Olivia O'Brien

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Olivia O'Brien
O'Brien performing at the Mack Sennett Studios in 2019
O'Brien performing at the Mack Sennett Studios in 2019
Background information
Birth nameOlivia Gail O'Brien[1]
Born (1999-11-26) November 26, 1999 (age 21)
Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Years active2013–present
LabelsIsland
Websiteoliviaobrienmusic.com

Olivia Gail O'Brien[1] (born November 26, 1999) is an American singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in 2016 after collaborating with Gnash on the single "I Hate U, I Love U", where she wrote and featured on the single,[2] it also peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States and number one in Australia, resulting in a recording contract with Island Records. Her debut studio album, Was It Even Real?, was released in April 2019. Her single "Josslyn" apart of her EP, The Results of My Poor Judgement, was popular on the media-sharing app TikTok and is another one of her well-known works.[3]

Early life[]

Olivia Gail O'Brien[1] was born on November 26, 1999, in Thousand Oaks, California.[4] She has been singing since she was seven years old, and taught herself to play guitar and piano.[4] She attended Justin-Siena High School in Napa, California.[5] She also skipped a grade (3rd), and attended monastery and catholic schools in her youth.[6] O'Brien also was bullied as a teenager, some of it stemming due to her socioeconomic class and the fact she was creating music.[6]

Career[]

2013–2019: Breakthrough and Was It Even Real?[]

O'Brien performing in Los Angeles in 2019.

O'Brien initially gained the attention of Gnash after posting a cover of one of his songs on SoundCloud, after beginning to create music at the age of 13.[7] Gnash reached out to O'Brien, expressing interest in her material, and asked for her to send him any original songs that she had. O'Brien then sent a voice note of her original song, "I Hate U, Love U", and he invited her to record the song with him in Los Angeles.[5] "I Hate U, I Love U" (stylized in lowercase) was released in March 2016, and appears on Gnash's third EP titled Us.[8] The single peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one in Australia.[9] Thereafter, O'Brien signed with Island Records and released her debut solo single, "Trust Issues", in August 2016, which premiered through Complex magazine.[10][11] Her second single, "Root Beer Float" featuring Blackbear, premiered on September 15, 2016.[12] O'Brien released a third single, "Find What You're Looking For", in October 2016.[13] O'Brien released "Hate U, Love U" as a single in December, the original solo version of "I Hate U, I Love U."[14][15] O'Brien also released an acoustic video for the song on December 20, 2016.[16] O'Brien made her television debut in July 2016 with Gnash performing "I Hate U, I Love U" on Late Night with Seth Meyers.[17] O'Brien and Gnash made their second television performance on September 19, 2016, performing "i hate u, i love u" on Today.[18]

In February 2017, O'Brien released "Empty" as the lead single from her debut extended play.[19] In March 2017, O'Brien was nominated for an iHeartRadio Music Award for Best Solo Breakout, but lost to Zayn Malik.[20] She released the next single from the EP in July, "RIP", with accompanying music video.[21][22] The third single, "No Love", followed in November along with her debut extended play, It's Not That Deep.[23] O'Brien featured in the acoustic version of Jack & Jack's single "Beg", released in January 2018.[24] In June 2018, a remix of "RIP" was released with the collaboration of G-Eazy and Drew Love.[25] In August 2018, "UDK" was released as the first promotional single from O'Brien's debut studio album.[26] O'Brien released the lead single, "I Don't Exist", in September, followed by "Care Less More" in November, both with accompanying music videos.[27] The third single, "Love Myself", was released on February 1, 2019.[28] In March, O'Brien announced that her debut studio album, Was It Even Real?, was scheduled for release on April 26, 2019. She then released "Just Friends" as the second promotional single, and "Just a Boy", as the final single before the release of the album.[29][30] In May 2019, O'Brien collaborated with the Norwegian group Seeb on "Fade Out".[31] The single was accompanied by a music video.[32]

2019–2020: Micromixtapes and Josslyn[]

O'Brien performing in Orlando in 2020.

