{"id":2456292,"date":"2026-06-12T13:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2456292"},"modified":"2026-06-12T13:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:22:10","slug":"the-5-best-tracks-on-olivia-rodrigos-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-5-best-tracks-on-olivia-rodrigos-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 best tracks on Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s new album"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Olivia Rodrigo – Summer 2026 issue<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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In the run-up to today\u2019s release, a lot has been made of Dazed cover star<\/a> Olivia Rodrigo<\/a>\u2019s decision to forego her usual four-letter, all-caps album titles for the mouthful that is <\/span>you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love<\/span><\/em>. But, having now heard the full project, the pivot makes perfect sense. Rodrigo\u2019s bread and butter heartbreak anthems are still very much present here, but she now approaches them with maturity and a level of distance \u2013 situating these emotional payoffs within a wider sonic and narrative complexity. It\u2019s a masterclass in storytelling, but perhaps the most compelling story of all comes from watching Rodrigo\u2019s artistic development play out in real time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

YSPSFAGSIL<\/span><\/em> is an album told in two halves: the first charts her bright, headlong descent into love; the second captures the illusion-shattering reality that comes before a breakup. In true Rodrigo fashion, gut-punching lyrics abound \u2013 \u201cSometimes at a low point, I even wish for tragedy \/ \u2019Cause I know he\u2019d come over and take real good care of me\u201d<\/em> \u2013 while she wears her influences proudly across the record\u2019s 50-minute runtime, her longest yet. The album moves between yearning acoustic-pop ballads like \u201choneybee\u201d and \u201cbegged\u201d, and the neon-coloured New Wave tones of English bands like The Cure<\/a> <\/span> and Siouxsie and the Banshees on \u201cmaggots for brains\u201d and \u201cu + me =\n<\/p>\n

Perhaps the clearest example of Rodrigo\u2019s growth here is \u201cmy way\u201d, a rebellious post-punk belter that casts her as raging against a girl she perceives to be stealing her man. On the surface, it could slot easily into either SOUR<\/em> or GUTS<\/em>. But here, she\u2019s no longer simply screaming into the void: viewed within the album\u2019s wider narrative arc, the track arrives with a sharper degree of self-awareness, set against the helpless infatuation that precedes it and the catastrophic fallout still to come. It marks a clear progression from the raw volatility of her earlier records.<\/p>\n

And, of course, there\u2019s \u201cwhat\u2019s wrong with me\u201d, the first-ever feature on a Rodrigo album, with vocals from The Cure\u2019s Robert Smith. The pair have an extensive history: Smith joined Rodrigo onstage at Glastonbury last year, they have gushed about each other in recent interviews, and Rodrigo pays homage to the English post-punk band throughout this latest project. So it\u2019s particularly powerful to hear the two meet on equal terms on \u201cwhat\u2019s wrong with me\u201d, layering their vocals into an intergenerational lament of heartbreak. It\u2019s here that the project\u2019s biggest achievement emerges: YSPSFAGSIL<\/em> marks Rodrigo\u2019s ascent from student of great singer-songwriters to one herself.<\/p>\n

Below, we rank our five favourite tracks from Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s third album, <\/span>you seem pretty sad for a girl in love.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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