The huge celebrity story you definitely missed at the Grammys.

Among all the iconic moments of this year's Grammys, there was one celebrity story that seemed to fly completely under everyone's radar. And no… it didn't happen on the actual stage, but in the sea of celebs who were sitting in the audience.

Two pop princesses who were at the centre of one of music's most talked-about dramas in recent history finally hugged it out.

Yes, we're talking about Sabrina Carpenter and Olivia Rodrigo — the two women who've been pitted against each other since Olivia Rodrigo released that song; you know, the one about the boy and the driver's license? Now, it seems the singers have set aside their differences.

Sabrina Carpenter won her first Grammy in 2025. Image: Getty.

In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment captured on camera inside the Grammys venue, Olivia actually left her seat (and her very cute British boyfriend, Louis Partridge) to make her way over to Sabrina's table.

Olivia was spotted kneeling down next to Sabrina's chair for a proper chat — the kind where you have to get close because the music's too loud, and you're trying not to yell.

Taylor Swift can be seen in the forefront of the video, but as she moves aside, the Olivia-Sabrina interaction is revealed. This is significant in itself, because Taylor and Olivia allegedly had their own drama years ago over songwriting credits. When Taylor asked Sabrina to be the opening act on The Eras Tour, people immediately assumed she had taken a side.

But! It seems all is well in the land of pop girlies.

It's wholesome, it's sweet, and it's the 2025 plot twist we did not see coming (but can't get enough of). It seems both artists have well and truly moved on from the drama. And honestly? We're here for this kind of growth.

Olivia attended the 2025 Grammys with her boyfriend, Louis Partridge. Image: Getty.

But in case you missed the drama between Olivia and Sabrina — or just want to take a walk down memory lane — let us explain the one-time love triangle of the decade, which dominated headlines, sparked endless TikTok theories, and had fans choosing sides back in 2021.

How the love-triangle all started.

Let's cast our minds back to 2019.

Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett were co-stars on the ludicrously titled Disney+ original show High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. They played ex-couple Nini and Ricky.

This is them. Image: Getty.

The pair had plenty of on-screen chemistry and were clearly friends IRL, which led fans of the show to speculate that they were dating. As it turns out, yes. They were. Emphasis on the past tense, here!

They broke up, and soon enough, Joshua began dating another Disney star — none other than Sabrina Carpenter — which you'll soon see is very important information.

This is her. Image: Getty.

A quick rundown on Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett's relationship.

The timeline of this relationship is a bit sketchy, because they didn't make their relationship public, but we can make educated guesses.

The first season of HSMTMTS (seriously, WTF) filmed in the first half of 2019, and in March 2020, Olivia shared parts of a love song she said she'd written about someone with a "brown-eyed grin" and messy hair.

Ahem:

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By May 2020, fans noticed Olivia and Joshua stopped liking each other's Instagram posts. In June, Joshua was seen with Sabrina for the first time.

In July, Olivia posted about getting her driver's licence. Notably, she had mentioned in an interview that Joshua had taught her to drive in a parking lot.

Not long after, she posted an early version of her song 'Drivers License' — which you definitely heard at the time — on Instagram.

That same month, Sabrina appeared (secretly) in one of Joshua's music videos.

Olivia then posted a TikTok featuring a song from HSMTMTS (honestly can't deal with this show's name) where her character sings about Joshua's character. She captioned the video: "And that's on failed relationships".

Yikes.

So by mid/late 2020, Olivia and Joshua had broken up, and he'd begun dating Sabrina.

They have never really confirmed it, but were spotted out and about and made TikToks together. I'm guessing that's how Gen Z make relationship announcements.

Enter: a collection of very dramatic songs.

We haven't seen young adult relationship drama play out in song like this since the Jonas Brothers dated all of 2007/2008's Disney and Disney-adjacent stars, sparking years' worth of breakup bangers.

On January 4 2021, Olivia announced the release of her debut single, 'Drivers License'.

Literally an hour later, Joshua announced his new single called 'Lie Lie Lie'.

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It was very petty, and everyone loved it.

'Driver's License' was released on January 8, and its lyrics only added fuel to this fire.

In the song, Olivia laments the end of her relationship as she drives through the streets after getting her license.

You've heard this 8,000 times on the radio, but to recap, she sings:

"And you're probably with that blonde girl / Who always made me doubt / She's so much older than me / She's everything I'm insecure about" and ummmmm, Sabrina is blonde and four years older than her.

Right. Well, that was the first domino.

Soon after, more fell. Joshua's song 'Lie Lie Lie' was released, but interestingly, he quickly shut down speculation that it was a response to Olivia.

"I wrote 'Lie, Lie, Lie' after I found out a friend had been lying about me behind my back for a long time," he wrote on Instagram.

"It always hurts to hear that someone you thought you could trust would throw you under the bus when it benefits them. It happens to all of us, and I think all you can do is seek out people that build you up rather than tear you down."

Later in January, Sabrina released her own song, 'Skin', that made it... quite obvious she was the "blonde girl" in Olivia's song with the lyrics: "Maybe you didn't mean it / Maybe blonde was the only rhyme".

Buuuut on Instagram, she also said she wasn't keen on the drama.

"I wasn’t bothered by a few lines in a (magnificent) song and wrote a diss track about it. I was at a tipping point in my life for countless reasons. So I was inspired to do what I usually do to cope, write something that I wish I could have told myself in the past." She said "some lines address a specific situation" while others do not.

Olivia's second single 'Deja Vu' also addressed Joshua, and she sang about how all the things he does in his current relationship (like singing 'Uptown Girl' by Billy Joel) are things she taught him. Eek.

Throughout it all, the trio spent a lot of time in interviews addressing the drama, or mostly... refusing to address it.

Joshua actually hyped up Olivia's music on social media on several occasions, and he decided not to release a duet he and Sabrina had made together.

This whole thing was even the basis of a Saturday Night Live skit.

"This is also my coming out video, I guess."

In May that same year, this love triangle turned into a love square... at least theoretically.

On May 10 2021, Joshua came out during an interview when sharing he had a crush on Harry Styles.

"I think he's a nice guy, doesn't say too much, but when he talks, it matters," he said during a talk with Clevver News.

"He's just cool. Who doesn't think Harry Styles is cool? Also, he's hot, you know? He's very charming too.

"Lots of things. This is also my coming out video, I guess."

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This naturally led to further speculation online, which Joshua acknowledged a day later with a social media statement. In it, he did not label his sexuality but instead encouraged everyone to love whoever they wanted to love.

"My entire life people have told me my sexuality," he wrote.

"People have shamed me for things they know nothing about. I want to say thank you to those of you who stand for love and acceptance... It's 2021. We are the generation of love & growth, it's time we start acting like it."

He concluded by telling his followers to "love who you love shamelessly".

"It's ok to still be figuring out who you are. Life's too short to let ignorance and hatred win. I choose love."

Olivia and Joshua seemingly squashed their beef.

Olivia and Joshua reunited in 2022. Image: Getty.

In a move that shocked the internet, Olivia and Joshua had what might be the most mature red carpet reunion we'd seen in a while.

At the season 3 premiere of HSMTMTS in 2022, the former co-stars didn't just awkwardly dodge each other — they actually posed for photos together.

The reunion seemed to signal that whatever inspired those heart-wrenching lyrics and chart-topping breakup anthems is now firmly in the past. And we're happy for them.

This article was originally published on January 12, 2021, and has since been updated.

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