Olivia Rodrigo is loving Ariana Grande‘s recent album petal so much, you might just hear her cover one of the songs from the project someday.
In a Wonderland interview published Tuesday (Aug. 25) ahead of her Daisy Chain Fields festival, Rodrigo gushed about Sienna Spiro and Role Model’s recent covers of her music before answering a question about whether there was a song by another artist she’d like to put her own spin on soon. “I’ve been listening to Ariana’s album a lot, so maybe something from Ariana’s album,” the former Disney star said.
“It’s so exciting to have people cover your songs,” Rodrigo also told the publication. “It’s like the coolest thing ever. Role Model covered ‘maggots for brains,’ and Sienna Spiro covered my song ‘less’ the other day. It was just so much fun, and it’s so flattering because I think both of them are incredible artists, and to get to see their take on the song is really special.”
Both Spiro and Role Model shared their takes on Rodrigo songs for the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, where Rodrigo herself has previously delivered covers of Noah Kahan’s “Stick Season” and CMAT’s “When a Good Man Cries.” Grande’s music has made for some memorable Live Lounge performances over the years, from Hozier performing “Problem” in 2015 to The 1975 covering “Thank U, Next” in 2018 and Gracie Abrams singing “We Can’t Be Friends” earlier this year.
It’s only been about a month since petal dropped in late July, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 after landing a Billboard Hot 100-topping single with “Hate That I Made You Love Me.” Rodrigo is also fresh off the release of a new album, with you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love also entering the U.S. albums chart at No. 1 and hosting a No. 1 Hot 100 hit with “Drop Dead.”
The two pop stars have previously nodded to their fandom of each other, with Rodrigo dancing to “The Boy Is Mine” in a TikTok that Grande reposted on her Instagram Story a couple of years ago. When the Wicked star was a coach on The Voice, she at one point praised Rodrigo’s breakout hit after a contestant auditioned with “Drivers License.”
“Covering a song that is as big and as good as drivers license is a tall order,” Grande said at the time.
Rodrigo is currently gearing up to host the inaugural Daisy Chain Fields, a festival she created to raise money for causes supporting women and girls. She also personally curated the event’s all-women lineup, which includes Chappell Roan, Doechii, KATSEYE, Stevie Nicks and more.
“I feel like Daisy Chain Fields is going to be such a magical day,” Rodrigo told Wonderland. “I literally can’t wait … There are so many of my friends and my heroes [on the lineup], and I can’t wait to watch all of the sets, and I just think they’re incredible human beings also because they are donating their time and doing this completely for free and for charity. Everything about it is just incredible and very special.”
