Olivia Rodrigo Shares She Is Partially Deaf in One Ear

“I never knew until kindergarten or so when they’re doing the tests on all the kids, and they were like, ‘Oh, you’re a little hard of hearing,'” she told The Hollywood Reporter in 2023. “It’s interesting.”

Nevertheless, she displayed her signature wit at the time, too.

“One of my friends is this great photographer, Petra Collins, and she has really bad vision,” the singer continued, “so we always joke that I make music because I have bad hearing, and she takes photos because she has bad vision.”

Of course, Rodrigo is no stranger to rising above obstacles. Indeed, after bursting onto the scene with her 2021 single “Drivers License,” she surrounded herself with people she could trust to help her navigate a new phase of life.