
Olivia Rodrigo's New Single 'Drop Dead': A Cure-Inspired Masterpiece
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Olivia Rodrigos new single Drop Dead is a dreamy synth track with The Cure-inspired harmonies, following her successful collaboration with Robert Smith at Glastonbury. The album, You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love, promises experimental sounds and sad love songs, with Smiths influence. Pre-save now for an emotional musical journey.
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Music News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! — Olivia Rodrigo's New Single 'Drop Dead': A Cure-Inspired Masterpiece. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
It's April 17th. This is Music News today, powered by AI tracking hits, artists and trends. Olivia Rodrigo just dropped her new single, Drop Dead. The lead track from her upcoming album, You Seemed Pretty Sad For A Girl, So In Love, Hitting. Shelves, June 12th, on Geffen Records. She's back with longtime producer Dan Nygrow, the same guy behind her hits from Guts and Sour. The songs got this dreamy synth vibe packed with harmonies and is straight up nods to the cure, with lines about knowing all the words to just like. Heaven. The music video? She's owning the halls of her side in Paris, headphones on, shredding a tar like a boss. This drops right after her epic Glastonberry headline set last summer, where she brought out Robert Smith for Friday, I'm in Love, and just like, Heaven. Those duets even landed on her live album. Fans had been buzzing from those cryptic pink teasers popping up in Los Angeles and London. Rodrigo calls the album her most experimental yet, full of sad love songs laced with fear
and yearning. She's been deep-diving, the cures catalog, and, Smith's already vived in the studio with her. One track's built a smooth, trippy soft rock. Pre-save that album now, because if Drop Dead's any sign, Olivia's about to level up her sound and keep us all hooked on those emotional bars.
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