Olivia Bay releases her first EP after OT 2025: "Love isn't in fashion"

Olivia Bay has her first EP out, and the title is already a statement: El amor no está de moda ("Love isn't in fashion"). The 20-year-old from Madrid finished second on OT 2025, the latest season of Operación Triunfo (Spain's long-running TV singing talent show).

What happened?

The EP has six songs, all in Spanish. Olivia says it's about love in all its forms: self-love, difficulties, insecurities and romantic love. She wanted it to feel close to who she is as a person.

Getting there took time. She says she didn't know exactly what she wanted, so she went to the studio every day with songs she'd been listening to and worked out what she liked about each. Her references include Olivia Rodrigo, Gracie Abrams and Taylor Swift.

So, is love really out of fashion? Her answer is personal: while talking in the studio about the experiences behind the songs, she realised she hasn't felt that it is.

Why is everyone talking about it?

Most people first met her on OT 2025, where she finished runner-up behind Cristina Lora in the final on 1 December 2025. Looking back, she's calm about it. "I'll never know what made me finish second, but I know I gave everything and wouldn't change anything," she says.

She wasn't new to TV, though. At 13 she sang a High School Musical song on La Voz Kids 2019. Her message to that girl: don't stop, trust yourself, it will come.

One track, "Algún día" ("Someday"), is about letting go of the little voice in your head that keeps judging what you do and guessing what others expect. She says she works on that every day.

She also talks about OT's intense fans. At first it was overwhelming, she says, but she loves their loyalty, and things have calmed down. The hardest moment on the OT tour was Madrid, where she struggled to take in the size of the crowd.

What's next?

She can't wait to play the songs live. An English-language release is also on the cards: she says she definitely wants to put something out in English later.

She'd love to collaborate with Amaia and Aitana, and with people from her own and last year's OT. She doesn't keep much in touch with Aitana, but when she has written, Aitana always replied.

And the big dream? A musical film, ideally with Zendaya or Rachel Zegler.