Olivia Rodrigo Praises Justin Bieber’s ‘Epic’ Coachella Set: ‘It Was Really Powerful’
"When he sang 'Baby,' I think I lost my mind," the pop star said.
Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrigo is a big fan of Justin Bieber’s headlining set at this year’s Coachella.
In an interview with Audacy Check In posted Thursday (April 23), the Gen-Z pop star praised a number of acts she saw recently at the second weekend of the festival — including Nine Inch Nails and David Byrne — before raving about the Saturday main-stage closer. “I did see Bieber, it was so epic,” she told host Bru. “I loved it.”
“When he sang ‘Baby,’ I think I lost my mind,” she continued about the lead single from Bieber’s 2010 debut album. “I thought it was so beautiful the way he did it with the laptop, too. It almost felt like he was paying homage to his younger self, having his younger self on screen, seeing him in real life so happy. It was really powerful.”
Bieber’s was one of the most talked-about sets from this year’s Coachella. Beyond serenading Billie Eilish on stage and duetting with SZA at weekend two, he also poignantly searched through YouTube videos of his preteen self on his computer as the crowd looked on.
That same day, Rodrigo made a surprise appearance during Addison Rae’s set to perform “Drop Dead,” the former’s newly released lead single from upcoming album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love (June 12). “I’ve known her [Rae] for so long,” the Grammy winner said on Audacy Check In. “She has such a vision and is such like a positive, wonderful person and I’m just so happy she’s having so much success.”
“We’re friends,” Rodrigo added of how the cameo came to be. “We text all the time, and I text her, and I was like, ‘Maybe I could come out at Coachella. I feel like the song is so fun and free and very you.’ And she was so stoked.”
Watch her full interview below:
