Behind: You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love by Olivia Rodrigo
Written by Emily
This year, Olivia Rodrigo came back to releasing music with her newest album ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’ on June 12th of this year. This thirteen track album features some of Olivia’s best work yet; including ‘the cure’ and ‘what’s wrong with me’ which features Robert Smith, from The Cure. Although this is a thirteen track album, the digital exclusive version of the album features an additional track “Never Do”. This album broke many records; it became the first album in history to have every song reach over 500,000 streams, and it also became the most streamed album in a day by a female artist on Spotify! The record explores limerence, anxious attachment, codependency, and the quiet danger of losing your personal identity inside a relationship.
What’s so amazing about this album is that its tracklist has been chronologically divided into two halves, with the first half capturing being “a girl so in love”, with the second half implementing a transition to “you seem pretty sad”. Not only this, but the album also follows a deliberate number pattern throughout Olivia’s discography as we have seen with “SOUR” which has eleven tracks, “GUTS” which has twelve tracks and her latest album “you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love” with thirteen tracks. Besides this album's huge success, she has sold out a huge stadium tour across the world, selling out venues like Wembley Stadium in London and many other huge stadiums across Europe and the US in a matter of minutes after the ticket release. The tour has been cleverly planned to showcase the album in the best way possible, being structured into four seasonal acts; Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. This is by far one of Olivia’s best albums yet, which is evident given the records this album has broken and its overall huge success and popularity.