In a new interview, Olivia Rodrigo just discussed everything from her future on High School
Musical The Musical The Series, to how she really feels about everyone dissecting her
dating life, and everything in between.
Let’s get into it!
While Olivia Rodrigo is now most famous for her music career and her history making debut
album Sour, she started off on Disney channel.
Olivia starred on the show Bizaardvark when she was only around 13 years old and eventually
got cast on the Disney + show High School Musical The Musical The Series.
But over the past year, her career has taken a turn towards music and fans have been wondering
if she plans on continuing to act.
Last week, High School Musical The Musical The Series season two ended and SPOILER ALERT,
it left Olivia’s character Nini on a cliffhanger similar to Olivia’s real life.
At the end of the season, Olivia’s character is on the verge of fully pursuing her musical
career with more songwriting experiences.
The show’s creator Tim Federle recently spoke to Hollywood Life saying that “Olivia
is a massive part of [HSMTMTS’] success, but I think season 3 is sort of a TBD in terms
of where Nini’s journey would go.”
And while Tim said it’s hard to imagine the show without her, he just wants Olivia
to be happy explaining that “I'd love for her to keep making the show, but at the end
of the day I'm there to be both the head cheerleader of my series and also read the moment and
say, ‘Wow, what Olivia is going through feels so unprecedented that I just want to
support her in all of her dreams.’”
And now, Olivia is speaking out on the speculation.
In a new interview with GQ, she got real about whether or not she sees herself continuing
to act.
She said she’s quote, “Not sure.
I really don't know where my career's going to go in the next five years or in the next
10.
I'm really grateful that I get to be doing both now.
I just think it's about finding projects and writing songs I feel really passionate about.”
And fans know that Olivia has tried to keep her acting and music careers separate despite
having success in both.
She explained that she went as far as asking her writing partner/music producer not to
watch High School Musical The Musical The Series.
Olivia revealed that quote, “I've always just wanted to be taken seriously as a singer-songwriter
— not that being an actor takes away from that at all.
I wanted him to know me for me and not the side character that I was playing.”
She continued on saying “I also just get really self-conscious about stuff like that,
on a human level.
I hate it when my friends listen to my songs or watch anything related.
I'm just like, “I don't want you to.
Just talk to me.”
I get insecure about it.”
And so what does Olivia hope her career looks like over the next 10 years?
Well she focused on music saying “Hopefully I'll still be putting out music that I like,
and it'll still resonate with other people.
I've always wanted to be a songwriter that writes songs for other people too.”
And there’s been one major difference between being an actor and being an artist that Olivia
has really enjoyed.
She explained that “I've been working on [TV] sets for so long, where you go and you're
told what to say and told what to wear.
The fact that when you're making a music video or something, people just come up to you and
they're like, “What do you want to make to the song that you wrote?”
I'm like, “You guys are going to give me resources and time to make whatever I want?”
That's the coolest thing ever.”
So while she didn’t specifically say whether or not she’d be returning to High School
Musical The Musical The Series, Olivia did make it seem like her music career was going
to be her main focus moving forward.
And in the interview, Olivia also discussed what it’s like to become so famous so quickly
and for people to be speculating on things like the love triangle between herself, Joshua
Bassett, and Sabrina Carpenter.
She said “I try not to look at stuff like that, to be completely honest.
I like to think that if there's actually something that I should know about, my team would tell
me.
It was really hard for me to watch people on TikTok and stuff that dissects my 17-year-old
love life.
That was really weird.”
Olivia explained that she now has child locks on the apps on her phone that only allow her
to be on them for 30 minutes a day.
And thankfully, she forgot the password, which she says is a blessing for her mental health.
When it comes to dating now, Olivia said that it’s not exactly her priority.
She did admit that she quote, “had Raya for a second, and it was so vomit.
Like, I could not.”
That was before the pictures with producer Adam Faze surfaced, but even still, Olivia
noted that, “I just love my girlfriends and love my job and am exactly where I've
always wanted to be.
Everything else is just icing on the cake.”
And we’re just so glad that Olivia is happy and soaking in all the incredible success
she’s had so far this year.
We will keep you posted if we hear anything else about her future on High School Musical.
But for now, if you want more on Olivia Rodrigo, click right over here for another Clevver
News video.
Then hop to the comments and let me know if you think Olivia will return for season three
of High School Musical or if you think she’ll just be focusing on her music.
As always, I’m your host Renee Ariel, you can follow me on socials @ReneeAriel and I’ll
see you next time!