Zack Bia insists that he’s not the “bloodsucker” in his former girlfriend Olivia Rodrigo’s hit single “Vampire.” The DJ, 27, broke his silence in regards to the tune’s which means throughout a brand new interview with GQ.
“I think everyone that knows me personally loves me,” Zack mentioned within the interview that was revealed on Monday, September 18. “I don’t think it’s really about me. I think the Internet just ran with it.”
Since Zack and Olivia, 20, are each musicians, he advised the publication that he is aware of “how a song gets made” as a result of he’s “in the industry.” Nevertheless, he doesn’t imagine that their previous romance might have impressed such a darkish breakup monitor.
“We hung out, we’re both busy, and we ended up not furthering our relationship,” the report government concluded. “There was never any drama, you know?”
Whomever the “fame f—ker” is behind Olivia’s tune, Zack famous that the piano-driven pop anthem from Guts is “so big and awesome” and an “undefeated formula” as a “heartbreak song for the summertime.”
Rumors about Zack rapidly went viral on-line after “Vampire” was launched on June 30 together with its accompanying music video. All through the three-minute tune, the “Good 4 U” artist is singing a few former flame who’s older than her. Followers identified the lyric “‘Went for me and not her / ‘Cause girls your age know better.” Not only that, but since Olivia and Zack’s relationship reportedly lasted about six months, Livies couldn’t assist however discover the opposite lyric, “Six months of torture you sold as some forbidden paradise.”
Nevertheless, Zack didn’t attempt to shut down the rumors about him as a result of he admires Olivia’s songwriting. “Look, the momentum of a song is so special,” he defined to GQ. “I think Olivia is a generational songwriter. I think she’s a generational talent. I’m always just proud of her continued accomplishments.”
The Discipline Journey Recordings cofounder isn’t the one particular person whom followers speculated is behind well-known tune. Others even thought that Taylor Swift was the “vampire” due to a rumored feud between the 2 singers. Beforehand, for her Bitter album, Olivia needed to give songwriting credit score to a number of musicians for a few of the report’s tracks. The album credit Taylor, 33, for “1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back” and “Deja Vu.”
Nevertheless, the “Driver’s License” artist lately shut down the hypothesis in her current Rolling Stone interview, insisting that she doesn’t “have beef with anyone.”
