Olivia Rodrigo addresses THAT Spitting out with Courtney Love as she covers Variety

Olivia Rodrigo addressed her argument with Courtney Love in a new interview.

Courtney, 57, hinted earlier this year that Olivia, 18, ripped off her Hole cover with secret art for her Sour Prom virtual gig.

“I mean, to be honest, I’m flattered that Courtney Love knows who I am,” Olivia told Variety in her cover interview.

When the Sour Prom art first came out, the internet was teeming with comparisons to the album cover art for Live Through This, a 1994 record by the Courtney Hole band.

Both images show a girl wearing a crown and holding flowers – either a beauty queen or a prom queen – with mascara running down her face while crying.

Internet commentators were split between those who thought Olivia was going after Courtney and those who thought they were both taking from the movie Carrie.

Olivia told Variety that she caught Courtney’s attention: “She’s from a whole different generation so I thought that was cool, but I think we’re obviously both very inspired by Carrie movie, I don’t know, I haven’t really thought about it.

The controversy took off after Courtney posted the Sour Prom art on her Instagram and wrote, “Spot the difference! #twinning!’

Olivia assumed she was getting a compliment and wrote, “Love you and live this so much” in the comments to Courtney’s post.

Courtney politely replied: ‘Olivia – you’re welcome. My favorite florist is in Notting Hill, London! Dm me for deets! Can’t wait to read your note! ‘

However, she was also visibly upset, because when a fan asked her if she was “crazy or not,” she remarked that Olivia “hadn’t asked.” So a bit of both. I dig the ways.

Meanwhile, other older singers are big fans of Olivia, including Avril Lavigne who expressed her admiration in Variety’s new profile.

“I think it’s important for people like Olivia to give an honest voice to so many young women who are still discovering themselves,” said Avril.

“His songs are his truth, and you can really feel it. You can tell it’s real by the way all of her fans cling to every word she says.

Taylor Swift, whom Olivia greatly admired as a child, sent the teenage pop actor a note providing him with advice.

“She wrote me a letter some time ago, and she wrote something about how you make your own luck in the world and how you treat other people, it always comes back to you,” Olivia recalls to Variety. .

Olivia, who stars in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, became a star earlier this year when her song Driver’s License became a smash hit.

Becoming an overnight sensation “has been the craziest time of my life,” she told Variety in her last interview.

She also opened up about unconfirmed rumors that the song was about a love triangle involving Olivia, her High School Musical: The Musical: The Show co-star Joshua Bassett and Disney + actress Sabrina Carpenter.

Olivia said of the song: “I turned it off not knowing she would get that reaction so it was really weird. [when] it made. i just remember [everyone being] so weird and speculative about things they had no idea about.

She noted, “I don’t really subscribe to the hatred of other women because of boys. I think it’s so stupid, and I really blame this story that was being started.

In a new profile from GQ, Joshua said that “it’s kind of like a lost cause trying to talk about all of this, and I refuse to feed the bullshit so I don’t.”

He explained, “Why don’t we focus on these women for who they are? Let’s focus on the art they make and how great they are instead of their relationship with a boy.