Olivia Rodrigo Calls Daisy Chain Fields Festival the ‘Greatest Joy of My Career,’ Shares First Thing She Did After It Ended

Olivia Rodrigo just accomplished one of her biggest dreams with the successful execution of her inaugural Daisy Chain Fields festival, and in an emotional Instagram post the following day, she reflected on what it all means to her.

“seeing daisy chain come to fruition yesterday was the greatest joy of my career,” she began on Sunday (Aug. 30), sharing a photo of herself and artist Jaime Gerin hugging while watching crew members taking down the festival setup. “riot grrrl mosh pits. friendship bracelets being made on the grass. young girls on their dads shoulders.”

“I am still in a bit of disbelief that it happened and I still feel incapable of properly expressing the gratitude that I feel for every person who believed in this vision and fought so hard to make it a reality,” Rodrigo continued, noting that she and her friends, “ran around the grounds and tried to process all that we had just witnessed” after the day of performances in Irvine, Calif., had concluded.

“we ended our night of frolicking at yoko onos ‘wish tree’ installation at the entrance of the festival,” the Grammy winner wrote. “it was the most beautiful artwork (yoko if ur reading this I love you) where festival goers wrote down something they hoped for on a tag and tied it onto a branch of a tree. we read so many of them. some were silly like I hope my dog lives forever or I hope my hair grows longer etc. but by and large almost every tag said the same thing.”

According to Rodrigo, most of the people who added tags to the installation “hoped for the world to be more peaceful, they all hoped that the people they loved were happy, they all hoped to make a difference.”

“it made me so emotional and I realized that was exactly why daisy chain meant so much to me,” she added. “the artwork reminded me of how we are all much more alike than we are different. and how deep down, we all just want to help each other and make the world a better place. yesterday, daisy chain felt like just that. a collective hope that things can get better and a reminder of how much we really care about people at the end of the day.”

Daisy Chain Fields took place on Saturday and featured an all-women lineup that included Chappell Roan, Doechii, Mitski, Bikini Kill, The Breeders and more. Stevie Nicks, Sarah McLachlan and surprise guest Alanis Morissette also made special appearances during Rodrigo’s festival-closing headlining set.

In a Vogue Philippines cover story that was published on Monday (Aug. 31) after the festival, Rodrigo reflected on the process of curating the lineup and personally reaching out to the artists involved. “Nobody once was like, ‘Oh, like, do I have to do it for free?’ Or, ‘Oh, my gosh, it’s going to be too hard on my schedule,’ or, like, ‘Oh, I’m going to have to fly in from another place,’” she told the publication. “It makes me feel really proud to be a part of this generation of women.”

All of the proceeds from the event will go toward organizations supporting women and girls, including Planned Parenthood, Center for Reproductive Rights and more. One day prior to the festival, Rodrigo announced in a press conference that ticket sales had raised $10 million in donations to the benefiting organizations, a chunk of change that Melinda French Gates later matched to bring up to $20 million.

And though the first Daisy Chain Fields is now complete, Rodrigo is just getting started. The High School Musical: The Musical: The Series alum concluded her Instagram post with a confirmation that the festival will return in 2027, writing, “thank you to everyone who came yesterday who showed me that joy is a part of the solution. until next yearrrrr.”