Olivia Rodrigo's 'Drop Dead': A Cure for Your Sadness

0:00It's April 19th. This is Music News Today, your AI-powered source for everything, music. Olivia Rodrigo just dropped her new single, Drop Dead. The lead track from her third album, you seem pretty sad for a girl, so in love, hitting. Shelves, June 12th. The song name drops. The cures classic, just like heaven, with lyrics like knowing all the words to it. But here's the twist she never played it for. Robert Smith himself, even though they've become friends over the past year. In her chat with Zane Lowe on Apple Music, Olivia admitted she showed him other album cuts, but skipped this one, saying she might have blown her, chance and hopes he hears it now. Their bond goes back to her Glastonberry set last year, where they teamed up on stage. Fans loved her Glastonberry look, a tee printed with those just like heaven lyrics, and Robert Smith grabbed a sharpie, scribbling or do you. At the bottom. Olivia freaked out at first with a hundred thousand people watching, but now calls it her favorite outfit and top treasure.

1:02She debuted, Drop Dead, live April 18th, during Addison Rae's Coachella set, right after its release, and the video has her rocking Versailles, Paris, Guitar and Hand, feeling more alive than ever. On Instagram, she gushed. It's the album's first chapter, perfect for skipping around with Windows Down. Olivia's always pull from diverse sounds, pop punk, grunge, country thanks to her music obsessed parents, and she's deep into the Cures catalog now. Turning that influence into fresh fire for this era.