{"id":488704,"date":"2026-06-08T08:31:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/488704\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T08:31:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:31:40","slug":"cmat-left-speechless-after-olivia-rodrigo-covers-song-on-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/488704\/","title":{"rendered":"CMAT left speechless after Olivia Rodrigo covers song on BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CMAT fans are going wild after Olivia Rodrigo sang a cover of \u2018When a Good Man Cries\u2019 live on English radio.<\/p>\n<p>The pop star appeared on BBC Radio 1\u2019s Live Lounge on Tuesday morning, promoting her third studio album, which is set to be released via Geffen Records on June 12.<\/p>\n<p>Olivia performed her latest single, The Cure, on the BBC show, though it was her <a href=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2026\/01\/22\/entertainment\/celebrity\/who-is-singer-cmat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CMAT<\/a> cover that perked up the ears of many Irish fans.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2275233931-e1780404672124.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1777469\"  \/>Irish fans are going wild after Olivia Rodrigo sang a cover of When a Good Man Cries live on English radio. Pic: Xavi Torrent\/Getty Images for Spotify<\/p>\n<p>CMAT herself seemed very stunned by the decision, expressing her shock on Instagram while sharing Olivia\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p>The Meath native wrote: \u2018I woke up like 10 minutes ago and I just heard Olivia Rodrigo sing the word \u2018Dunboyne\u2019 on live English radio\u2026 what phase of the simulation is this.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Over the clip of the performance, she joked: \u2018Screaming, crying, puking. My career is over. She sang it so much better than me.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2278005221-e1780404724363.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1777470\"  \/>CMAT herself seemed very stunned by the decision. Pic: Joseph Okpako\/WireImage<\/p>\n<p>Fans were quick to express their admiration of the cover, flocking to social media to share their elation.<\/p>\n<p>One X user wrote: \u2018Folks I\u2019m just shocked. My two worlds coming together. Olivia doing a cover of cmat???\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Another declared: \u2018OH MY GOD I\u2019M GONNA FREAK OUT. OLIVIA RODRIGO DOING A COVER OF CMAT????? GUYS THIS WAS MADE FOR ME.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Olivia.jpg\" alt=\"Irish music fan Jennifer Loughlin was left heartbroken after being forced to sell her tickets to Olivia Rodrigo's upcoming Dublin gig, despite declaring her accessible needs to gig organisers.\" class=\"wp-image-1651254\"  \/>Olivia is no stranger to covering modern Irish music. Pic: Cindy Ord\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>A third added: \u2018Olivia covering cmat?!?!?!?? she did this for me like idc she did this FOR MEE OMG.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Olivia is no stranger to covering modern Irish music, with fans once again shocked by her performance of <a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2025\/06\/25\/entertainment\/music\/olivia-rodrigo-fontaines-dc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fontaines DC\u2019s I Love You<\/a> in Marlay Park last year.<\/p>\n<p>In that case, one TikTok user laughed: \u2018I never thought I\u2019d hear Olivia Rodrigo saying Fine Gael and Fianna F\u00e1il.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>While Olivia\u2019s Irish fans are very appreciative of her covers, they were left disappointed earlier this year when the 23-year-old announced <a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2026\/04\/30\/entertainment\/olivia-rodrigo-ireland-tour\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">her upcoming tour<\/a> for 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Despite heading to dozens of countries across the US and Europe, Ireland was omitted from the list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CMAT fans are going wild after Olivia Rodrigo sang a cover of \u2018When a Good Man Cries\u2019 live&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-488704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}