Olivia Dean’s new album is inspired by Sex And The City character Carrie Bradshaw.
The 26-year-old singer has revealed that the fictional character, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, served as a big inspiration for The Art Of Loving.
She told The Sun on Sunday newspaper’s Bizarre column: “I’d never seen Sex And The City before, and started watching it from the beginning. I have been living my Carrie moment – her influence will be there.”
Olivia also revealed that one particular song on the new album focuses on relationship struggles.
She shared: “Something In Between is about when you are between being with somebody and not, and you are like, ‘I don’t want to just have you in my life, like now we are not supposed to talk?’”
Olivia released her debut album, Messy, back in 2023. The singer previously explained that the record explored the experience of falling in love again after a break-up.
She told TimeOut: “It’s a messy road and I’ve become quite hardened. My heart has got a hard case.”
The album featured the single Ladies Room, which was inspired by a drunk conversation that she overheard in the toilets on a night out.
Olivia explained: “I was just in the cubicle peeing and I overheard this lady talking.
“She was like, ‘Girls, if I could give you any advice, never go out with a man who’s 20 years your senior.’ I recorded her because I thought it was hilarious.
“The song originally had her voice at the beginning, but it’s illegal to record people. I was in the toilet queue before, so I don’t know how to find her. Wherever you are out there, you’re my inspiration!”
Meanwhile, Olivia also revealed that therapy has helped her to overcome her self-doubts.
The singer shared: “There was a big chunk of time where I was in a pattern of being very self-critical – to the point where you just feel so s*** about yourself, comparing your beginning point to everyone else’s finished product.
“That is just the thief of joy. I was honestly in quite a depressive state. I got out of it: I’ve been doing therapy and learning how I function and what environment I function best in. Therapy is awesome.”