At this point, you probably know all about the drama surrounding Olivia Rodrigo, Joshua Bassett, and Olivia's massive hit single "Driver's License."
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You probably also know that Bassett was admitted to the hospital for heart failure days after "Driver's License" was released.
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In a new interview with People, Bassett opened up about what led to his hospitalization, suggesting that stress from the overall reaction to "Driver's License" contributed to his condition.
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Joshua says that he started feeling seriously ill the week before his hospitalization as a result of the stress he felt from online chatter surrounding "Driver's License."
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"I was sleeping 16 to 20 hours a day," he said after noting that he was feeling worse "every day." "I couldn't even stand up for longer than 30 seconds."
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Nearly a week after "Driver's License" dropped, Bassett's single "Lie Lie Lie" was released — and his condition noticeably worsened.
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“I felt my heart literally failing,” he recalled. “I was like, ‘This isn’t just anxiety. This is bad.’”
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"The doctors were like, 'If you hadn't checked in within 12 hours, you would have died in your apartment,'" he said. "It's wild that I was this close to taking another nap."
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Joshua ended up spending nine days in the hospital, but his troubles didn't end when he left.
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"I was even more depressed and stressed," he says. "I had a panic attack every single day."
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But it sounds like he's a better place since then too. "In this last year a lot of my biggest fears came true," he says. "But in that, I found that I'll always be OK, if not better off."
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