Olivia Rodrigo stuns as the first Fil-Am on the cover of Vogue US
Photo by Théo de Gueltzl for Vogue
A Filipino American is finally on the cover of American Vogue, and another Filipino American got to profile her for the story.
Ahead of the release of her upcoming album “Guts,” Olivia Rodrigo makes her story as she stuns on the latest Vogue cover, and writer Jia Tolentino is dishing details on their East Village meet-up where they talked about Rodrigo’s 20s and how all Filipinos can, purportedly, sing.
On the cover, the 20-year-old from Riverside County, Southern California, stuns in a metallic Emporio Armani dress. Other notable looks in the spread include a whimsical Loewe top and Prada skirt pairing. There are also ’60s callbacks with Miu Miu dresses.
Tolentino gushed over getting to hang with Rodrigo at the A-1 Record Shop in East Village and Mogador on St. Marks “just before she got the keys to her new apartment, her SATC era, her whole twenties.”
A photo of Olivia Rodrigo at the A-1 Record Shop taken by Jia Tolentino
“Her paternal family is Filipino, as my family is, and in A-1 Records, we joke about the more-or-less accurate ethnic stereotype about Filipinos: We all know how to sing,” writes Tolentino in the profile.
Olivia Rodrigo, living the dream
Rodrigo opened up about pursuing her Hollywood dreams at a young age. She also talked about heartbreak, “Peter Pan boys,” her penchant for writing autobiographical, and the public’s interest in her relationships. The pop star also shared being possibly not single and moving to New York, where she’s currently living her “Sex & The City” fantasy.
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On her Instagram Story, Tolentino also shared how when she told Rodrigo that her daughter is “half white, half Filipino, like she is,” the singer replied, “OMG! She’ll probably look like me!”
Another interesting anecdote in the story is how Rodrigo brought up a piece about abortion that Tolentino wrote in 2022. “The reproductive rights rollback, [Rodrigo] says, feels ‘actually insane—I think it’s sickening.’ We talk about how many girls in her generation, and in my daughter’s, and in mine, will be ‘forced to give birth if they get pregnant,’ she says.”
Preorders for “Guts” began on June 26, and it is set for release on Sept. 8. Its massive lead single “Vampire” is out and climbing towards a number one debut on the music charts.
