncé, recalling how she was "enamored" by the singer's performance of "If I Were a Boy" at the Grammys. Other stated influences on Rodrigo's debut studio album included Alanis Morissette, Kacey Musgraves, Fiona Apple, St. Vincent, Cardi B, Gwen Stefani, Avril Lavigne, Billie Eilish, Halsey, Gracie Abrams, Lily Allen, and Lana Del Rey. Guts was primarily inspired by her punk and alternative rock influences, including Babes in Toyland and Rage Against the Machine. Media outlets generally describe her music as pop, rock, and folk. Her musical style has been labeled more specifically as alternative pop, bedroom pop, folk-pop, indie pop, pop-punk, pop rock, power pop, and teen pop. Rodrigo stated that she wants to be a songwriter and not "the biggest pop star that ever lived", and she chose to sign with Interscope/Geffen Records because its CEO John Janick praised her songwriting, not her "potential star quality". == Other ventures ==

Products and endorsements Rodrigo was announced as brand ambassador of the phone accessory company Casetify, under a year-long partnership, in December 2021. She creative directed the "Hardened Hearts" phone case collection, which was inspired by her debut album, Sour, and the '90s and Y2K visual aesthetics. She became consumer beauty brand Glossier's first ever celebrity partner in April 2022. Rodrigo collaborated with Sony Electronics to release a special edition of their true wireless Linkbuds S earbuds in September 2023. She and Health-Ade introduced the "Good 4 Ur Guts" smoothie in December 2023, which was available in Erewhon stores through January 14, 2024. In November 2024, Rodrigo became the global brand ambassador for Lancôme. In October 2025, Rodrigo partnered with American Express for an exclusive concert experience for Platinum Card members at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City, marking a continuation of her prior collaboration with the brand during the Guts World Tour. In January 2026, Rodrigo appeared in Miu Miu's advertisement campaign for their spring/summer 2026 collection. Philanthropy and activism Rodrigo and her Bizaardvark co-star Madison Hu teamed up with Instagram #KindComments to encourage their fans to spread kindness and foster positivity on social media from 2017 to 2018. Rodrigo and Hu further teamed up with non-profit organization ''My Friend's Place'' for their 30th anniversary, to help homeless youth find shelter, food, work, education, and healthcare. The event was hosted by Jack Black and raised over $740,000 for local homeless youth. Also in 2018, Rodrigo was named an institute speaker and panelist for the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. In December that year, she became the face of "She Can STEM" campaign. In February 2021, Rodrigo released her merchandise line, "Spicy Pisces T-shirts", on her website, with all proceeds benefitting the non-governmental organization She's the First which sponsors young girls' scholarship and education. In June 2021, she sold her clothes, wardrobe and all items from her music videos on Depop and 100% of all proceeds from 'Sour Shop' was donated to charitable organization. Rodrigo donated a portion of her Sour Tour platinum ticket sales to Women for Women International which supports female survivors of war by helping them rebuild their lives after war devastation. On November 18, 2021, she donated a signed Gibson guitar to #VenturesIntoCures program for auction and all proceeds went to life-saving research to treat and cure epidermolysis bullosa. The following month, she joined Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Billy Porter with Musicians on Call in the 2nd Annual Virtual Concert "Hope for the Holidays" to bring Christmas cheer by uplifting performances and messages of hope to hospital patients via virtual concert. as part of a campaign promoting COVID-19 vaccinations to youth|alt=Olivia Rodrigo with the U.S. President Joe Biden at the Oval Office, posing to press cameras with sunglasses, as part of a government campaign that aims to encourage the American youth to get vaccinated against COVID-19|left On July 13, 2021, Rodrigo was involved in a White House effort to promote COVID-19 vaccinations among young people in the U.S. She met with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Chief Medical Advisor Anthony Fauci, to discuss her efforts. CNN reported that Rodrigo would record videos about the importance of young people getting vaccinated, including answering questions the youth have regarding the vaccination. She prefaced the performance by dedicating it to the associate justices who voted to overturn Roe, saying "I'm devastated and terrified. So many women and so many girls are going to die because of this. I wanted to dedicate this next song to the five members of the Supreme Court who have showed us that at the end of the day, they truly don't give a shit about freedom. The song is for the justices." On November 20, 2022, Rodrigo joined other celebrities, co-founders Eddie Vedder and Jill Vedder for the Third Annual Venture Fundraising event which helped raise more than $1.3 million that month and $6 million for the next three years to find a cure for epidermolysis bullosa and other rare diseases. In December 2022, Rodrigo joined Chris Stapleton, Selena Gomez, and more to donate exclusive items to the 2nd Annual ASCAP Foundation, which supports music education and talent development programs across the U.S. In the same month, Rodrigo took part in that year's annual virtual concert, 'Musicians on Call' with 30 different artists which brought holiday classic performances and videos of messages of hope to patients, families and health-workers in more than 5,000 hospitals nationwide. In January 2023, Rodrigo joined various musicians in donating items to the MusiCares Foundation Charity Relief Auction to help struggling musicians with their financial needs. Rodrigo launched a charity fund called Fund 4 Good, aimed at supporting reproductive healthcare of women, in October 2023. She told People that the motive of the non-profit is to raise awareness "for certain groups that are championing women's issues in America and all of the other territories [...] it's going to be a very fulfilling and hopefully productive experience." In January 2024, she donated items for charity auction and proceed went to MusiCares and Grammy Museum Foundation. A portion of the profits from the US leg of the Guts World Tour went to the fund, and supported the National Network of Abortion Funds. Condoms and Plan B pills were distributed at Rodrigo's St. Louis concert on March 12, 2024, where abortion was illegal under state law. A portion of the profits from the Canadian leg of the tour would go to the fund and support 600 women's shelters in Canada. For the European leg of the Tour, Rodrigo donated to Women Against Violence Europe, in order to prevent all women and their children from any type of violence. In October 2024, Rodrigo donated all net proceeds from her sold-out Philippines concert to Jhpiego, a women's health global organization with decades of lifesaving work in the Philippines. Rodrigo endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 United States presidential election. In July 2025, she spoke out against the "horrific and completely unacceptable" conditions in Palestine during the Gaza war, saying "there is no child in Israel, Palestine or anywhere in the world who deserves to suffer through what we're seeing these children have to endure". She donated to UNICEF and encouraged her followers to do so as well. In September 2025, Rodrigo criticized the ABC network over the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, calling the decision "blatant censorship and abuse of power," and expressed solidarity with Kimmel and SAG-AFTRA. She also signed an ACLU open letter supporting free speech and condemning Kimmel's suspension. In October 2025, Rodrigo donated all ticket proceeds from her American Express intimate concert to her Fund 4 Good initiative, which supports women's and girls' rights, reproductive freedom, and education. In November 2025, Rodrigo criticized the U.S. Department of Homeland Security after her song "All-American Bitch" was used in a government video without authorization, writing, "Don't ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda." The DHS later responded, stating that Rodrigo should "thank them for their service, not belittle their sacrifice." Following Rodrigo's response, the soundtrack was removed from the clip. In January 2026, it was announced that Rodrigo would contribute a track to the charity compilation album Help(2) in support of War Child and participate in a charity auction to raise funds for humanitarian and medical aid efforts in Sudan. At the Resonator Awards during Grammy Awards week in late January 2026, Rodrigo wore an "ICE Out" pin as part of the #BeGood campaign protesting the killing of Renée Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. == Personal life ==

