Olivia O'Brien

Olivia Gail O'Brien She has been singing since she was seven years old, and taught herself to play guitar and piano. She also skipped third grade and attended Montessori and Catholic schools in her youth. O'Brien also was bullied as a teenager, some of it stemming from her social class and the fact she was creating music. 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. The single peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one in Australia. Thereafter, O'Brien signed with Island Records and released her debut solo single, "Trust Issues", in August 2016, which premiered through Complex magazine. Her second single, "Root Beer Float" featuring Blackbear, premiered on September 15, 2016. O'Brien released a third single, "Find What You're Looking For", in October 2016. O'Brien released "Hate U, Love U" as a single in December, the original solo version of "I Hate U, I Love U". O'Brien also released an acoustic video for the song on December 20, 2016. O'Brien made her television debut in July 2016 with Gnash performing "I Hate U, I Love U" on Late Night with Seth Meyers. O'Brien and Gnash made their second television performance on September 19, 2016, performing "i hate u, i love u" on Today.

In February 2017, O'Brien released "Empty" as the lead single from her debut extended play. In March 2017, O'Brien was nominated for an iHeartRadio Music Award for Best Solo Breakout, but lost to Zayn Malik. She released the next single from the EP in July, "RIP", with accompanying music video. The third single, "No Love", followed in November along with her debut extended play, It's Not That Deep. O'Brien featured in the acoustic version of Jack & Jack's single "Beg", released in January 2018. In June 2018, a remix of "RIP" was released with the collaboration of G-Eazy and Drew Love. In August 2018, "UDK" was released as the first promotional single from O'Brien's debut studio album. O'Brien released the lead single, "I Don't Exist", in September, followed by "Care Less More" in November, both with accompanying music videos. The third single, "Love Myself", was released on February 1, 2019. 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. In May 2019, O'Brien collaborated with the Norwegian group Seeb on "Fade Out". The single was accompanied by a music video.

2019–2023: Micromixtapes and Episodes

On November 15, 2019, she released a project called It Was a Sad Fucking Summer as the first release from a series of "micro-mixtapes" leading to her next album. She also announced a tour, It Was a Sad F**king Tour, beginning in February 2020. On February 6, 2020, O'Brien released her second micro-mixtape, The Results Of My Poor Judgement. In April 2020, O'Brien was set to perform at Coachella Festival, which was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A track from the tape called "Josslyn" gained traction on streaming services and radio airplay when users on TikTok began doing dance challenges to the song. A "quarantine" music video shot at O'Brien's house in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic was released on May 8. 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. A remix with rapper 24kGoldn was released on May 22, whilst the original song was serviced to top 40 radio formats on June 2.

On September 18, 2020, O'Brien released a single titled "Now" along with a music video. O'Brien released the single, "Better Than Feeling Lonely" on January 1, 2021. On April 9, 2021, O'Brien released "Sociopath" as the lead single for her scrapped album following an online fan vote between it and "Bitch Back", which was later released, featuring FLETCHER on August 5, 2022. The first part of what would have been her second studio album was released on June 11, 2021, under the name Episodes: Season 1. The track "No More Friends" features from Oli Sykes. To support the project, O'Brien embarked on the Olivia O'Brien Show tour in late 2021. However, O'Brien canceled the release of the second half of the album, saying she "[doesn't] want to worry about making a project right now", and that she's "just putting out songs at this point". However, she has also said that "if at some point [her team and her] want to compile [the upcoming songs] together", they could make that compilation into Episodes: Season 2.

2023–present: Independent releases and Pixie In March 2023, O'Brien announced via TikTok that she had left Island Records as a result of a variety of creative differences. She released three singles as an independent artist throughout that year, including "Born With a Broken Heart", "I Should've Fucked Your Brother", and "Bandaid On A Bullet Hole." In 2024, O'Brien launched an independent record label named Girlhood Records, with distribution through Warner Music Group's ADA, and released the extended plays Love & Limerence and Everywhere I Go, There I Am. In March 2026, after teasing new music, O'Brien announced that she had signed with Gamma for her next album, and in May, she announced that her second studio album Pixie would be released in July. She was later announced as the opening act for Benson Boone's Wanted Man Tour. Her second studio album, Pixie, was released on July 17, following the releases of four singles, "Icarus", "I'm Perfect", "The Masochist", and "I Always Say I'm Leaving".

Personal life O'Brien came out as bisexual via Twitter in July 2022.

Discography Studio albums Title DetailsWas It Even Real? Released: April 26, 2019 Label: Island Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming Pixie Scheduled: July 17, 2026 Label: Gamma Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming

Extended plays Title Details It's Not That Deep Released: November 17, 2017 Label: Island Format: Digital download, streaming Episodes: Season 1 Released: June 11, 2021 Label: Island Format: Digital download, streaming Love & Limerence Released: June 21, 2024 Label: Girlhood Format: Digital download, streaming Everywhere I Go, There I Am Released: November 15, 2024 Label: Girlhood Format: Digital download, streaming

Mixtapes Title Details It Was A Sad Fucking Summer Released: November 15, 2019 Label: Island Format: CD, digital download, streaming The Results Of My Poor Judgement Released: February 7, 2020 Label: Island Format: Digital download, streamingA Means to An End Released: November 18, 2022 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 AlbumUS NZHot "Empty"2017 — —It's Not That Deep"RIP" (solo or featuring G-Eazy and 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 — — RIAA: Gold The Results Of My Poor Judgement "Now" — 28 "Better Than Feeling Lonely" 2021 — 17 "Sociopath" — — Episodes: Season 1 "No More Friends" (with Oliver Sykes of Bring Me the Horizon) — — "Bitches These Days" 2022 — — "Caught Up"(with Gryffin) — — Alive "Bitch Back" (with Fletcher) —— "I Should've Fucked Your Brother" 2023 — — "Bandaid On a Bullet Hole" — — "Blip" 2024 — — Love & Limerence "Glimpse of Me" — — "Out Of Your League (But I Want You So Bad)" — — "Icarus" 2026 — — Pixie "I'm Perfect" — — "The Masochist" — — "I Always Say I'm Leaving" — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As 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 AUS AUT BEL CAN DEN ITA NZ SWE UK "I Hate U, I Love U" (Gnash featuring Olivia O'Brien)2016 10 1 9 3 22 29 14 9 15 7 RIAA: 6× Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum BEA: Platinum BPI: 2× Platinum FIMI: Gold IFPI DEN: Gold MC: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum us"Ringtone" (Diamond White featuring Olivia O'Brien)2018 — — — — — — — — — — "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 — — — — — — — — — — Colour Vision (Deluxe)"Claim" (Drumaq featuring Olivia O'Brien)2022 — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

Songwriting credits Song Year Artist(s) Album "Fuckboy"