Is Joshua Bassett sending for Olivia Rodrigo on new track "Lie Lie Lie"?

"Lie Lie Lie" marks Bassett's first outing of 2021, and arrives as a taster of his upcoming debut EP which will arrive via Warner Records later this year.

Bassett's new single arrives exactly a week on from Olivia Rodrigo's huge debut single "drivers license", which broke Spotify's record for the most daily streams on a non-holiday song (over 17 million streams on 12 January), and a lot of fans reckon the track is a response to Rodrigo's track.

In his own words, Bassett says of the song, "I wrote "Lie, Lie, Lie" after I found out someone close to me had been lying about me behind my back for a long time. It always sucks 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."

Despite Bassett not confirming or denying if it could be about Rodrigo, there are similarities between both videos, with Bassett hanging out of a car window with neon lighting, similar to Rodrigo leaning off the back of a car in her "drivers license" video, further prompting fans to think that Bassett's new single is about his side of their relationship.

[olivia rodrigo driver's license/joshua bassett lie lie lie]

if 2 ppl not meant for each other, then why music video ideas the same? pic.twitter.com/3ibRkr45YW

— stan filipino kpop idol kriesha chu! (@stankrieshachu) January 14, 2021

ok idc whether or not olivia rodrigo and joshua bassett wrote the songs for each other but dont lie the lyrics and these two music videos have so many similarities its looks like were watching 2 sides of a break up THEY LITERALLY HAVE THE SAME IDEAS- pic.twitter.com/moqDQrbDM2

— stan filipino kpop idol kriesha chu! (@stankrieshachu) January 14, 2021

Fans have also compared lyrics between both songs, and when put together it could be viewed as a direct conversation.

IM CRYING I KNOW JOSHUA BASSETT'S SONG PROB ISNT ABOUT OLIVIA RODRIGO BUT LOOK AT DRIVERS LICENSE LYRICS WITH LIE LIE LIE LYRICS

its sounds like some break up convo- pic.twitter.com/0pXT4pLMIW

— stan filipino kpop idol kriesha chu! (@stankrieshachu) January 15, 2021

Other fans have pointed out that Bassett's track can't be about Rodrigo, as he apparently wrote the track back in November 2019, before his reported relationship with Rodrigo.

Joshua Bassett's song "Lie Lie Lie" has nothing to do with Olivia or this whole triangle bullshit between Him, Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter. Josh wrote "Lie Lie Lie" back in November of 2019.
[Credit: @hsmtmts_tea on TikTok] pic.twitter.com/doopWM1tRB

— Tyqueze Irby (@TyquezeIrby) January 13, 2021