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Olivia Rodrigo<\/a> gave a small Brooklyn crowd a major surprise Sunday night (April 26), popping up unannounced at a New York City open mic to perform her new single \u201cDrop Dead<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n The appearance took place at Pete\u2019s Candy Store in Williamsburg, a low-key venue better known for showcasing emerging artists than hosting one of pop\u2019s biggest stars. Rodrigo\u2019s stripped-back performance quickly spread online, with attendees sharing clips and reactions after realizing who had just taken the stage.<\/p>\n More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n The moment comes as Rodrigo builds momentum toward her third studio album, You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love<\/em>, due June 12 via Geffen. \u201cDrop Dead\u201d has already become a focal point of the rollout, following its live debut earlier this month during a surprise appearance at Addison Rae\u2019s Coachella set.<\/p>\n At the Brooklyn open mic, the song took on a different shape. Without the scale of a festival stage, Rodrigo delivered a pared-down version that leaned into the track\u2019s emotional core.<\/p>\n The surprise set is part of a wider run of smaller, under-the-radar performances tied to the album\u2019s release. Just days earlier, Rodrigo played an invite-only show at Los Angeles venue The Echo, where she was joined by Weyes Blood and debuted additional new material.<\/p>\n \u201cDrop Dead\u201d also includes a lyrical nod to The Cure, referencing \u201cJust Like Heaven.\u201d The connection traces back to Rodrigo\u2019s 2025 Glastonbury set, where she brought out Robert Smith for live performances of \u201cFriday I\u2019m in Love\u201d and \u201cJust Like Heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n Rodrigo\u2019s ability to command both massive festival stages and small rooms has been central to her rise. Her 2023 album GUTS<\/em> debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, while singles including \u201cvampire\u201d and \u201cbad idea right?\u201d reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Billboard’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Olivia Rodrigo gave a small Brooklyn crowd a major surprise Sunday night (April 26), popping up unannounced at a New York City open mic to perform her new single \u201cDrop Dead.\u201d The appearance took place at Pete\u2019s Candy Store in Williamsburg, a low-key venue better known for showcasing emerging artists than hosting one of pop\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2391045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[401424,25675,466355,366308,334303],"class_list":["post-2391044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-drop-dead","tag-olivia-rodrigo","tag-petes-candy-store","tag-rodrigos","tag-surprise-appearance"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Olivia-Rodrigo-Surprises-Fans-With-\u2018Drop-Dead-Performance-at-NYC.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2391044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391046,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391044\/revisions\/2391046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2391045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}