Olivia Rodrigo surprised her fans with the music video for her next single, “traitor.” Rodrigo opens the video, happily jumping in the clouds until she’s brought back down to earth in her heartbreak. Her friends take her on a night out on the town, visiting various teen hangouts after hours. Rodrigo spends a good portion of the video in an arcade, mirroring an old video of Rodrigo and her rumoured boyfriend at the time, Joshua Bassett, playing "Guitar Hero" together. The teens later break into their high school and jump into the pool as Rodrigo tries to enjoy time with friends while being heartbroken. The video switches between the camcorder and HD footage to highlight the difference between the memories being recorded and the feelings of betrayal by Olivia. "Traitor" follows up Rodrigo's "SOUR" album opener "Brutal," which took listeners way up on the rollercoaster ride of teen angst, just to drop them back down to Earth with her thunderous suspicions of emotional unfaithfulness.