On November 15, 2019, O'Brien released her second EP, It Was a Sad Fucking Summer.[33][34] The EP forms part of a series O'Brien describes as "micromixtapes".[33] With this, she also announced a tour, It Was a Sad F**king Tour. The tour took place from February 2020 to March 2020.[35] On February 6, 2020, O'Brien released her second micromixtape, The Results Of My Poor Judgement.[36] In April 2020, O'Brien was set to perform at Coachella Festival, which was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[37] The second track on The Results Of My Poor Judgement, "Josslyn", was made a single in early May 2020 due to a dance challenge on TikTok with users dancing to the song garnering the song success.[38] A "quarantine" music video shot at O'Brien's house in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic was released on May 8.[39] The single would be re-released on the Josslyn EP which included the original version of the song, a remix, a demo of the song and a radio edit on May 15.[40] A remix with rapper 24kGoldn was released on May 22,[41] whilst the original song was serviced to top 40 radio formats on June 2.[42]

2020–present: Episodes[]

On September 14, 2020,[43] she announced the release of a new single, "Now", which was later released that Friday, September 18.[44] "Now" was teased in various posts leading up to the official announcement.[45] O'Brien then released the single, "Better Than Feeling Lonely" on January 1, 2021,[46] after previously teasing the song on her Instagram and TikTok accounts.[46] On February 15, 2021, O'Brien uploaded two TikTok videos featuring songs "Sociopath" and "Bitch Back". She told her followers that the video with the most virtual interaction would be released as a single.[47][48] She then clarified that both are featured on her upcoming second studio album.[49] "Sociopath", after receiving the most virtual interaction, was released on April 9, 2021, as the first single from her upcoming album.[50][51] Later on April 9, 2021, she announced in an Instagram post that her album would be titled Episodes,[52] and that it would be released in two parts. Part one, titled Episodes: Season 1 was released on June 11, 2021.[53]

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

Title Details
Was It Even Real?
Episodes: Season 1
  • Released: June 11, 2021
  • Label: Island
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Episodes: Season 2
  • To be released
  • Label: Island

Extended plays[]

List of extended plays, with selected details
Title Details
It's Not That Deep[54]
  • Released: November 17, 2017
  • Label: Island
  • Format: Digital download
It Was A Sad Fucking Summer[55]
  • Released: November 15, 2019
  • Label: Island
  • Format: CD, digital download, streaming
The Results Of My Poor Judgement[56]
  • Released: February 7, 2020
  • Label: Island
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles[]

As lead artist[]

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[57] 		NZ
Hot
[58]
"Hate U, Love U" 2016 99 — Non-album single
"Empty" 2017 — — It's Not That Deep
"RIP"
(solo or featuring G-Eazy & Drew Love) 		— —
"I Don't Exist" 2018 — — Was It Even Real?
"Care Less More" — —
"Love Myself"
(solo or featuring Jesse) 		2019 — —
"Just a Boy" — —
"Fade Out"
(with Seeb and Space Primates) 		— — Sad in Scandinavia
"Josslyn"
(solo or with 24kGoldn) 		2020 — — The Results Of My Poor Judgement
"Now"[60] — 28 Non-album singles
"Better Than Feeling Lonely" 2021 — 17
"Sociopath" — — Episodes: Season 1
"No More Friends"
(with Oliver Sykes of Bring Me the Horizon) 		— —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As a featured artist[]

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[61] 		AUS
[62] 		AUT
[63] 		BEL
[64] 		CAN
[65] 		DEN
[66] 		ITA
[67] 		NZ
[68] 		SWE
[69] 		UK
[70]
"I Hate U, I Love U"[71]
(Gnash featuring Olivia O'Brien) 		2016 10 1 9 3 22 29 14 9 15 7 us
"Ringtone"
(Diamond White featuring Olivia O'Brien) 		2018 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Might Die Young"
(Bobby Brackins featuring Olivia O'Brien and Tinashe) 		— — — — — — — — — — To Kill For
"Blueberry Eyes"
(MAX featuring Olivia O'Brien, Suga and Lil Mosey) 		2021 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles[]

Title Year Album
"Complicated" 2015 Non-album promotional singles
"Trust Issues"[80] 2016
"Root Beer Float"
(featuring Blackbear)[81]
"Find What You're Looking For"
"Tequilawine" 2017 It's Not That Deep
"No Love"
"UDK" 2018 Was It Even Real?
"Just Friends" 2019

Songwriting credits[]

Song Year Artist(s) Album
"Fuckboy" 2021 Dixie D'Amelio TBA

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Work Result
2017 iHeart Radio Music Awards Best Solo Breakout Herself[20] Nominated
Radio Disney Music Awards Best Breakup Song "i hate u, i love u"[82] Nominated

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