Olivia Rodrigo addressed ongoing speculation about a strained relationship with Taylor Swift in a May 28 interview on the New York Times podcast "Popcast." The rumors intensified after Swift received a retroactive writing credit on Rodrigo's 2021 song "Deja Vu" due to lyrical similarities with Swift's "Cruel Summer," and again with the 2023 release of Rodrigo's album "Guts," whose lead single "Vampire" fans interpreted as being about Swift. Despite both artists attending a Paul McCartney concert in Los Angeles in March, Rodrigo stated she doesn't "read that far into" internet theories, attributing such speculation to the nature of fame. She emphasized the difficulty of engaging with every online assumption about her life and relationships, comparing it to a previous dating scandal involving Sabrina Carpenter and Joshua Bassett, from which she learned to detach.