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Olivia Rodrigo<\/b><\/a>\u2019s ~favorite crime~ is the ability to set the internet on fire with her music. Along with the release of her single \u201cBad Idea Right?\u201d came its accompanying music video on August 10, 2023. Now, fans are picking apart the lyrics and asking who the song is about.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBad Idea Right?\u201d points to a past lover whom Olivia considered reuniting with. Though most of her songs are ballads or pop beats featuring her spectacular vocals, she doesn\u2019t sing in this single \u2014 she talks the whole way through.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOh yes, I know that he\u2019s my ex,\u201d she says in the chorus. \u201cBut can\u2019t two people reconnect? \/ I only see him as a friend \/ The biggest lie I ever said. \u2026 I just tripped and fell into his bed.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the first verse, the Grammy Award winner unpacks the story of how she heard from the unknown ex<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHaven\u2019t heard from you in a couple of months,\u201d Olivia says. \u201cBut I\u2019m out right now and I\u2019m all f\u2014ked up \/ And you\u2019re callin\u2019 my phone and you\u2019re all alone \/ And I\u2019m sensing some undertone \/ And I\u2019m right here with all my friends \/ But you\u2019re sending me your new address \/ And I know we\u2019re done, I know we\u2019re through \/ But, God, when I look at you.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the 1990s-themed music video, Olivia is seen at a huge house party putting on makeup with her friends. After she receives a call from a \u201closer not worth mentioning,\u201d Olivia decides to leave and reunite with him. Upon going outside though, the journey to her ex\u2019s apartment turns into a colossal nightmare. The pop star quickly becomes soaked in a rainstorm and, while on a bus, other passengers even taunt her that what she\u2019s doing is a \u201cbad idea, right?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNow I\u2019m gettin\u2019 in the car wreckin\u2019 all my plans \/ I know I should stop, but I can\u2019t,\u201d Olivia says in the second verse of the song. \u201cAnd I told my friends I was asleep \/ But I never said where or in whose sheets \/ And I pull up to your place on the second floor \/ And you\u2019re standing, smiling at the door \/ And I\u2019m sure I\u2019ve seen much hotter men \/ But I really can\u2019t remember when.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n During an interview with Rolling Stone <\/i>that was published on August 11, Olivia recalled how she and her team came up with the idea behind the single.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201c\u2018Bad Idea Right?\u2019 started with us making a joke song about me hooking up with an ex-boyfriend, but then we realized we were actually onto something,\u201d she said. \u201cWe were throwing the weirdest things at the wall. In one of the choruses, there\u2019s a part that sounds like an instrument, but it\u2019s me gradually screaming louder and louder.\u201d<\/p>\n Olivia did not reveal who the song was inspired by. However, fans are convinced that it is pointing to her past relationship with rumored ex DJ Zack Bia<\/b><\/a>. The two were linked in mid-2022 until a source exclusively told Life & Style<\/i> that August their relationship \u201csort of fizzled.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Previously, Olivia released the first single from her upcoming album, Guts<\/i><\/a>. The song \u201cVampire\u201d and its music video is a somber tune that explains how Olivia regrets dating someone who was allegedly a \u201cbloodsucker, fame-f\u2014ker, bleedin\u2019 me dry like a goddamn vampire.\u201d Though she never publicly mentioned who inspired the song, fans also believe the lyrics point to Zack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWhat Do the Lyrics to \u2018Bad Idea Right?\u2019 Mean?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
Who Is Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s \u2018Bad Idea Right?\u2019 About?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n