Which Pop Stars Won August 2026? Olivia Rodrigo, Karol G, Stella Lefty & More

So I have to go with Olivia Rodrigo.

Mm-hmm.

Um, she just absolutely took over my, my streams on Spotify.

She took over a bunch of underplays across the country, and obviously the biggest one, she took over Irvine, California, for her very own festival, which was-

Let's talk about it

... absolutely insane.

Okay, so here's the story.

I originally wasn't gonna go to Daisy Chain, which is crazy, because it's, like, all of my favorite girl, women pop stars, like, of the moment.

But I really don't like Southern California.

Um-

And it's a ways from your current dwellings.

Yeah.

Um, but then Olivia did her little underplay at Warsaw in Brooklyn, and I had the time of my life there.

Wow.

It was such a cool show.

It was so hot and sweaty.

Um, it was, like, one of her first times performing all of her new songs.

So from then I was just like, "I have to go." So I booked my ticket, made it to Irvine, and it actually exceeded my expectations in so many ways.

Maybe my expectations low-key were kind of low-

[laughs]

... because it, it's, like, her first festival.

Like-

Yeah, first time, yeah

...

I feel like there's a lot that could go wrong, but it went super smoothly.

So I have to go with Olivia Rodrigo.

Mm-hmm.

Um, she just absolutely took over my, my streams on Spotify.

She took over a bunch of underplays across the country, and obviously the biggest one, she took over Irvine, California, for her very own festival, which was-

Let's talk about it

... absolutely insane.

Okay, so here's the story.

I originally wasn't gonna go to Daisy Chain, which is crazy, because it's, like, all of my favorite girl, women pop stars, like, of the moment.

But I really don't like Southern California.

Um-

And it's a ways from your current dwellings.

Yeah.

Um, but then Olivia did her little underplay at Warsaw in Brooklyn, and I had the time of my life there.

Wow.

It was such a cool show.

It was so hot and sweaty.

Um, it was, like, one of her first times performing all of her new songs.

So from then I was just like, "I have to go." So I booked my ticket, made it to Irvine, and it actually exceeded my expectations in so many ways.

Maybe my expectations low-key were kind of low-

[laughs]

... because it, it's, like, her first festival.

Like-

Yeah, first time, yeah

...

I feel like there's a lot that could go wrong, but it went super smoothly.