The only thing better than a pop star feud is a pop star reconciliation, and Olivia Rodrigo has given us just that by squashing her beef with Sabrina Carpenter once and for all. 

Rodrigo spoke on the current status of her much-discussed relationship with Carpenter in a recent interview with British Vogue, some five years after the pop girls were notoriously embroiled in a love triangle over fellow Disney Channel star, Joshua Bassett. 

This trio dominated the headlines back in 2021. (Images: Getty Images)

“drivers licence”, Rodrigo’s breakout 2021 track, was widely believed to be about Basset ditching her for Carpenter. That same year, Carpenter hit back with her side of the story on the song “Skin”, which directed some not-so-subtle jabs Rodrigo’s way.

But now it seems the hatchet is buried. “I think she’s great,” Rodrigo said of Carpenter in the Vogue interview. “I’m so happy for all of her success too. I love the album she’s put out.”

In the article, Vogue wrote that Rodrigo’s praise for Carpenter “sounds genuine” but that she “seemed tense” after answering the question. But as a true media trained girlie, Rodrigo got ahead of the headlines. 

“No, no, no, it’s good. It’s just that people just get weird and clickbaity. It’s all love, though. I’ve talked to her many times,” she said.

One such time the pair spoke was at the 2025 Grammys, when fans got wind of a possible reconciliation as they were spotted gasbagging in the crowd at the ceremony. 

That moment and Rodrigo’s more recent comments are just a few of the times the feud has resurfaced over the years, but Carpenter did vaguely address the situation back in 2021.

“I wasn’t bothered by a few lines in a (magnificent) song,” Carpenter said of “drivers license”, adding that her supposed diss track response “Skin” wasn’t “calling out one single person”. 

While Rodrigo didn’t dive deep into all that lore with Vogue, she did reflect on the intense attention she received during that time in her life. 

“Sometimes I meet a 17 or an 18-year-old nowadays and I’m like, ‘Wow, you are such a baby’. I can’t believe people were that mean to me,” she said. 

Rodrigo was 17 years old when “drivers licence” dropped. (Image: YouTube)

Rodrigo and Carpenter have both moved on from the Basset days. The latter had a splashy but brief romance with actor Barry Keoghan, while Rodrigo is currently loved up with Louis Partridge, who inspired many love songs on her upcoming third album. 

With these latest comments, Rodrigo and Carpenter join a line of squashed pop feuds like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry and Charli xcx and Lorde. 

The jury’s still out on Swift and Charli, but here’s hoping their beef doesn’t linger too long or else we’ll all get salmonella.

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