The music video for “expectations” by Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan garnered 6.4 MILLION views on YouTube during its first 24 hours.
Biggest debut for a female collaboration on the platform this year.
pitchfork reviews ‘expectations’ by olivia rodrigo (feat. chappell roan), naming it ‘best new track’:
“it was already fabulous, but if there's a lesson from the original track that the remix makes good on, it's that you should always ask for more.”
conan gray shared an instagram story about chappell roan & olivia rodrigo’s ‘expectations’!
“!!!!! i love it when my favorite people make a song !!!!!!!!!!”
‘expectations’ by olivia rodrigo (feat. chappell roan) debuts with an 88.6 user score based on 1,000+ ratings on aoty.
it is now the highest user-rated synthpop single of 2026 with 100+ ratings.
@_AdeleBase The problem is they claim Taylor would have outsold Adele if streaming had been blocked 😂 when Reputation wasn’t available on streaming and had a 2-month pre-order period yet still ended up selling 1 million copies And they’re the ones attacking Adele 😂
Taylor Swift's "Reputation" (2017) used these strategies for its 1.216M first-week US pure sales:
- Withheld from streaming (e.g., Spotify) for 3 weeks to drive buys, per Billboard.
- Bundled with tour tickets via Ticketmaster Verified Fan program.