Olivia O'Brien
California's Olivia O'Brien is a vocalist with a bent toward dance-oriented electronic pop and emotive balladry. She made her breakthrough in the late 2010s on her collaboration with gnash, "i hate u, i love u," which peaked in the Top Ten of the Hot 100. This paved the way for her debut album, 2019's Was It Even Real?, as well as EPs like 2020's The Results of My Poor Judgement and 2021's Episodes: Season 1. She teamed up with FLETCHER in 2022 for the hit single "Bitch Back, and launched her own Girlhood Records with the 2024 EPs Love & Limerence and Everywhere I Go, There I Am.
Born in Thousand Oaks, California, in 1999, O'Brien grew up singing from a young age and taught herself to play guitar and piano. By her teens she was writing her own songs as well as posting covers online. Eventually, she caught the ear of Los Angeles-based singer/rapper/producer gnash, whose song "Disposable" she had covered. He requested to hear her original material, and they began collaborating. In 2015, they posted their version of her song "i hate u, i love you" online. The following year, gnash included the song on his debut EP, us, and released it commercially as a single. It immediately caught on, hitting number one in Australia and landing in the Top Ten in the U.S.
In August 2016, after signing with Island Records, O'Brien released her debut solo single, "Trust Issues." Several more singles followed, including "Root Beer Float" featuring Blackbear, "Find What You're Looking For," "Empty," and "RIP." The latter two tracks appeared on her 2017 EP It's Not That Deep (Island). The following year, she hopped onto "Beg" with Jack & Jack, later recruiting G-Eazy and Drew Love for a remix of "RIP."
In late 2018, the singles "UDK," "I Don't Exist," and "I Care More" appeared ahead of the release of her first full-length effort, Was It Even Real?, which arrived in spring 2019. In 2020, O'Brien stayed busy issuing a handful of EPs, including The Results of My Poor Judgement, Josslyn, and Hope That It Was Worth It. During the early months of 2021, she delivered several singles including "Better Than Feeling Lonely" and "Sociopath," the latter of which was included on her fourth EP, Episodes: Season 1, along with the song "No More Friends" featuring Oliver Sykes of Bring Me the Horizon.
O'Brien kicked off 2022 with the FLETCHER-assisted hit "Bitch Back," with "Never Be the One" arriving later that year. She also left Island Records and founded her own Girlhood Records, heralding the label launch in June 2024 with the EP Love & Limerence, featuring the single "Blip." Another EP, Everywhere I Go, There I Am, arrived that November with the singles "Lower" and "All the Time."
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Discography
84 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Was It Even Real?
Pop - Released by Island Records on 26 Apr 2019
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Caught Up
Dance - Released by Darkroom - Interscope Records on 13 May 2022
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Episodes: Season 1
Pop - Released by Island Records on 11 Jun 2021
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The Results Of My Poor Judgement
Pop - Released by Island Records on 7 Feb 2020
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A Means To An End
Pop - Released by Island Records on 18 Nov 2022
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It Was A Sad Fucking Summer
Pop - Released by Island Records on 15 Nov 2019
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Was It Even Real?
Pop - Released by Island Records on 26 Apr 2019
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Better Than Feeling Lonely
Pop - Released by Island Records on 1 Jan 2021
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The Results Of My Poor Judgement
Pop - Released by Island Records on 19 Jun 2020
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A Means To An End
Pop - Released by Island Records on 18 Nov 2022
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out of your league (but i want you so bad)
Pop - Released by Girlhood Records on 2 Aug 2024
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Better Than Feeling Lonely
Pop - Released by Island Records on 1 Jan 2021
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It's Christmas Time
Christmas Music - Released by Island Records on 12 Nov 2021
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Bitches These Days
Pop - Released by Island Records on 1 Apr 2022
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