Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan were not the only ones hard-launching a relationship at the Vanity Fair Oscars 2024 party. Enter: Reneé Rapp and Towa Bird.
Shortly after the Oscars 2024 ceremony, Reneé Rapp and Towa Bird made their red carpet debut as a couple at Vanity Fair’s famed after party. Rapp and Bird first posed separately for photographers before taking a handful of snaps together.
For the occasion, Bird wore a ‘70s-inspired reverse tie-dye denim blazer embellished with studs and embroidered birds. She completed the look with matching flared pants and a black blouse underneath. Rapp, on the other hand, opted for a flowy white dress with a plunging neckline and a thigh-high slit, which she paired with sheer black tights and black stiletto pumps.
Rapp and Bird’s red carpet moment is causing a stir among fans, who have been speculating about the nature of their relationship for weeks, wondering if they could be linked romantically. While their joint red carpet moment indeed looks like a hard launch, it’s worth noting that neither Rapp nor Bird has publicly labeled their relationship yet, so it’s best to take everything with a grain of salt.
If you’ve been a fan of Rapp for a while, then you’d surely be familiar with Bird already. Towa Bird is a fellow musician who actually served as the opening act on Rapp’s most recent Snow Hard Feelings Tour across the U.S. and Europe.
Rapp recently wrapped up the tour with a show in Dublin, Ireland, but Bird and Rapp had been friends long before the tour. The duo were spotted at Coachella in 2023, posing together at an off-site party.
In an interview with them. from earlier this year, Bird said she and Rapp “are incredibly close.” Speaking about their time together on the road, she added: “We would hang out backstage, and then go and do our sets, and then come back and hang out together again.”
Per NME, Towa Bird was born in Hong Kong to British and Filipino parents. She was raised in Hong Kong and Thailand before fully settling in London to study. While working towards a degree at Goldsmiths University, Bird started playing the guitar for Cassyette before her music TikToks gained the attention of Olivia Rodrigo, who poached her to be part of her SOUR documentary, Driving Home 2 U. She has since relocated to L.A.
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Rapp first hinted at having a romantic partner in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in February, where she opened up about starting to identify as a lesbian. “I’ve only recently started referring to myself as a lesbian, and I’ve only recently been in a relationship where I’m like, ‘Yeah, I’m a lesbian for sure,’” Rapp said. “I’m watching all these movies and parts of gay culture, specifically lesbian culture, and I’m like, ‘I love this.’ It’s also been the most rewarding, validating, scary and exciting experience ever.”
Though she now identifies as a lesbian, Rapp infamously pitched herself as the “bisexual Justin Bieber” to her label, and similarly, Bird has been self-described as the “lesbian Paul McCartney.” Clearly, the two are a match made in heaven — in music and beyond.