Madison Beer Praises Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Vampire’ While Seemingly Shading Ex Zack Bia
06.07.2023 - 01:03
/ usmagazine.com
Madison Beer credited Olivia Rodrigo for an uptick in song streams after the two women allegedly wrote breakup tracks about mutual ex Zack Bia.
“Thank [you] miss olivia <3,” Beer, 24, commented in a since-deleted tweet on Tuesday, July 4, in response to Pop Crave’s stats that revealed her 2021 track “Selfish” had seen an increase in downloads since Rodrigo, 20, released her new single “Vampire” last week.
Beer also praised Rodrigo’s artistry on the track, which serves at the debut single off of Rodrigo’s upcoming sophomore album, Guts. When asked her “opinions” on the song, Beer tweeted: “F—king beautiful. Truly think it’s so special and showcases her growth so amazingly. Really Really impressive.”
When Rodrigo released “Vampire” on June 30, fans immediately began to speculate that the track was about Bia, 27. The “Driver’s License” singer and the DJ were first spotted together in April 2022 before Us Weekly confirmed six months later that they had called it quits.
Prior to his romance with Rodrigo, Bia famously dated Beer on and off for two years until their 2019 split. While Beer never shared the reason for the pair’s breakup, she posted a cryptic message via social media at the time, writing via Twitter, “Before you diagnose yourself with depression and anxiety make sure you’re not just surrounded by a—holes and people who don’t care about you.”
Beer later released “Selfish,” on which she sings about dating a person who won’t be honest with her.
“I bet you thought you gave me real love / But we spent it all in nightclubs / All you ever wanna do is lie / Why you always such a Gemini?” she sings on the track. (Bia’s birthday is June 9, which falls under the Gemini astrological sign.) The song also