Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘So American’ Lyrics Seem to Be a Love Letter to Her British Boyfriend, Louis Partridge
Olivia Rodrigo did more than just drop the music video for “Obsessed” last night. The singer also released a new song, “So American,” which doesn’t really hide the fact it’s a love letter to her British boyfriend, actor Louis Partridge. The song is part of Guts (Spilled), her album’s new deluxe edition.
While Rodrigo never says Partridge by name, she alludes to the non-American guy she’s dating and hints at him in her lyrics. Examples include: “Drivin’ on the right-side road,” while in Britain, people drive on the left, and the couple was first seen kissing at a gas station in New York. But the most prominent line is in the chorus, where she stresses her new partner is not the U.S.: “And he says I’m so American / Oh God, I’m gonna marry him / If he keeps this shit up.”