Olivia Rodrigo’s new album is finally here — and yes, that Robert Smith duet is real

Olivia Rodrigo's third studio album, *you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love*, is out now on Geffen Records — and it features a duet with Robert Smith, her first-ever credited studio collaboration. The 13-track record is built around the sonic DNA of The Cure, a thread Rodrigo seeded across both lead singles: "drop dead," which referenced *Just Like Heaven* in its lyrics, and "the cure," a title that barely disguised its influence.

The Smith duet, "what's wrong with me," made its live debut at Primavera Sound before arriving on the album.

The album is divided into two thematic halves, with the first exploring the intensity of love and the second examining its unraveling. Rodrigo and Smith first shared a stage at Glastonbury Festival, and their creative connection has now produced one of the year's most unexpected collaborations. Rodrigo has described the project as her most experimental work to date.

Track Spotlight: "stupid song"

If the album has a sleeper standout, it's "stupid song" — a woozy, late-night crush anthem that leans further into indie-pop atmosphere than anything on Guts. Rodrigo captures the specific delirium of wanting someone so badly that language starts to break down, cycling through contradictory emotional states — right, wrong, insane — before landing on an admission so earnest it borders on self-parody.

The bridge escalates into a kind of chanted declaration of intent, turning infatuation into something that feels both dramatic and disarmingly sincere. It's one of the album's strongest candidates for a late-summer fan favorite, pairing Rodrigo's sharp songwriting with some of the record's most immersive production.

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