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How many times have you been invited to a match or a game only to realize you don’t have anything vaguely athletic that you can style appropriately for the occasion? I have two words for you: El Clásico. Okay, wait, actually I have two more: Olivia Rodrigo. So that’s four words, and I’m sure you hadn’t thought to put them all together before, but Spotify did. The music-streaming platform has partnered with a handful of artists in the past few years to participate in a soccer-jersey takeover — Karol G, Coldplay, and Rosalía have all done it before — at the annual match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid (they’re serious rivals, in case you didn’t know). As of May 2026, Olivia Rodrigo is the latest artist to join the club.
Rodrigo is one of the most-streamed pop artists in the world, and when you consider the recent explosion in the crossover between sports, music, and fashion, it becomes even more clear how big of a deal it is for her official logo to appear on the official FC Barcelona jersey worn by players during the El Clásico match and on the pitch. Mix in the fact that Rodrigo is one of the elite few artists in Spotify’s “Billions Club” (she has nine songs with over a billion streams), and you’ve got a pretty delicious pop-culture recipe. At her Spotify Billions Club Live performance in Barcelona on May 8, which her top fans in the country were invited to attend, the audience was fully rapt seeing Rodrigo onstage. There were screams. There were tears. It wasn’t unlike what we experienced in the crowd at the El Clásico match, where Barcelona beat Madrid and became first in their league two days later while the team wore Rodrigo’s logo on their chests.
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If you are already a fan of FC Barcelona, I don’t need to convince you to buy the team’s merch. But if you’re in it for the Olivia of it all, I will tell you to consider that the World Cup is coming up this year, and if you happen to find yourself going to either a match or a watch party, you might want to wear something a little sporty. That doesn’t mean it’s for bandwagoners; I’m just saying it’s the right piece for someone who’s tapped into pop culture but maybe doesn’t know much about soccer — sorry, football — and doesn’t want to risk looking off-theme at a sporting event. Those who love limited-edition kits and collectibles will naturally love it, but it’s also a unique way to express your standom for Rodrigo if you aren’t able to go to her concert and get merch there too. It’s for the girls who love “Drop Dead” but maybe don’t want to wear babydoll dresses like Rodrigo herself.
And if the jersey is too much for you, you might be interested in the Olivia Rodrigo x Nike FC Barcelona hoodie or T-shirt embossed with “Força Barça” — a Catalan phrase you can hear and see all over the city of Barcelona — in Rodrigo’s new font, which is reminiscent of the logo for early-2000s mall brands like Justice and Delia*s. Everything is comfortable, but one tip: I’d size down in the hoodie; it runs very large.
Photo: Spotify
If you’re in Spain, you can hit up any official FC Barcelona store across the country or at Spotify Camp Nou in Barcelona. It’s also sold on Rodrigo’s official merch site.
Well, FC Barcelona fans have been waiting all year to watch their home team defeat Real Madrid 2-0 like they did on May 10. Olivia Rodrigo fans have been waiting for her new album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, to come out June 12 (just a day after the World Cup officially begins). Of course, the Olivia stans are rushing to get the jerseys — but based on what I saw at the El Clásico match in Barcelona, which Rodrigo also attended, the football fans were pretty into it too. So if I had to guess, I think you’ll be spotting this jersey all over the world this summer.
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