Madison Beer credited Olivia Rodrigo for an uptick in song streams after the 2 women allegedly wrote breakup tracks about mutual ex Zack Bia.
“Thank [you] pass over olivia <3,” Beer, 24, commented in a since-deleted tweet on Tuesday, July 4, based on Pop Crave’s stats that revealed her 2021 observe “Selfish” had observed an increase in downloads since Rodrigo, 20, released her new unmarried “Vampire” last week.
Beer additionally praised Rodrigo’s artistry on the observe, which serves at the debut single off of Rodrigo’s upcoming sophomore album, Guts. When asked her “opinions” on the music, Beer tweeted: “F—king beautiful. Truly assume it’s so particular and showcases her expansion so amazingly. Really Really impressive.”
When Rodrigo released “Vampire” on June 30, fans immediately began to take a position that the track used to be about Bia, 27. The “Driver’s License” singer and the DJ were first spotted together in April 2022 ahead of Us Weekly showed six months later that they had referred to as it quits.
Prior to his romance with Rodrigo, Bia famously dated Beer on and off for two years till their 2019 break up. While Beer by no means shared the reason for the pair’s breakup, she posted a cryptic message via social media at the time, writing by means of Twitter, “Before you diagnose your self with depression and nervousness you should definitely’re now not simply surrounded via a—holes and those that don’t care about you.”
Beer later released “Selfish,” on which she sings about courting an individual who won’t be truthful along with her.
“I bet you concept you gave me real love / But we spent all of it in nightclubs / All you ever wanna do is lie / Why you all the time this sort of Gemini?” she sings on the monitor. (Bia’s birthday is June 9, which falls under the Gemini astrological signal.) The music additionally touches on trying to assist any person who refuses to accept help. “I don’t wanna smash your thread and needle / Tryna sew you, but I can’t, I refuse / Shouldn’t love you, but I couldn’t help it / Had a feeling that you simply by no means felt it / I at all times knew that you just had been too damn selfish.”
Rodrigo’s “Vampire,” meanwhile, deals with similar themes.
“I should’ve recognized it was once ordinary / You best come out at night time / I used to suppose I used to be smart / But you made me look so naive,” she croons at the chorus. “The way you bought me for parts / As you sunk your tooth into me, oh / Bloodsucker, famef—ker / Bleeding me dry like a goddamn vampire.
Both songs additionally trace at infidelity, with Beer singing, “Don’t know why I seemed the other way,” while Rodrigo announces: “I see the parties and the diamonds once in a while when I close my eyes / Six months of torture you sold as some forbidden paradise.”
Rodrigo, for her phase, calls out an alleged age gap in her relationship. (She and Bia are six years aside.)
“You went for me and not her / Because girls your age know higher,” she sings.
While neither Rodrigo nor Beer have publicly addressed who their respective songs are about, Rodrigo gave a glimpse at her purpose behind “Vampire” after it premiered previous this month.
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“Writing this tune helped me type via a lot of feelings of be apologetic about, anger, and heartache. it’s one in every of my favorite songs at the album and it felt very cathartic to finish,” she wrote via Instagram at the time. “I’m so satisfied it’s for your arms now and I hope it is helping u care for any bloodsuckers in your life. all my thank you 4ever ❤️.”
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