You’ve felt it before. The part that no one puts in a love song.
The quiet jealousy. The distance that creeps in when they’re gone.
Well, Olivia Rodrigo isn’t running from that feeling on her new album. She’s walking straight into it.
Her third album, You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love, arrives June 12 via Geffen Records. This time she’s tackling what it means to be in love… and still feeling uneasy inside it.
“I think the challenge for me was to write songs about romantic love positively,” Rodrigo said in an interview with Audacy. “I think when I set out to write this album, I was really in love – sort of my first ‘big girl’ relationship – (and) writing a song about happiness is a lot harder than writing a song about heartbreak.”
“It was sort of challenging myself to make a love song and also talk about some of the more negative feelings that go along with being in romantic relationships, like longing and yearning and jealousy and missing your partner when they’re away.”
After headlining the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival in 2025, Rodrigo brought out Robert Smith from The Cure, closing the set with a moment that felt both massive and intimate.
The lead single “Drop Dead” has surfaced in pieces… first live during Addison Rae’s set at Coachella, then again in a stripped-back moment at a New York open mic. From there, a deeper preview at an intimate, phone-free show at The Echo on April 25.
So when the album finally lands, the question isn’t whether Olivia Rodrigo can write a love song. It’s whether she can make you feel the parts most artists leave out.
