Olivia Rodrigo Once Jokingly Tried ChatGPT for Song Titles and Was Not Impressed: ‘They’re All F—ing Awful’

 is not looking to let artificial intelligence into her songwriting process anytime soon.

In her Oct. 7 cover story with  , the 23-year-old pop star shares that she has a “hard line” when it comes to using AI in her music, though she and longtime producer   once made an exception to see what the technology could come up with for her.

“I would never use AI in any of my music,” she said. “Absolutely no. Hard line on that.”

Olivia Rodrigo for The Hollywood ReporterCredit: Emma Summerton

Olivia Rodrigo for The Hollywood Reporter
Credit: Emma Summerton

The closest Rodrigo has come to incorporating AI into her creative process was jokingly asking ChatGPT for some potential song titles. Needless to say, ChatGPT didn’t exactly impress ”  singer.

“The closest I’d ever got is that once, me and [producer] Dan [Nigro] were like, ‘God, I wonder what ideas ChatGPT would have for an Olivia Rodrigo title,’ and they’re all f—ing awful.”

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It’s no surprise that Rodrigo has little interest in outsourcing her songwriting process. Her hands-on approach is especially apparent on her latest album, which was shaped by something no chatbot could have planned for her.

“I went through a breakup,” she told THR.

Olivia Rodrigo for The Hollywood ReporterCredit: Emma Summerton

Olivia Rodrigo for The Hollywood Reporter
Credit: Emma Summerton

From there, Rodrigo decided to make the latter half of the album “pretty sad,” working with Nigro to write new songs and revisit tracks they had already recorded. Together, they rewrote and edited some of the songs to fit the new direction, adding more melancholy to what had originally been straightforward love songs.

Drawing from Rodrigo’s experience of being in a serious relationship for the first time as an adult, the album touches on the highs of falling in love as well as the uncertainty that came with watching the relationship change. It ultimately reflects how her understanding of that relationship evolved before and after the breakup.

The album has been widely linked to Rodrigo’s relationship with English actor . Some of the songs were written before the breakup and took on new meaning afterward, while others came from Rodrigo’s experience of navigating the end of the relationship and being single again.

In “Expectations,” she even finds herself back in the Los Angeles dating scene, joking that she doesn’t think her “future husband’s at this bar in Silver Lake.”

Olivia Rodrigo for The Hollywood Reporter

Olivia Rodrigo for The Hollywood Reporter

For Rodrigo, one of the clearest examples of her changed perspective during the album-making process is “What’s Wrong with Me.” Originally, the song was about being so deeply in love with someone that it made her feel a little crazy.

“‘What’s Wrong with Me,’ for example, was originally about ‘being in love with this person so much that I’m crazy. Then, post-breakup, you change perspective,'” Rodrigo says. “It becomes, ‘Oh, I’m depressed and it’s because this relationship isn’t serving me anymore.’ That was a fun challenge.”

Olivia Rodrigo for The Hollywood ReporterCredit: Emma Summerton

Olivia Rodrigo for The Hollywood Reporter
Credit: Emma Summerton

The process also pushed Rodrigo to embrace something she says she’s had to learn as she has grown as a songwriter: editing.

“When you’re young, you just write and write and write. Editing has been something I’ve had to learn to do as I’ve become more of a quote-unquote professional songwriter.”

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