{"id":476288,"date":"2026-06-14T03:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T03:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/476288\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T03:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T03:33:11","slug":"less-lyrics-olivia-rodrigo-song-recalls-the-last-attempt-to-save-her-relationship-their-breakup-just-jared-celebrity-news-and-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/476288\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;less&#8217; Lyrics: Olivia Rodrigo Song Recalls the Last Attempt to Save Her Relationship &#038; Their Breakup &#8211; Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/olivia-rodrigo-concert-788x444.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 23: Olivia Rodrigo performs onstage during the American Express Platinum Card x Olivia Rodrigo Concert at Park Avenue Armory on October 23, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images for American Express)\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   loading=\"eager\"\/>Credit: Getty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/olivia-rodrigo\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a> is opening up about a relationship\u2019s end on one of the most poignant songs on her new records, \u201cless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old singer-songwriter just dropped her new album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, and one of the songs has especially gained interest for its emotional storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cless\u201d sees Olivia recalling the final moments of her romance, including a recreation of their favorite date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tried to recreate our favorite date but we didn\u2019t laugh much this time \/ Our trip to Big Sur only confirmed this isn\u2019t what it should feel like,\u201d she sings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I could try convincing you they\u2019re just intrusive thoughts but you\u2019ve seen me truly happy, so you know right now I\u2019m not \/ If loving me means crying on the curb at LAX well, then I guess I wish, I wish, I wish you loved me less.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA song like \u2018less\u2019 was added, obviously, later in the album making process, and I think it was us trying to practice a little bit of restraint,\u201d she explained of the song\u2019s creation on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0I_tljaH9Bg&amp;t=2169s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Popcast.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/12\/cigarette-smoke-lyrics-meaning-olivia-rodrigo-regrets-her-relationship-with-her-ex\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">many of the other songs<\/a> on the album, some fans speculate that it\u2019s about her real-life split from ex\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/louis-partridge\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Louis Partridge<\/a>\u00a0last year after two years of dating.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to \u201cless\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Read the lyrics to \u201cless\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Find out which one of the new songs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/12\/maggots-for-brains-lyrics-olivia-rodigos-song-is-inspired-by-miranda-steve-relationship-in-sex-the-city\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was inspired by Sex &amp; The City.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/lyrics\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lyrics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/music\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Music<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/olivia-rodrigo\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Getty Olivia Rodrigo is opening up about a relationship\u2019s end on one of the most poignant songs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-476288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}