Rodrigo is partially deaf in her left ear, noting on the Awards Chatter podcast: "I never knew until kindergarten or so when they're doing the tests on all the kids, and they were like, 'Oh, you're a little hard of hearing. Rodrigo was raised in a vegetarian household by her mother, though she has noted she no longer follows a vegetarian diet. In 2018, Rodrigo began dating her Bizaardvark co-star Ethan Wacker after the two met in 2016 during filming. The couple broke up during 2019. In 2023, Rodrigo began dating English actor Louis Partridge. == Achievements ==

Rodrigo has received various music accolades, including three Grammy Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, five iHeartRadio Music Awards, and four People's Choice Awards; an American Music Award, a Brit Award, and a Juno Award. She was named Times Entertainer of the Year for 2021 and was placed on 100 Next list. Billboard honored her as Rookie of the Year for 2021 and Woman of the Year at the Billboard Women in Music event in 2022. The magazine included her on its annual 21 Under 21 list, which she topped the following year. Rodrigo was included in the lists of Bloomberg 50, Forbes 30 Under 30 in the music category, Fortune's 40 Under 40 for two consecutive years, and Elle 100. Variety named her "Songwriter of the Year" for 2021 and "Storyteller of the Year" for 2023 at the Variety Hitmakers Ceremony. She was considered the top Songwriter of 2021 by the music rights platform Blokur and The Ivors Academy. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) named her "Songwriter of the Year" at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards in 2022 and 2024. In 2024, Billboard included Rodrigo among the honorable mentions of its "25 Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century" listicle, describing her as "a new-school rock star as much as a pop phenom", and Rolling Stone called her "Gen Z's preeminent rock star". In March 2025, Billboard ranked her at number 21 on the "Top 100 Women Artists of the 21st Century" list. Her debut album, Sour, was the most-streamed album in 2021 and is the most-streamed album by a female artist on Spotify, as of May 2026. Of the top 10 most-streamed songs of 2021, four are from Sour alone. Her debut single, "Driver's License", broke the Spotify record (at the time) for the most-streamed non-holiday track in a single day and the biggest first week for a song. It also broke the record for the fastest song to hit both 100 million and 1 billion streams. The song also made her the youngest artist to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100, at 17 years old. == Discography ==

Studio albums • Sour (2021) • Guts (2023) • You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love (2026) == Filmography ==

• Sour Tour (2022) • Guts World Tour (2024–2025) • The Unraveled Tour (2026–2027) == See also ==