Olivia Rodrigo doesn’t have any nominations at tonight’s MTV VMAs or new music to promote, so it’s no surprise that the singer opted to skip the ceremony.
Olivia Rodrigo just finished her Guts World Tour and has been hinting for months that her next music era is coming. In June, Rodrigo spoke to Daily Star UK about how she was approaching writing her third album.
“As I just grow as a person, and I learn more about music, and I have different perspectives, it’s impossible for that not to be reflected in your songwriting,” she said. “Hopefully by the time I put out my next album, it’ll feel more mature and like a different take on things. I think that’s what’s so fun about writing songs, is you get to keep pushing yourself and learning and growing and expanding.”
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Still, Olivia Rodrigo has yet to announce a release date for the project.Rodrigo last attended the MTV VMAs in 2023, just days after she released Guts:
The singer recently interviewed her friend and fellow artist Conan Gray for Interview magazine. The pair talked about how they give each other bad advice about their music, though not deliberately.
“Maybe this is too much information to be giving, but we notoriously give each other bad advice sometimes about samples,” Rodrigo said. “On Superache, you played me ‘Memories,’ which turned out to be the biggest hit on the album. Everyone loved it. And I remember hearing it for the first time being like, ‘I just think you have better songs.’ And then similarly, when I played you Guts, I played you ‘Vampire,’ and I was like, ’Isn’t this good?’ And he’s like, ‘Not for a first single.’”
“We’re notoriously wrong about each other’s songs,” Rodrigo said. “We’re just too close to it and can’t see the forest [for] the trees.”
They also debunked speculation about their personalities based on their songwriting. Rodrigo said, “I mean, you and I both write a lot of sad music, but I think maybe one misconception about us is that we’re actually very optimistic people. And super happy. Never a day without giggling, laughing.”
