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This month, Olivia Rodrigo<\/strong> announced that her third album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love <\/i>is headed our way June 12. She just released its lead single, \u201cDrop Dead,\u201d alongside a music video befitting a pop princess, shot by photographer Petra Collins<\/strong> at the Palace of Versailles<\/strong>. Many productions have used the chateau as a backdrop. But, a representative from Versailles confirmed over email that this is the first time a music video has been filmed inside its royal apartments.<\/p>\n The permission \u201ccomes from a desire to inspire young audiences across the world to visit Versailles and consider the palace as a place of beauty and love,\u201d the representative told me.<\/p>\n Olivia Rodrigo attends the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Mark Guiducci at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on March 15, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Jamie McCarthy \/ WireImage<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Rodrigo has history with Collins. Five years ago, the millennial It Girl<\/a> also directed a Y2K-inspired music video for Rodrigo\u2019s wildly popular song, \u201cgood 4 u.\u201d Together, they make a great fit. Both celebrate the female gaze. Plus, Collins takes palpable cues from director Sofia Coppola<\/strong>\u2014who, funny enough, became the first director to film in Versailles nooks like Marie Antoinette<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s private theater in 2006<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rodrigo\u2019s latest romp begins with footage of her dancing in a crowded, colorfully-lit bar, singing about a date she wishes would never end. Then, she blinks. The light changes. \u201cOne night I was bored in bed and stalked you on the internet,\u201d Rodrigo sings, wearing wired headphones. The camera pans out to reveal she\u2019s bed-rotting<\/a> in the ornate surroundings of Versailles, wearing a frilly little number that could\u2019ve come straight from a Rococo painting<\/a>.<\/p>\n