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Olivia Rodrigo’s Set Was Supposed to Collapse During Her VMA Performance

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Olivia Rodrigo brought the house down, literally and intentionally, during her MTV VMA performance. Dressed in a red two-piece look in a set straight out of her “Vampire†music video (which looks eerily like her favorite movie, Twilight), her set started to collapse — sparks started flying, curtains fell, and a stagehand rushed out to escort her offstage. Quickly, Rodrigo reappeared and transitioned into the next track, but people in the audience and online didn’t realize the chaos was a reference to the original video. The stage being destroyed, one could say, represents the end of a fantasy fairy-tale romance against her will. As the set was collapsing, people online feared for Rodrigo as her acting was too believable — remember, she was an actress first before taking over the charts. After she was fake–rushed off of the stage, Rodrigo started her latest single, “Get Him Back!â€, accompanied by her pink dancers to help her get back to business.

Olivia Rodrigo’s Set Was Supposed to Collapse During VMAs