By April 2021, it was no secret Rodrigo and Gray were huge fans of Taylor Swift. On Instagram, Rodrigo shared a post of her and Gray reenacting moments from Swift's original music video for "You Belong With Me," which included the friends holding handwritten signs and enthusiastically lip-syncing the lyrics.
Swift herself called the pair "her two kids" in a tweet, writing about their playful collaboration, "You ok? NO cause I sent my two kids @Olivia_Rodrigo and @conangrey my new version of You Belong With Me and THEY ARE SO CUTE IT PHYSICALLY HURTS ME ((Album out at midnight!))