People have an inordinate interest in Olivia Rodrigo’s romantic interests because she writes so brutally honestly about relationships gone wrong. Rodrigo’s singer-songwriter introduction to the world was “Drivers License,” inciting constant and intense speculation around Joshua Bassett.
Rodrigo’s latest single, “Vampire,” is less than one week into its existence and already having the same effect — leading Rodrigo to address her fans’ guesses as to the identity of the bloodsucking “fame f*cker” in the form of a TikTok joke.
There is no such ambiguity about Rodrigo’s celebrity crush.
The 20-year-old three-time Grammy winner was revealed this morning (July 6) as Vogue‘s August cover star, formalizing her Guts album rollout. Within the accompanying profile by Jia Tolentino, Rodrigo shares that Bruce Springsteen is her “biggest celebrity crush of all time.”
The excerpt places Rodrigo and Tolentino in a record store, where they spot a Springsteen live recording from 1984. Tolentino describes the record’s title as saying, “PORN IN THE USA!” Rodrigo says, “I think I might have to get this for my new apartment. Yeah, you’re coming home with me.”
Rodrigo joined Billy Joel on stage at Madison Square Garden to perform “Deja Vu” and “Uptown Girl” last August. The next logical step is for her to perform somehow, somewhere with Springsteen.
Check out Rodrigo’s Vogue cover spread below.
A new decade, a new album, a new life—@OliviaRodrigo’s next chapter is here. For Vogue’s August issue, Rodrigo opens up about becoming a definitive Gen-Z pop star with “Sour”—and how now, at 20, she’s wiser, more settled, and ready for more. https://t.co/tKqX1k6uy9 pic.twitter.com/J5COStPaxz
— Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) July 6, 2023
The rocket ride @OliviaRodrigo took to fame’s stratosphere is not the shift that’s on her mind right now. “Somehow, all of that totally pales in comparison to turning 20,” she says. Learn more about Vogue's August 2023 cover star here: https://t.co/VRr2VpmAHf pic.twitter.com/wOkeHwuEtu
— Vogue Runway (@VogueRunway) July 6, 2023
With a new album coming this fall, Olivia Rodrigo is poised to reignite her global superstardom. But that's not what's on Rodrigo’s mind right now. “Somehow, all of that totally pales in comparison to turning 20,” she says. https://t.co/MwSDi67xMJ pic.twitter.com/E4u8HmSxzQ
— Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) July 6, 2023
“I’ve got to live my ‘Sex and the City’ fantasy,” Olivia Rodrigo says of moving into her first New York apartment. (For the record, she identifies as a Carrie and Charlotte mix.) The city has provided plenty of inspiration for her upcoming album, “Guts.” https://t.co/jk5RuLCc60 pic.twitter.com/n5MEfwYiDo
— Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) July 6, 2023
Guts is out 9/8 via Geffen Records. Find more information here.
