The Real Meaning Behind Olivia Rodrigo's 'Happier'

May 2024 · 2 minute read

If Olivia Rodrigo's "Drivers License" is about her watching her ex move onto another relationship, then "Happier" is about her trying to come to terms with it. Rodrigo sings, "We broke up a month ago / Your friends are mine, you know, I know / You've moved on,foundsomeone new," adding that the girl is one who "who brings out the betterin you."

Needless to say, fans are wondering if this track is about her ex, Joshua Bassett, and his subsequent relationship with Sabrina Carpenter — though Rodrigo hasn't confirmed or denied that.

"Oh, I hope you're happy," Rodrigo on the chorus. "But not like how you were with me / I'm selfish, I know, I can't let you go." She hopes her ex finds "someone great," but no one that's "better" than she is. "I hope you're happy, but don't be happier," Rodrigo sings gently.

In the second verse, Rodrigo wonders if her ex used the same pick-up lines as he did with her. "And do you tell her she's the most beautiful girl you've ever seen? / An eternal love bulls*** you know you'll never mean," she questions.

Rodrigo then realizes picking the new girlfriend apart doesn't do her any good, and wishes her ex "all the best" in his relationship, but hopes that he won't forget the "happier" times he had with her — proving that she has yet to let go of her heartbreak.

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