1. Olivia’s full name is Olivia Isabel Rodrigo.
2. She was born on February 20, 2003, making her a Pisces—a zodiac sign known for emotion and creativity.
3. Her dad is Filipino-American, and her mom is of German and Irish descent.
4. Olivia is an only child, which she says influenced her love for writing and introspection.
5. She started singing lessons at age 5, and was acting in local theater by age 6.
6. Olivia is a big fan of alternative rock and grew up listening to No Doubt, Pearl Jam, and Green Day—not just pop.
7. She learned to play piano, guitar, and ukulele by ear.
8. She wrote her first original song at just 7 years old, and it was about a missing pencil.
9. She first got attention as Paige Olvera in the Disney Channel show Bizaardvark.
10. Her role on Bizaardvark involved playing guitar and singing live—a rare skill for Disney stars.
11. She starred as Nini Salazar-Roberts in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, where she wrote her own songs for the show.
12. Olivia wrote the hit All I Want in just one afternoon—and it blew up on TikTok long before she was a pop star.
13. She’s a massive fan of Taylor Swift and called her “the greatest songwriter of all time.”
14. Olivia once said that when Taylor Swift commented on her Instagram, she “screamed her head off.”
15. Her debut album SOUR was written mostly in her bedroom during quarantine.
16. She wrote and recorded “Drivers License” while she still had a learner’s permit.
17. “Drivers License” was so popular that Google Maps searches for DMV locations surged after its release.
18. She said she cried while writing almost every track on SOUR.
19. Her favorite snack is flamin’ hot Cheetos, which she brings on tour.
20. Olivia’s celebrity crush is young Leonardo DiCaprio, particularly in Romeo + Juliet.
21. She’s obsessed with vintage fashion, often thrifting or wearing outfits from the ’90s and early 2000s.
22. Olivia collects old cameras and enjoys taking film photos on tour.
23. She carries a journal everywhere, and writes down song lyrics, dreams, and weird thoughts in it daily.
24. She has a weird superstition where she knocks on wood three times to avoid bad luck.
25. Olivia once said she has “a bad habit of crying in the shower.”
26. She drinks matcha lattes every day, even on tour buses.
27. Olivia is a huge fan of horror movies, especially psychological thrillers like Black Swan.
28. She had to take her high school SATs while doing press for SOUR.
29. Olivia once accidentally left her lyric notebook in a hotel, and panicked for hours thinking someone would leak it.
30. She is a passionate advocate for mental health, citing journaling and therapy as lifesavers.
31. She wrote the SOUR bonus track “Obsessed” after having a nightmare.
32. She has tiny hands, and jokes that playing guitar sometimes makes her fingers cramp.
33. She once tried to dye her hair green at home and said it turned out “horribly patchy.”
34. Olivia is afraid of birds, especially pigeons and seagulls.
35. She owns a fake baby tooth necklace, which she found at a flea market.
36. Her favorite holiday is Halloween, and she goes all out on costumes every year.
37. She listens to Lana Del Rey when she’s sad and Avril Lavigne when she’s angry.
38. Olivia keeps a drawer of concert wristbands and backstage passes as keepsakes.
39. She said one of her favorite things to do alone is drive around aimlessly and scream her own songs.
40. She named her debut album SOUR because she liked the idea of bitterness being beautiful.
41. She has two moles on her left cheek, which she says she used to be insecure about as a kid.
42. Olivia has said she prefers writing heartbreak songs over happy songs, because “they’re just more interesting.”
43. She once broke a guitar string during a live show and kept playing like nothing happened.
44. Olivia writes most of her lyrics using colored markers and often doodles in the margins.
45. Her favorite subject in school was English, especially writing poetry.
46. Olivia once brought her grandmother on stage during a concert.
47. She took vocal lessons from a Broadway coach when she was 10.
48. Her dream acting role is a villain in a psychological thriller—very different from her Disney days.
49. She described her style as “early 2000s mall goth meets 90s prom queen.”
50. Olivia has said she’s “constantly afraid of being boring,” which is why she’s always reinventing herself.
