Olivia Rodrigo was living that Y/N life when she and Harry Styles hung out together, years after she wrote One Direction fan fiction as a child.
While appearing on a Music Makes Us podcast episode posted Tuesday, the Gen Z pop star revealed that she, like so many other girls in the age of Wattpad, used to pen stories about the former boy band — something that made meeting one of the members extra special after she also became famous. “I used to write One Direction fan fiction when I was in elementary school,” she began.
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“Many years later, I hung out with Harry Styles, and we got tea, and we walked around,” Rodrigo continued, laughing. “And I got home, and I was like, ‘What the f—?’ I feel like I, like, wrote that in a fan fiction, and now I’ve lived it. That is so crazy how that can happen in your life.”
Calling the British musician “so sweet,” Rodrigo added, “I remember being like, ‘If I told 10-year-old Olivia, she’d be like, shut the f— up, you’re lying.’”
Styles is just one of many musicians who’ve embraced the California native since she shot to fame in 2021 with breakout hit “Drivers License.” On the podcast, Rodrigo also spoke about getting support from childhood idols Lorde and Jack White — for whom she used to run a White Stripes fan account on Instagram.
It’s been more than two years since Rodrigo last dropped an album, topping the Billboard 200 with Guts in 2023. It’s been even longer since Styles released an LP, with the singer taking a step back from the spotlight these past couple of years after Harry’s House arrived in 2022 and later won album of the year at the Grammys.
Fans have, however, seen Styles pop up in random places at various times in 2025. In addition to running the Tokyo and Berlin marathons this year, Styles recently appeared with friends — including rumored girlfriend Zoë Kravitz — in photos posted Tuesday on Instagram by DJ Ben Klock.
Listen to Rodrigo recap meeting Styles on Music Makes Us below.
