Los Angeles, California – Olivia Rodrigo charts the rise and fall of a doomed romance in her highly anticipated new album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.
The album, which dropped on Friday, has already earned critical and fan praise.
Split into two parts, the record opens with all the fluttery feelings of falling in love with tracks like drop dead and honeybee.
But as it progresses, Olivia appears to confront the lingering doubt and loneliness before coming to terms with the fact that this relationship – which gossip suggests was her romance with British actor Louis Partridge – will not save her.
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She alludes to a brutal demise in the album’s final track, cigarette smoke, where she sings, “Give me back my time and I will give you back your heart
I thought that we played the perfect couple /
‘Til you didn’t want the part.”
you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love has earned praise from critics so far, with Pitchfork giving it an 8.3 – making it her highest rated album on the site.
Fans are equally obsessed, and they wasted no time spamming social media with their thoughts and theories!
“Olivia album refreshing as f**k oh my god it’s so cool and interesting and heartbreaking and beautiful I love it,” one fan wrote on X.
“what a gift it is to live in a time where i get to watch olivia rodrigo evolve as an artist with each project she releases,” another gushed.
Even music executive Nathan Hubbard posted, “did not expect the drivers license girl to be the protector of 80s/90s rock, but here we are.”
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Olivia celebrated the new release with the debut of a music video for stupid song, a sweet track from the early side of the album.
