| “ | I had the title of GUTS and SOUR at the beginning… but for this album… I still have a few options in my brain… I have one that I think that’ll be the title. | ” |
– Rodrigo via Harper’s Bazaar | ||
OR3 is the placeholder title for the planned upcoming third studio album by Olivia Rodrigo.
Background
2023
In an interview with Open House Party in July 2023, Rodrigo confirmed that she was thinking of new ideas for her third album.
It’s more than likely that this album will follow the pattern of the previous albums and be a one-word, four-letter, capitalized word.
2024
In a newsletter on the first anniversary of Guts, Olivia thanked fans for listening and congratulating the album on it’s 1 year mark and also potentially teased the project as she stated ‘cheers to what’s to come!!!”
In an interview with Billboard, Rodrigo confirmed that writing songs is therapeutic to her and that she writes just for fun sometimes while also stating that she’ll be taking a ‘little vacation’ after the conclusion of the Guts World Tour.
In an interview with ET at the premiere of Rodrigo’s concert film, Rodrigo would confirm that after the tour she would be both vacationing and working on the new project.
2025
On March 7, 2025, Rodrigo teased her return to the studio via Instagram.
In an interview in July 2025, artist Inês Reis would confirm that she was approached by Rodrigo’s stylists, Chloe and Chanelle Delgadillo, to design numerous shirts for Rodrigo. Some of which featured random phrases. Reis would also confirm that these “phrases” were actually unreleased lyrics by Rodrigo.
On August 3, 2025, during her encore at her Osheaga festival date, Rodrigo would appear on stage sporting a red top with a sparkling ‘3’ in the middle, teasing the new project and confirmed that her GUTS era had officially concluded.
On September 8, 2025, on the second-year anniversary of GUTS, Rodrigo would state that she “couldn’t wait to share what’s next with [fans] soon” possibly teasing new music or the new project.
On October 10, 2025, Olivia would confirm that she is currently working on her next album via an interview from Amex.