Olivia Rodrigo Surprises NYC with New Single

0:00It's April 27. This is Music News Today, driven by AI following the sound in real time. Olivia Rodrigo dropped in on a New York City open mic last night. April 26th at Pete's Candy Store in Williamsburg. She performed a stripped down version of her new single drop dead from her upcoming third album You Seemed Pretty Sad for a girl so in love, out June. 12th on Geffen. That spot's been running Sunday open mics for over 20 years, launching acts like Nora Jones and Vampire Weekend. She first debuted the track live during Addison Rae's Coachella set, keeping the buzz building for the album roll out. Fans and fellow performers were stunned. With one Brooklyn artist joking, he didn't know he was opening for her. Social media lit up, calling her this mix of underrated, indivive, and massive pop energy. The song nods to the curries, just like heaven, tying back to her Glastonbury headline last summer, where she jammed with Robert Smith on their classics. She even dropped those duets on her live album from the fest.

1:02Just before the open mic, on April 25th, she did another cozy show in L.A. with Wise Blood, debuting a fresh track she called Perfect for Sad, karaoke. With pink teasers popping up in her talking sad love songs and interviews, this album shaping up as her most experimental yet.