{"id":507267,"date":"2026-06-19T03:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T03:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/507267\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T03:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T03:39:18","slug":"olivia-rodrigos-you-seem-pretty-sad-for-a-girl-so-in-love-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/507267\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love’ Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFans may have thought they\u2019d come to know what to expect from a new Olivia Rodrigo album after Sour and Guts established the precedent: four-letter album titles, purple color schemes, lots of \u201990s alt and indie rock influences, and melodramatic songs about anxiety and heartbreak. But third album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, deviates pretty heavily from the proven formula, in everything from its title to its aesthetics to its structuring to its subject matter \u2014\u00a0while still remaining fairly quintessentially Olivia Rodrigo in its essence.<\/p>\n

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\n\tWith this\u00a0Rollout Report Card<\/a>\u00a0episode of the Greatest Pop Stars<\/a> podcast, host Andrew Unterberger is joined by\u00a0Billboard\u00a0staffers Eric Frankenberg and Hannah Dailey as we look at everything surrounding Pretty Sad and the months that have led up to it. We attempt to grade all aspects of the rollout, from the dozens of interviews to the semi-conceptual nature of the album to (of course) her infatuation with The Cure. <\/p>\n

\n\tAlong the way, we answer all the most important questions about Rodrigo\u2019s first album era in three years: Do we actually consider this a concept album? Is Olivia a good music video tour guide? Did she get the ordering right of \u201cDrop Dead\u201d and \u201cThe Cure\u201d as the two lead singles? How did Robert Smith get to be such a major part of this album era \u2014\u00a0and has it actually functioned to get more Olivia Rodrigo fans into The Cure? Is it a quietly big deal for her not to give a f\u2013k about the Met Gala? Does it make lyrical sense to go speeding down the boulevard \u201cwithout a brake\u201d? And perhaps most importantly: Is this already on its way to being the biggest Olivia Rodrigo album? <\/p>\n

\n\tCheck it out above \u2014 along with a YouTube playlist of some of the most important moments from this old-school album campaign, all of which are discussed in the podcast \u2014 and subscribe to the\u00a0Greatest Pop Stars podcast<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Apple Music<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Spotify<\/a>\u00a0(or wherever you get your\u00a0podcasts<\/a>) for weekly discussions every Thursday about all things related to pop stardom!<\/p>\n

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