Olivia O'Brien is a California-born pop and R&B singer-songwriter who first broke through globally in 2016 with the Billboard Hot 100 top ten smash "i hate u, i love u" alongside Gnash, a song she wrote at age 15 that went number one in Australia and has since surpassed 450 million streams on Spotify. After parting ways with Island Records in 2023 to take full creative control, Olivia O'Brien launched her own imprint Girlhood Records in 2024 through Warner Music Group's ADA and has released two EPs under the label: Love and Limerence in June 2024 and Everywhere I Go, There I Am in November 2024, both earning praise for her return to raw, confessional songwriting rooted in her Nashville writing sessions. With over 3.7 million monthly Spotify listeners and a catalog including fan favorites "Empty," "Josslyn," and "Bandaid on a Bullet Hole," she commands a devoted Gen Z audience drawn to her unfiltered takes on heartbreak, identity, and self-discovery in the tradition of artists like Gracie Abrams and Maisie Peters. Olivia O'Brien is a compelling choice for college concerts, university homecoming events, and intimate festival stages where honest, emotionally resonant pop singer-songwriter sets connect directly with young adult audiences.
