Olivia Rodrigo kicked off her “Sour World Tour” on Tuesday and covered Avril Lavigne’s 2002 hit “Complicated”.
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Joshua Bassett has finally revealed the truth about how hard Olivia Rodrigo‘s song Driver’s License hit him last year. So hard he nearly died! No joke!
In case you need a refresher, Olivia dropped her hit heartbreak anthem in January 2021, which is widely speculated to be about a love triangle with her High School Musical: The Musical: The Series co-star and their fellow Disney personality Sabrina Carpenter (though no one ever fully confirmed it).
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At the time of the song’s release, Joshua soon found himself in the middle of some intense online scrutiny. It became so bad the singer shockingly revealed days later on Instagram that he was hospitalized with the “worst pain” of his life as he underwent surgery. He said at the time:
Now Joshua has opened up in a new interview with People about the real reason for his hospital visit!
He says all of the public hate he received as a result of the megahit track — which included death threats on social media — had a major impact on his health. The singer said he had been extremely stressed from the backlash surrounding Driver’s License and eventually started feeling ill:
Things didn’t improve though, as he said “every day I felt worse and worse.” Nearly a week following the release of Driver’s License, he dropped his new single Lie Lie Lie, which he told the publication was already planned for release on that day way in advance, despite the speculation it was a response to Olivia’s song. But he couldn’t even celebrate his new music because his health was continuing to deteriorate:
Soon, a HSMTMTS producer rushed him to the hospital where doctors diagnosed him with septic shock. According to the 21-year-old,
Olivia Rodrigo kicked off her “Sour World Tour” on Tuesday and covered Avril Lavigne’s 2002 hit “Complicated”.
Music’s biggest night! The 2022 Grammy Awards brought the star power and the heat with killer performances and major wins.
Olivia Rodrigo lit up the Grammys stage with her first-ever single!
Olivia Rodrigo is now a Grammy Award winner!
Good 4 u! Following the success of her debut album, Olivia Rodrigo scored several awards for the first time at the 2022 Grammys on Sunday, April 3.
Ten minutes in and the Grammys got a big dose of Olivia Rodrigo.
Olivia Rodrigo! The 'Deja Vu" singer won big during the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards on Sunday.The 19-year-old, who earned seven nominations this year, took home the Best Pop Solo Performance award for her song, «Drivers License.» It was a banner night for the star, who took the stage as well. Rodrigo delivered an electrifying performance of «Drivers License» during music's biggest night.«I feel very lucky that I get to do this,» Rodrigo told ET's Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner on the red carpet.
Olivia Rodrigo gave her debut Grammys performance at the 2022 awards show in Las Vegas tonight (April 3), performing ‘Drivers License’.The pop star is up for seven awards at the ceremony, including the “big four” – Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Album Of The Year and Best New Artist.Rodrigo began her performance sat in a car, turning the radio dial as she skipped through some of her songs.
Ellise Shafer Seven-time nominee Olivia Rodrigo took the stage at the 2022 Grammys to perform“Drivers License,” which has already won the singer her first award of the night.Wearing a white dress, black fishnets and Doc Martens, Rodrigo belted the record-breaking tune against the backdrop of a scant neighborhood street. She began the performance inside a vintage white Mercedes-Benz convertible, soon stepping out of the car to meet her all-woman band as they ramped the song’s tempo up a notch.
Olivia Rodrigo slayed on the GRAMMYs stage at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday night. This was the 19-year-old «Good 4 U» singer's first GRAMMYs performance as well as her first time attending the awards show. Rodrigo looked ethereal in a flowy white spaghetti-strap ruffled dress and black platform boots as she took the stage — complete with an old-school car -- to sing her breakout hit, «Drivers License.» She was the evening's second performance.Rodrigo was nominated for seven GRAMMYs this year, including Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year. Ahead of her performance, the star admitted to ET's Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner on the red carpet to being «so nervous» for her first GRAMMY moment.«It's crazy, I have just watched the GRAMMYs religiously since I was so young and just to be here and perform up on that stage is such an honor,» Rodrigo said before the ceremony. And after the GRAMMYs, she'll be switching gears for her anticipated tour.
Olivia Rodrigo is ready for the big event.
Olivia Rodrigo's new documentary gives fans insight into her rumored relationship with Joshua Bassett. In Disney+'s , the 19-year-old singer takes fans track-by-track through the making of her debut album, , which is largely thought to be about Bassett, Rodrigo's co-star.The documentary begins with Rodrigo and her producer, Dan Nigro, looking back at the first song they wrote together back in early 2020. While never released, the lyrics that fans hear in the doc seem to hint at Rodrigo and Bassett's split after their rumored romance.«Crying in the parking lot / You don't know what you want / Gave you everything / I guess everything ain't enough / You say you lost your best friend / How do you think I feel / You say it's over again / And this time it's real,» she sings.«I was so sad when we wrote that song.
Turning back time. Olivia Rodrigo reflected on her past relationship and alluded to the Joshua Bassett drama in her SOUR film Driving Home 2 U.
Olivia Rodrigo‘s ex-parter was hospitalised with heart failure shortly after the release of ‘Drivers License’.Joshua Bassett met Rodrigo on the set of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, which premiered on the Disney Channel back in 2019 before moving to Disney+.Although the pair have not publicly confirmed rumours that they dated, Bassett recently spoke to People about how Rodrigo’s hit ‘Sour’ single ‘Drivers License’ – released in January 2021 – brought on a bout of stress.The track is believed to have been inspired by the couple’s break-up, with Bassett explaining how receiving death threats on social media impacted his health. “Every day I felt worse and worse,” he recalled of that period.“I was sleeping 16 to 20 hours a day.
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, and whose first album dominated the charts last year, led by hit single “Driver's License.” Gregg is also a TikToker, specializing in makeup. They are all nineteen except for D'Amelio, who is seventeen, so I guess one of her parents signed a form for the tattoo? Anyway, they're all young, famous, rich, and seem like happy friends. D'Amelio tagged the tattoo artist——in case you want to hit her up.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.The friends were hanging out after Rodrigo's big night at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, where she was honored with three wins.
Joshua Bassett is getting candid about a health crisis he faced last year amid the public scrutiny over Olivia Rodrigo‘s “Driver’s License.” If you don’t know, it is widely believed that the 21-year-old actor/entertainer and Olivia, 19, were a couple and that the song is about their split. They have never confirmed a relationship.