Disney + High School Musical: The Musical: The Series star Olivia Rodrigo gave up her new single, “Drivers License”, on January 8, and the internet is pretty sure what (rather, who) it is. “Drivers License,” which came with an emotional visceral music video, is about a breakup that sounds extremely familiar. Fans speculate that the play is about Joshua Bassett, who was rumored to be Olivia while filming the Disney + series.
What happened to Joshua Bassett and Olivia Rodrigo?
Fans believed Joshua Bassett and Olivia Rodrigo, who played the couple on screen Ricky and Nini in High school musical spin off, dated and then broke up sometime in 2020. In August 2020, Olivia posted a video on TikTok showing her playing “All I Want” on HSMTMTS sound track. “And that means failed relationships,” she subtitled TikTok.
In the “Drivers License” there are several clues about what happened between them – and it seems that Sabrina Carpenter has something to do with it.
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Joshua and Sabrina reportedly met after he and Olivia broke up. In November, Joshua posted a TikTok featuring himself and Sabrina dressed as Sharkboy and Lavagirl, which could mean the two were quarantined together. Olivia sings about a “blonde girl” she was intimidated by in her “Driving License”, which many interpret as Sabrina, who has blond hair.
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“And you’re probably with that blonde girl / Who always made me doubt / She’s much older than me / It’s all I’m unsure,” Olivia sings. Sabrina has blond hair and is four years older than 17-year-old Olivia, so the clues are checking.
Another clue in “Driver’s License” is the line “I don’t think you meant what you wrote in that song about me,” which could refer to Joshua’s songs “Common Sense” and “Anyone Else,” which some think I’m Olivia. “Common sense” is about the possibility of reuniting after a breakup, and “Anyone else” seems to be about an ex who moves and is with another person.
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Then Joshua made a questionable marketing move when he decided to promote the release of his new song “Lie Lie Lie” (which appears on January 14), which he did on the exact same day that Olivia promoted the new piece. .
One of the images in the slide show shows him in a car with a blonde girl, who strangely echoes the “driver’s license”. One person commented, “Try stealing olive thunder or whatever.”
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And yes, if you know, Twitter is absolutely convinced that “Driving License” is all about Joshua Bassett.
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In particular, Joshua congratulated Olivia on the release of “Drivers License”, and if they gave (and if the song is really about him), this is definitely a mature move right there.
📣 | Joshua Bassett congratulates Olivia on the song “Driver’s License,” despite the song that overshadowed her relationship with Bassett. pic.twitter.com/C0oPSD3M9G
– Updates Olivia Rodrigo (@OliviaRNews) January 9, 2021
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Apparently, however, Olivia shared a bunch of IG stories about the “Driver’s License,” with the exception of Joshua. To burn!
Neither Joshua nor Olivia have confirmed or denied their relationship (or breakup), but we still live for this IRL High school musical drama.