Olivia Rodrigo has said that there is no bad blood between her and Taylor Swift — or her and “anyone,” for that matter.
Rumors of a dispute between the singers first emerged in 2021 after Rodrigo gave Swift and her long-time collaborator Jack Antonoff retroactive co-writing credits and 50 percent of the royalties for her track Déjà vu after it interpolated Swift’s Cruel Summer.
In an interview with Rolling Stone that was released on Tuesday, the “Vampire” singer addressed reports that a dispute was developing between her and her songwriting hero. The cover story is connected to Rodrigo’s sophomore album, “Guts,” whose release rekindled online rumors about a possible breakup with Swift.
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“I don’t have beef with anyone,” Rodrigo said calmly, according to Rolling Stone.
“I’m very chill. I keep to myself. I have my four friends and my mom, and that’s really the only people I talk to, ever. There’s nothing to say.”
The theory that Rodrigo and Swift were no longer on good terms gained serious traction following the release of “Vampire,” the lead single from Rodrigo’s new record. Some fans were convinced that the 20-year-old musician penned the dramatic ballad about an exploitative “bloodsucker” and “fame-f—” with “Lavender Haze” singer Swift in mind.
Further fueling the speculation was Rodrigo’s uncertain response when asked point-blank by the Guardian whether the song was about Swift. The singer admitted she was “very surprised” by the rumors but stopped short of outright denying them.
“I never want to say who any of my songs are about,” she told the Guardian. “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.”
“There’s so many Twitter conspiracy theories,” Rodrigo told Rolling Stone. “I only look at alien-conspiracy theories.”
